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AFTER SCHOOL ART CLASSES
After School Art Classes are held at various schools in A.I.S.D. and taught by professional artists using a TEKS-aligned curriculum. Classes consist of eight weeks per semester, for an hour-and-a-half, two days a week, and they are based on themes related to current exhibitions held at the Museum.
Through the Community Youth Development (CYD) program, with funding from the City of Austin’s Health and Human Services Department, Mexic-Arte Museum offers after-school art classes at Hillcrest Elementary School, Houston Elementary School, Langford Elementary School, Perez Elementary School, Rodriguez Elementary School, Mendez Middle School, Ojeda Middle School, Akins High School, Travis High School, and River City Youth Foundation.
Mexic-Arte Museum is also fortunate to have funding from local corporate sponsors. With funding from Austin Energy, the Museum offers after-school art classes at Metz Elementary School, Sanchez Elementary School, UT Elementary School, Zavala Elementary School, and Martin Middle School. With funding from Target, the Museum offers after-school art classes at Pecan Springs Elementary School and Walnut Creek Elementary School. Applied Materials Foundation also provides funding for classes at Pecan Springs, Pearce Middle School, and LBJ High School.
For more information about after-school art classes, please contact the Education Outreach Coordinator at educationoutreach@mexic-artemuseum.org or (512) 480-9373 x83.
After School Art Classes are sponsored by the City of Austin, Health and Human Services Department, Austin Energy, Applied Materials Foundation and Target.
SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS
As funding permits, Education Staff from Mexic-Arte Museum will prepare and present special presentations to take to schools in the Central Texas area, such as demonstrations about Day of the Dead Traditions or an Exhibition “Behind-the-Scenes”. For more information about school presentations, please contact the Education Outreach Coordinator at educationoutreach@mexic-artemuseum.org or (512) 480-9373 x83.
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Guided tours of Mexic-Arte Museum exhibitions provide students and teachers with a unique cultural experience, and they generate a greater awareness of Mexican and Latin American heritage.
The cost of a tour for school groups is $2 per person. Tours are free for Title I schools. The group size limit varies with each exhibition. To request a tour, please e-mail programsupport@mexic-artemuseum.org for a Tour Request Form. If you have any questions, please call (512) 480-9373 x86.
Currently, for the spring semester of 2010, the Museum is offering free guided tours for Austin Title I Schools, with sponsorship from Applied Materials Foundation. Through funding from Texas Commission on the Arts, the Museum has also offered free guided tours to Houston Elementary School, Rodriguez Elementary School, and Widen Elementary School. Funding from Applied Materials has made free guided tours possible for Pecan Springs Elementary School, Zavala Elementary School, LBJ High School, and Manor ISD.
The current exhibitions at Mexic-Arte Museum are Imagining Mexico: Expressions in Popular Culture, Selections from Austin Collections and Rubén Herrera: Master Artist and Teacher 1888-1933. Both continue through June 27, 2010. Click here for more information about these exhibitions.
Click here
to download a Tour
Request Form (doc).
GALLERY GUIDES
Gallery guides for each exhibition are also available for use during the tour or in the classroom as a post-tour activity. Below are downloadable Gallery Guides from recent exhibitions:
Aztec and Maya Revival
25th Anniversary Permanent Collection Exhibition: A Legacy of Change
Day of the Dead
Imagining Mexico: Expressions in Popular Culture, Selections from Austin Collections
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Several times a year, including Austin Museum Day in late September, Mexic-Arte Museum offers a Free Sunday for families to have a unique educational experience, inviting children and their parents to participate in hands-on art activities. These activities are led by professional artists who are often part of the current exhibition. Family Days have also provided an opportunity for children and their families to enjoy special demonstrations such as dance performances and live music.
Click below to see photos from past Family Days:
Austin Museum Day 2009
25th Anniversary Family Day
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Pachyderm – Gift of the Gods: Maize in
Ancient and Contemporary Mexican Culture is a new learning
module providing an introduction to a native food source, maize (corn)
that holds sacred qualities in Mexican culture. This online
exhibit presents stories about the origins of maize, maize in
mythology, and a timeline of Mesoamerican civilization.
It also features
some artwork from Mexic-Arte Museum’s Permanent Collection, and some
delicious maize recipes that you can try! We encourage you take this a
as a starting point to learn more about the important role of food and
culture in all of our lives. Click here to
view.
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Pachyderm – From Revolution to
Renaissance offers a learning module and exploratory
experience for youth. It provides explanations and the significance of
the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and the influential period following --
known as the Mexican Renaissance -- when the arts of Mexico were
flourishing to forge a new, national identity. In addition to art
history (object information such as artist, date, and medium,
contextual information about the artists and artworks including
symbolism), downloadable activities for teachers and students can be
found in Pachyderm for classroom use. Click here to
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The Pachyderm Digital
Education Projects were sponsored by the Edward and Betty Marcus
Digital Education Project for Texas Art Museums and the New Media
Consortium.
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TOUR DOCENTS
As
docents, teens have aided in giving tours to various museum goers
ranging from children to adult visitors. With guidance and training by
a Teen Docent coach, the young docents have learned how to analyze and
discuss art while acquiring public-speaking skills and tour techniques
to effectively guide visitors through the Museum’s exhibitions.
Moreover, the teen participants have developed stronger
self-confidence, learned essential communication skills, and acquired
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SUMMER WORKSHOP
Goodwill's
Summer Youth Employment Program, funded by Workforce Solutions Capital
Area through the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funds from the Recovery
Act of 2009, allowed Mexic-Arte to Museum bring in a team of energetic
youth to create paper-mâché calaveras for last fall's Viva la Vida Fest
celebrating Día de los Muertos. The Summer Program provided youth with
valuable work-based learning and employers with job-ready interns. |
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