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Materials Related to Scrolls

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At Home Away From Home: Tibetan Culture in Exile
by Museum of International Folk Art
http://moifa.org/eventsedu/education/hah_tibet/index.html

Education guide designed for teachers to use with grades K-12, focusing on themes of the exhibition, "At Home Away from Home: Tibetan Culture in Exile," on display at the Museum of International Folk Art in 1999. The curriculum materials in the guide focus on the history and culture of Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, and the exile of Tibetans from their homeland, especially to India and New Mexico. Activities and art projects feature Kalachakara sand mandalas, thangka paintings (religious scroll paintings on cotton), and the making of prayer flags. The content in this education guide is correlated to the New Mexico State Art and Social Studies Content Standards.

Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 Curriculum: History and Social Studies; Art and Culture
Resource Type: Activities Language: English
Subjects: Prayer flags; Tibetan Americans; Tibet--Social life and customs; Mandala (Buddhism); Scrolls; Folk art
Geographic locations: Tibet; South Asia; New Mexico; India; Asia

Sponsoring Organization:
Museum of International Folk Art
PO Box 2087
Santa Fe NM 87504-2087
(505) 476-1200
http://www.moifa.org/


Collections Seldom Seen
by Museum of International Folk Art
http://www.moifa.org/eventsedu/education/seldomseen/cssintrocur.html

Curriculum guide that grew out of an exhibition, "Collections Seldom Seen," at the Museum of International Folk Art which brought together objects from the permanent collections chosen by several museum curators. The guide includes cultural and historical background on the chosen objects organized by geographic focus (Asia, Latin America, the United States, and Europe) and textile arts in general, plus two lesson plans with student activities, based on New Mexico state standards. The lesson plans are "How to Make a Japanese Scroll" and "Print Making," based on woodblock printing traditions used in the making of Brazilian literatura de cordel. The guide also highlights the role of the curator in the development of museum exhibitions.

Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 Curriculum: Art and Culture; History and Social Studies
Resource Type: Activities; Lesson plans Language: English
Subjects: Decorative arts; Jewelry; Folk art; Scrolls; Museums--Curatorship; Clothing and dress; Wood-engraving; Textile fabrics; Pottery; Costume; Chapbooks, Brazilian
Geographic locations: United States; Philippines; Morocco; Mexico; Japan; Europe; Cameroon; Brazil; Bolivia; Austria; Asia

Sponsoring Organization:
Museum of International Folk Art
PO Box 2087
Santa Fe NM 87504-2087
(505) 476-1200
http://www.moifa.org/


A Village of Painters: Narrative Scrolls from West Bengal
by Museum of International Folk Art
http://www.moifa.org/eventsedu/education/painterslessonplan.pdf

Lesson plan with activities for grades K-12 created in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at the Museum of International Folk Art in 2006-2007. The focus of the curriculum materials is the artistry of the West Bengal, India community of patuas, who wander from village to village singing their own compositions while displaying painted scrolls that include religious songs, social commentary, and personal experience narratives. The curriculum materials correlate with the New Mexico State Content Standards for the Visual Arts. (11 p. PDF)

Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 Curriculum: Art and Culture; History and Social Studies
Resource Type: Lesson plans; Activities Language: English
Subjects: Folk artists; Folk art; Painting; Scrolls; India--Social life and customs; Decorative arts
Geographic locations: South Asia; India

Sponsoring Organization:
Museum of International Folk Art
PO Box 2087
Santa Fe NM 87504-2087
(505) 476-1200
http://www.moifa.org/


 

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