Museum of Craft and Folk Art
Though the Museum of Craft and Folk Art is closing December 1, 2012, the 27 year old educational outreach program will continue in the newly formed PeopleOlogie program: an on-site inter-generational program promoting cultural literacy, celebrating community, and building connections to the world through history, humanities, anthropology, language arts, science, and hand making traditions.
The focus is on the lives and practices of ordinary people, folks like us. Workshops treat participants to an inside look at ancient and contemporary indigenous life around the world. Designed for all ages and learning styles, and aligned to curriculum content standards, virtual field trips, artifacts, and customized art activities foster cultural awareness and bring the study of peoples and cultures alive.
Artist/educators come to your location, visiting schools, enrichment programs, libraries, community centers, youth groups, senior centers, and more, bringing the "field trip" to you. Scheduling is by request, year-round, made online.
Virtual field trips, artifacts, and hands-on activity:
AFRICAN AMERICAN QUILTS
AFRICAN AMERICAN VISIONARIES
ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA
EGYPT: Down the Nile
FANTASTIC TRASH: Reuse, Recreate
FIBEROLOGY! Ready soon
GREEK POTTERY
THE INCA: Weaving Traditions
INDIA: Books or Rangoli
INDONESIA: Shadow Puppets
JAPAN: From Silkworm to Kimono
JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT
MUD, DIRT, SAND & CLAY
NATIVE CA: Miwok & Ohlone
OLMEC, MAYA, & AZTEC
RICE: Food & Folk Art
SOUTHERN CHINA
SOUTHWEST NATIVE AMERICA
WEST AFRICA
BASKET WEAVING
BACK STRAP WEAVING
BOOKMAKING
FINGER KNITTING
NATURAL DYEING
PAPERMAKING
PRINTMAKING
RECYCLE: BUILD A BRIDGE
RECYCLE: BOATS THAT FLOAT
SEED BALLS: Throw & Grow
SPOOL KNITTING
AND MORE!
hands-on activity alone:
BASKET WEAVING
BACK STRAP WEAVING
BOOKMAKING
FINGER KNITTING
NATURAL DYEING
PAPERMAKING
PRINTMAKING
RECYCLE: BUILD A BRIDGE
RECYCLE: BOATS THAT FLOAT
SEED BALLS: Throw & Grow
SPOOL KNITTING
AND MORE!
Interact during virtual field-trips that take you inside lives and homes- see how people live, eat, play celebrate, connecting you to global communities and traditions. Touch artifacts and explore the variety and usefulness of everyday objects created from limited resources. Make objects using hands and minds together with ancient methods over 2,000 years old. Gain an appreciation of and connection to the techniques and practic
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 ljanklow San Francisco, CA |
Volunteer Arts Programmer6/27/2012 "Absolutely wonderful projects and learning fused seamlessly together. Get on board!" |
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