I have become a fan of the "Crash Course" channel on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse
They have extensive video resources in History and Science, and a few videos relating to English/Literature.
It's fast-paced, detailed, educational entertainment. Enjoy!
Monday, December 9, 2013
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Local Museum Happenings
I would like to take this opportunity to share some of the events and activities going-on at...
Exhibits:
Sept. 4-Jan 5: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Character models, sets, and volumes of technical information about the making of the movie are showcased in this exhibit.
Fray Antonio Margil de Jesús: “Patron Saint of Texas”
Bob Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct
The McNay
Exhibits:
Sept. 4-Jan 5: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Character models, sets, and volumes of technical information about the making of the movie are showcased in this exhibit.
Sept. 4-Jan 5:
Onstage! Costume Design & the Theatre
This exhibit showcases costumes created by lauded theatrical costume designers, and demonstrates how a costume was conceived, created, and prepared for wear throughout the duration of a stage production.
This exhibit showcases costumes created by lauded theatrical costume designers, and demonstrates how a costume was conceived, created, and prepared for wear throughout the duration of a stage production.
Oct. 2-Jan. 19: CUT!
Costume and the Cinema
Over 40 costumes, featured in numerous period films (including Pirates of the Caribbean, The Duchess, Sense & Sensibility, and Sherlock Holmes) are displayed in this exhibit.
Over 40 costumes, featured in numerous period films (including Pirates of the Caribbean, The Duchess, Sense & Sensibility, and Sherlock Holmes) are displayed in this exhibit.
SAMA:
Educators' Annual Membership Fee: $35.00 (Free museum access
on Tuesday Nights, Gallery Access is Free to the Public (due to corporate sponsorship
from HEB), though lectures and workshops may carry an additional charge.
Exhibits:
Lethal Beauty: Samurai Weapons and Armor
Exhibits:
Lethal Beauty: Samurai Weapons and Armor
September 28, 2013 – January 5, 2014
Samurai, which
literally means “those who serve,” were a class of warrior in traditional Japan,
active from the twelfth to nineteenth centuries. The moral code of the
samurai—that stresses loyalty and honor, and mastery of martial arts—is a
celebrated aspect of this unique type of warrior lifestyle.
Lethal Beauty: Samurai Weapons and Armor offers visitors the opportunity to see the real thing—actual arms and armor made for use by the samurai. Ranging from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries, the 75 objects in the exhibition focus on works from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. Five full sets of armor will be on view, complete with masks and helmets. Remarkable weapons include long and short swords—the oldest of which dates to the 1200s—daggers, and even a few examples of early Japanese rifles. In addition, a brilliantly painted pair of folding screens illustrate samurai battles in the famous warrior epic Tale of Heike.
Lethal Beauty, as the title evokes, contrasts the deadliness of samurai weapons and the artistic beauty with which they are imbued. Many of the objects reveal the capacity for aesthetic appreciation expected of the cultivated samurai. The final section of the exhibition presents samurai objects that were later recycled and repurposed, such as a bonsai tray made from forty sword scabbards.
Lethal Beauty: Samurai Weapons and Armor offers visitors the opportunity to see the real thing—actual arms and armor made for use by the samurai. Ranging from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries, the 75 objects in the exhibition focus on works from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. Five full sets of armor will be on view, complete with masks and helmets. Remarkable weapons include long and short swords—the oldest of which dates to the 1200s—daggers, and even a few examples of early Japanese rifles. In addition, a brilliantly painted pair of folding screens illustrate samurai battles in the famous warrior epic Tale of Heike.
Lethal Beauty, as the title evokes, contrasts the deadliness of samurai weapons and the artistic beauty with which they are imbued. Many of the objects reveal the capacity for aesthetic appreciation expected of the cultivated samurai. The final section of the exhibition presents samurai objects that were later recycled and repurposed, such as a bonsai tray made from forty sword scabbards.
Eldzier Cortor:
Master Printmaker
December 14, 2013 – March 2, 2014
This December, SAMA premieres Eldzier Cortor: Master Printmaker, an exhibition based on Mr. Cortor’s generous gift to the Museum. Included in this selection are complete runs of many of the artist’s print series, including “Jewels” and “Facets”—as well as beautiful impressions of a series he called “L’Abbatoire” (“The Slaughterhouse”), a response to Cortor’s years living and teaching art in Haiti. The “Abbatoire” series includes hauntingly beautiful, almost abstract images of butcher shops—a metaphor for the brutal and repressive regime of François “Papa Doc” Duvalier and the dreaded paramilitary Tontons Macoutes, who tortured, maimed and killed anyone perceived to oppose him.
