Renee Mills's collections
Learning Lab Teaching Collection for Frost Art Museum Workshop using Luis Cruz Azaceta's
<p>This teaching collection is designed to be used in the Frost Art Museum's "Exploring Latinx Artists from the Frost Art Museum Collection" workshop on November 6, 2018, to guide participants in a looking activity and to demonstrate the range of tools available in the Learning Lab. </p>
<p>It is adapted from a teaching collection on the same theme (Luis Cruz Azaceta's "Shifting States: Iraq" <a href="http://learninglab.si.edu/q/ll-c/mBWHa8fHUy9vJsE5">http://learninglab.si.edu/q/ll...</a>) , which aims to help students think critically and globally using two Thinking Routines to explore the painting. The work is a metaphorical representation of the unrest taking place in Iraq, and more broadly, an exploration of the human condition during times of crisis.</p>
<p>Included here are an image of the work from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, an explanatory video with curator E. Carmen Ramos, a contextual video featuring the artist himself, three suggested Thinking Routines - "Colors, Shapes, Lines," "The 3 Y's," and "Headlines" - from Harvard's Project Zero Artful Thinking and Global Thinking materials, three other works by Azaceta in the Smithsonian collections, and an array of prompts and Learning Lab tools.</p>
<p>For use in Social Studies, Spanish, English, American History, Art History classes</p>
<p><em>This program received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center</em>.<br /></p>
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<p>#LatinoHAC</p>
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Political Causes
<p>The voice of the human spirit and the condition of life expressed by the heart of these Latin Artists.</p>
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Today's Modern Latino Art
<p>Street smart and brash with a fresh approach! This collection has freedom to express yourself all within the confines of our present society. </p>
Renee Mills
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Latino Family Stories through Art
<p>Student activity collection analyzing the work of two very different Mexican American artists, identifying aspects of culture and exploring expressions about Latino experiences in art. Included in this collection, are five paintings highlighting Latino families, paired with observation and analysis questions and interviews with the artists, Carmen Lomas Garza and Jesse Treviño, as well as podcast analyses of the paintings from the museum's director. As a supplement, students could read a book by Garza depicting her childhood memories of growing up in a traditional Mexican American community, or lead a discussion comparing this artwork with other images of families found in the Smithsonian collections. #LatinoHAC</p>
Renee Mills
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From a Different Point of View
This collection will focus on various perspectives and the viewer will discuss the significances of seeing art at all angles.
Renee Mills
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Dreams and False Reality Comes True
Latin Artist Salvador Dali created art with visual dreams that had Puns intended! Have fun following the mystery and imagery from these early glimpses of Surreal creations.
Renee Mills
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Picasso Sculptures
The sculptures in this collection were viewed by me on a trip to Barcelona Spain in the PICASSO Museum.
Renee Mills
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Latin Fashion Illustrators
<p>This collection sparks the imaginative mind of the vast talent in the Latin American Culture concerning the fashion industry. #LatinoHAC</p>
Renee Mills
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