MOLAA is the Museum of Latin American Art located in Long Beach, California. I chose the MOLAA because I actually visited it a few years ago down in Long Beach and I found it very beautiful. The fact that it is in California made it even better!
What video clips or background websites did you use?
http://molaa.org/About-MOLAA/mission-and-history.aspx
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1190950/molaa_modern_art/
http://www.beachcalifornia.com/beach/video-latin-art-museum.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUaZHgJElTQ&feature=related
What did you learn from the background info?
1. MOLAA was founded in 1996 and is the only museum in the United States dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin American art.
2. The MOLAA permanent collection features over 1,000 works and is internationally recognized as one of the most significant collections of contemporary Latin American fine art in the nation.
3. The Sculpture and Event Garden presents an extraordinary exhibition of sculpture from MOLAA’s permanent collection internationally recognized as the most important collection of contemporary Latin American sculpture in the nation.
What is one specific work in this location that attracted you? Give us the name, and related background info.
Alejandro Colunga
b. 1948, Mexico
La vaca de mil ojos, lloran
The Cow of the Thousand Weeping Eyes, 19
Oil on canvas
Alejandro Colunga is a Mexican painter and sculptor was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Colunga studied music, architecture, and hospitality at Conservatorio del Estado de Jalisco. His painting and sculpting abilities are self taught. Colunga is a visual artist working in the Latin American tradition of surrealism and fantasy. He is part of the movement referred to as Nueva Mexicanidad. An admiration for Mexican folk art is evident in his work, as is a familiarity with the art of India and other cultures. Colunga has studied in the workshops of master artisans in Mexico and often uses traditional techniques in ceramics and wood sculpture.
Art:
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Colunga
http://www.rogallery.com/Colunga_Alejandro/Colunga-bio.htm
http://www.molaa.com/Website-Credits/Alejandro-Colunga.aspx
Classmates
1. Amanda said that Paulo Freire’s book “The Pedagogy of the Oppressed” examines the struggle for justice and equity within the educational system.
2. Catherine learned that poor children taught Freire a lot and would later influence his choice in careers and his convictions.
3. Gabriella learned that Freire taught Portuguese in secondary schools and in 1944 he married Elza Maia Costa de Oliveira.
4. Garin learned that Freire wants teachers to get along with students.
5. Jennifer talks about the experiment where 300 farm workers were taught how to read and write in only 45 days.
6. Karl learned that Freire spent a year in Massachusetts before he went Switzerland to work as a special education advisor to the World Council of Churches.
7. Lena learned that Paulo Freire had 25 books published and these books were also translated into 35 languages.
8. Michelle learned that education was what was called the “banking concept” in which the education suffers from “narration sickness” where the teacher narrates to the student, and the student records and memorizes what he hears.
9. Tuo learned that Freire died on May 2 1997 of heart failure.
10. Rodrigo learned that Freire’s recognitions include: King Baudouin International Development Prize (1990), Outstanding Christian Educator, UNESCO prize for Education and Peace (1986), and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Nebraska (1996).
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