The prints themselves are masterly examples of technique. Many are hand colored; some are printed with multiple plates to achieve unique color combinations; and all reveal Cortor’s finesse with line and shape. The whole suite of prints, along with two paintings Cortor gave the Museum, will be on view.
Thomas Sully: Painted Performance
This December, SAMA premieres Eldzier Cortor: Master Printmaker, an exhibition based on Mr. Cortor’s generous gift to the Museum. Included in this selection are complete runs of many of the artist’s print series, including “Jewels” and “Facets”—as well as beautiful impressions of a series he called “L’Abbatoire” (“The Slaughterhouse”), a response to Cortor’s years living and teaching art in Haiti. The “Abbatoire” series includes hauntingly beautiful, almost abstract images of butcher shops—a metaphor for the brutal and repressive regime of François “Papa Doc” Duvalier and the dreaded paramilitary Tontons Macoutes, who tortured, maimed and killed anyone perceived to oppose him.
The prints themselves are masterly examples of technique. Many are hand colored; some are printed with multiple plates to achieve unique color combinations; and all reveal Cortor’s finesse with line and shape. The whole suite of prints, along with two paintings Cortor gave the Museum, will be on view.
Thomas Sully: Painted Performance
February 8, 2014 – May 11, 2014
The American
Romantic painter Thomas Sully (1783–1872) had a lifelong connection to and love
for the theatre, associations that were critical components of his artistic
imagination. When viewed through the lens of theatre, Sully’s portraits and
numerous subject pictures take on a striking coherence., complementing one
another and revealing the breadth and unity of his artistic production.
Throughout his career, Sully continued to paint leading actors of the day— both
in and out of character.
The theatricality
of Sully’s paintings extends beyond subject matter. It also imbues his method
of working and the ways in which his sitters perform. Sully orchestrated drama,
performance and a heightened sense of activity to great effect throughout his
long career.
Fray Antonio Margil de Jesús: “Patron Saint of Texas”
October 12, 2013 – March 23, 2014
In 1720, Fray Antonio Margil de Jesús (1657-1726) was the founder of San Antonio’s flagship mission, Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo. This humble man was famous during his lifetime as an exemplary Franciscan friar, a devoted evangelist, a gifted scholar of indigenous languages, and a fearless worker for the Church.
Over the past nine months, Marion Oettinger made several research trips on the path of this dedicated missionary. In Mexico City, he visited the Franciscan church where Fr. Margil was initially buried. In Zacatecas, he found half a dozen eighteenth-century portraits of Fr. Margil, some sculptures and other paintings. While in Zacatecas, he worked with books from an important library established by Fr. Margil, many bound in velum and some dating to the early sixteenth century.
The fruits of this research are on view in the exhibition Fray Antonio Margil de Jesús: the “Patron Saint of Texas,” open to the public from October 12, 2013–March 23, 2013. The exhibition includes many original materials related to Fr. Margil’s life and work, putting vivid focus on a pivotal period of local history.
In 1720, Fray Antonio Margil de Jesús (1657-1726) was the founder of San Antonio’s flagship mission, Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo. This humble man was famous during his lifetime as an exemplary Franciscan friar, a devoted evangelist, a gifted scholar of indigenous languages, and a fearless worker for the Church.
Over the past nine months, Marion Oettinger made several research trips on the path of this dedicated missionary. In Mexico City, he visited the Franciscan church where Fr. Margil was initially buried. In Zacatecas, he found half a dozen eighteenth-century portraits of Fr. Margil, some sculptures and other paintings. While in Zacatecas, he worked with books from an important library established by Fr. Margil, many bound in velum and some dating to the early sixteenth century.
The fruits of this research are on view in the exhibition Fray Antonio Margil de Jesús: the “Patron Saint of Texas,” open to the public from October 12, 2013–March 23, 2013. The exhibition includes many original materials related to Fr. Margil’s life and work, putting vivid focus on a pivotal period of local history.
Bob Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct
March 15, 2014 – June 8, 2014
This wonderful exhibition is inspired by Kuhn’s devotion to the practice of drawing. Masterpieces of observation, design and invention, Kuhn’s drawings were integral to his art—the building blocks upon which his paintings were constructed. His detailed paintings of animals in landscape eventually made him one of America’s most popular wildlife illustrators.
