EXHIBITIONS + EVENTS CAlendar SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015
HISPANIC HERITAGE FAMILY DAY Saturday, Sept. 19 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Rotunda Bring the whole family and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. In conjunction with the exhibition Ceramica de los Ancestros: Central America’s Past Revealed, a variety of activities will include decorating a jaguar mask, coloring an animal pendant, bracelet weaving, button making and animal bingo. Learn about the importance of corn and watch corn grinding demonstrations.
TEACHER’S WORKSHOP: CENTRAL AMERICAN CERAMICS Thursday, Oct. 1 & Thursday, Oct. 15 4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Diker Pavilion Join members of the Smithsonian Latino Center and the National Museum of the American Indian in New York for a tour of Ceramica de los Ancestros: Central America’s Past Revealed and a hands-on workshop. Participants will create their own ceramic pot based on designs from the exhibition, as well
as learn about and recreate the topography of Joya de Ceren, El Salvador, a pre-Columbian Mayan farming village and UNESCO World Heritage Site. All participants will receive a gallery guide, exhibition catalog and bilingual coloring book. The workshop is appropriate for teachers of all grades and abilities. Please note this is only one class offered on multiple dates; it is not a multi-session course. $15 material fee. Register at NMAI-NY-Educa-
tion@si.edu and be sure to indicate preferred date of training.
STORYBOOK READING & HANDS-ON ACTIVITY Saturday, Oct. 10 1 p.m. Education Classroom Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! Listen to Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains by Barbara Knutson. Hands-on activity immediately following.
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PHOTO BY JOSHUA STEVENS
PHOTO BY JOSHUA STEVENS PHOTO BY HAYES LAVIS
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