| Details | During this three-part online workshop series, teachers will be introduced to the intersection of Indigenous women artists and activism. Using the museum’s Essential Understandings framework and artworks by contemporary Indigenous women artists, teachers will deepen their knowledge of Indigenous women’s roles and contributions and examine ways students might use art to learn about difficult historical events and contemporary issues. Classroom materials from the museum’s Native Knowledge 360° education initiative will be provided. This project received support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative. Session 1, Thursday, Jan. 20. Register here.
Participants will hear from Cherokee Nation citizen, publishing editor of First American Art Magazine, and visual artist, America Meredith. Meredith’s painting of Mary Golda Ross, the Cherokee Aerospace Engineer, is featured in NMAI’s contemporary art collection. Teachers will be introduced to the book Classified, the Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross Cherokee Aerospace Engineer and illustrated by Natasha Donovan. Recommended for teachers of Elementary Grades 2 and Up.Session 2, Thursday, Feb. 17. Register here.
Teachers will be led by Dr. Debbie Reese (Nambé Owingeh) and Founder of American Indians in Children's Literature, who will lead discussion with the artist and illustrator of award-winning Children’s book, Water Walker, Joanne Robertson (AnishinaabeKwe). They will discuss Water Walker as a classroom tool to deepen student knowledge of Indigenous women’s roles and contributions in urgent matters of representation and the environment. Recommended for teachers of Elementary Grades 2 and Up. Session 3, Thursday, March 3. Register here.
Teachers will meet museum’s assistant curator of contemporary art, Rebecca Head Trautmann and take a deeper dive into contemporary artworks in the museum’s collection. In this session, teachers will learn how to connect inquiry techniques to their classroom practice and as entry points into NMAI’s Native Knowledge 360˚ classroom materials. Teachers will explore the NMAI’s collections as tools to deepen their knowledge of Indigenous women’s roles and contributions and learn how to introduce students to difficult historical topics, including forced removal. Recommended for teachers Grades 4 and Up. Image: America Meredith (Swedish/Cherokee), Mary Golda Ross: Ad Astra per Astra, 2011. Acrylic on canvas. NMAI 26/8630. |
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