Educational Presentations
Project
This project is suitable for all academic levels.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM SPECIALIST
- American and British Civilization
- Art, Literature eg.James Baldwin, Tony Morrison, Zora Neal Hurston and Aime Cesaire.
- History, Human Rights and Multicultural studies
For example in the classroom, library or mediatheque, original and reproducted
archives are arranged on tables. At primary level, art objects, books, images and music are used.
Students circulate and regard the display, they are encouraged to choose an archive that interest them. Students sit around the archives and a lecture, discussion, question and answer session commences.Selected objects are hands on. Students are encouraged to reflect and write or create an art project.
Possible Venues
- Schools, at all levels
- University
- Gallery
- Cultural Centers
The material can be borrowed for long or short periods. It is suitable for installation in the classroom, libraries and secured exhibition space.
Speciality Themes
- Civil rights movement in the United States,
- Transatlantic Slave Trade,
- African and American Art,
- Image of the Blacks in European art,
- Negritude movement in France,
- Post colonial visual culture.
Students’ and teachers’ testimonies >
Black and white photographs: Silver Simphor