Kuhn’s work spans both North American and African subject matter, and Drawing on Instinct opens a window into the creative process of a prolific artist working at the crossroads of representational and expressionist traditions. Immersed in the observational precision of natural- history artists like John James Audubon and Carl Rungius, Kuhn was also cognizant of contemporary artistic movements emerging during his lifetime. Kuhn integrated the work of color-field theorists like Mark Rothko and Joseph Albers into deeply felt landscapes, which are settings for his dramatic moments of observation.
This wonderful exhibition is inspired by Kuhn’s devotion to the practice of drawing. Masterpieces of observation, design and invention, Kuhn’s drawings were integral to his art—the building blocks upon which his paintings were constructed. His detailed paintings of animals in landscape eventually made him one of America’s most popular wildlife illustrators.
Kuhn’s work spans both North American and African subject matter, and Drawing on Instinct opens a window into the creative process of a prolific artist working at the crossroads of representational and expressionist traditions. Immersed in the observational precision of natural- history artists like John James Audubon and Carl Rungius, Kuhn was also cognizant of contemporary artistic movements emerging during his lifetime. Kuhn integrated the work of color-field theorists like Mark Rothko and Joseph Albers into deeply felt landscapes, which are settings for his dramatic moments of observation.
Matisse: Life in
Color
June 14, 2014 – September 7, 2014
The San Antonio Museum of Art will present Matisse: Life in Color, Masterworks from the Baltimore Museum of Art to San Antonio in June 2014. This sweeping exhibition features almost fifty paintings and sculptures and thirty works on paper spanning six decades of Henri Matisse’s prolific career. Drawn from the Baltimore Museum of Art’s permanent collection, perhaps the finest collection of Matisse’s work in the world, Matisse: Life in Color offers a once in a lifetime opportunity for San Antonio, and indeed all of Texas and our region to share in the beauty and importance of such a magnificent body of work.
As one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954) fundamentally altered the course of modern art with his stylistic innovations. Across a succession of stylistic periods, Matisse aimed to discover the “essential character of things” through art that expressed balance and serenity. He experimented throughout his career with abandoning conventional perspective and form in favor of dramatically simplified areas of pure color, flat shapes and decorative patterns.
The San Antonio Museum of Art will present Matisse: Life in Color, Masterworks from the Baltimore Museum of Art to San Antonio in June 2014. This sweeping exhibition features almost fifty paintings and sculptures and thirty works on paper spanning six decades of Henri Matisse’s prolific career. Drawn from the Baltimore Museum of Art’s permanent collection, perhaps the finest collection of Matisse’s work in the world, Matisse: Life in Color offers a once in a lifetime opportunity for San Antonio, and indeed all of Texas and our region to share in the beauty and importance of such a magnificent body of work.
As one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954) fundamentally altered the course of modern art with his stylistic innovations. Across a succession of stylistic periods, Matisse aimed to discover the “essential character of things” through art that expressed balance and serenity. He experimented throughout his career with abandoning conventional perspective and form in favor of dramatically simplified areas of pure color, flat shapes and decorative patterns.
Ongoing Programs:
First Sundays for Families
Children under 12 are free; stations are set-up for kids to
create themed artwork which relates to an ongoing exhibit. Programs last
from 1-5:00pm on the first Sunday of each month.
Tuesday Night Gallery Talks
Gallery talks by SAMA docents are focused on specific works
of art found in the Museum's collections and special exhibitions.
The Witte:
Exhibits:
CSI: The Experience
October 5, 2013-January 26, 2014
CSI: The Experience is an immersive, interactive forensic science exhibit related to the hit TV series that invites people to use real science to solve hypothetical crimes in an exciting multi-media environment. Imagine entering a crime scene and being the one responsible for noticing and collecting every trace of evidence. The pressure is on: you know the analysis of your evidence must be scientifically sound to crack the case. From DNA and firearms analysis to forensic anthropology and toxicology, visitors will be immersed in hands-on science in an exciting multi-media environment with dazzling special effects direct from the CSI TV series.
Porfirio Salinas: Capturing South Texas on Canvas
CSI: The Experience
October 5, 2013-January 26, 2014
CSI: The Experience is an immersive, interactive forensic science exhibit related to the hit TV series that invites people to use real science to solve hypothetical crimes in an exciting multi-media environment. Imagine entering a crime scene and being the one responsible for noticing and collecting every trace of evidence. The pressure is on: you know the analysis of your evidence must be scientifically sound to crack the case. From DNA and firearms analysis to forensic anthropology and toxicology, visitors will be immersed in hands-on science in an exciting multi-media environment with dazzling special effects direct from the CSI TV series.
Porfirio Salinas: Capturing South Texas on Canvas
September 28, 2013 through February 9, 2014
This exhibition features approximately 30 works by
nationally-renowned Texas
artist Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973). Salinas is
known for capturing the changing South Texas
landscape in his paintings. The centerpiece of the exhibition is a mural
commissioned by San Antonio businessman Dan
Rheiner, depicting Rheiner’s Las Pintas Ranch in Webb
County, which was created to fully
cover the four walls of a small room within Rheiner’s San Antonio home. Viewers feel instantly transported
to the Texas
ranchland by the 360-degree view.
The World Through Magic Lanterns
June 29, 2013 through June 2014
From the 1700s until the early 1900s magic lanterns were used for teaching and storytelling. The devices utilized concepts that brought modern film projection and television into existence. The exhibition features examples of Magic Lanterns from the finest collection known, The Jack Judson Magic Lantern Castle Collection. Visitors will see all aspects of making a magic lantern show in the 1800s, the equipment used and projections of the final presentations.
Alien Worlds and Androids
The World Through Magic Lanterns
June 29, 2013 through June 2014
From the 1700s until the early 1900s magic lanterns were used for teaching and storytelling. The devices utilized concepts that brought modern film projection and television into existence. The exhibition features examples of Magic Lanterns from the finest collection known, The Jack Judson Magic Lantern Castle Collection. Visitors will see all aspects of making a magic lantern show in the 1800s, the equipment used and projections of the final presentations.
Alien Worlds and Androids
February 22 through May 27, 2014
Are we alone? Through the use of robots, telescopes, space
probes and high-tech laboratories, scientists have been studying the
possibility of life existing beyond Earth and what forms it may take depending
on the environment. This exhibit has nine areas highlighting current scientific
studies and findings: Are We Alone?, Looking for Life in Space, Alien Life on
Earth, Artificial intelligence and Robots, Robot Space Explorers, Explore the
Solar System, The Robotization of Planet Earth, I-Cyborg and The Human Microbiome.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Introduction
Hello SASIC Family!
It is my intent to use this blog to post local professional development opportunities, links to online teacher and student resources, ideas for classroom and field trip activities, and other practical strategies and skills that you can implement in your high school classrooms.
I want this blog to be informative and functional. I want my teachers to come to me with their challenges and ambitions, and let me help them research and plan the implementation of innovative, student-centered strategies and methodologies. You are the experts. You know the students. You are on the "front lines" every day working to ensure that your learners are receiving the best, most progressive education you can provide.
Do not hesitate to contact me if...
- You need help creating and implementing a lesson concept
- You are having difficulty aligning a particular lesson activity to TAKS Objectives, STAAR Categories, or CTE Standards
- You are experiencing trouble implementing student discipline or maintaining an organized classroom
- You require a deeper understanding of a particular practice or concept, but don't have much time to perform independent research.
- Etc.
I am your resource. I am here to promote and communicate your purposes and ideas to the administration, your fellow educators, the parents, and students. I will also try to keep an updated calendar of events indicating when student field trips, PLC discussions, and staff meetings will be taking place throughout the school year.
In short (too late), I am instituting this blog to try to make your jobs a little easier. Just let me know how I can help you meet your goals.
It is my intent to use this blog to post local professional development opportunities, links to online teacher and student resources, ideas for classroom and field trip activities, and other practical strategies and skills that you can implement in your high school classrooms.
I want this blog to be informative and functional. I want my teachers to come to me with their challenges and ambitions, and let me help them research and plan the implementation of innovative, student-centered strategies and methodologies. You are the experts. You know the students. You are on the "front lines" every day working to ensure that your learners are receiving the best, most progressive education you can provide.
Do not hesitate to contact me if...
- You need help creating and implementing a lesson concept
- You are having difficulty aligning a particular lesson activity to TAKS Objectives, STAAR Categories, or CTE Standards
- You are experiencing trouble implementing student discipline or maintaining an organized classroom
- You require a deeper understanding of a particular practice or concept, but don't have much time to perform independent research.
- Etc.
I am your resource. I am here to promote and communicate your purposes and ideas to the administration, your fellow educators, the parents, and students. I will also try to keep an updated calendar of events indicating when student field trips, PLC discussions, and staff meetings will be taking place throughout the school year.
In short (too late), I am instituting this blog to try to make your jobs a little easier. Just let me know how I can help you meet your goals.
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