Astronomy on the Walls: Using Art for Outreach
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This slideshow can be used anywhere in the world and in numerous ways for multiple audiences. Your creativity is the limit. Hide or skip slides you don’t want to use. Amateur astronomers, parents, teachers, and anyone who is interested can use these materials.
Astronomy on the Walls: Using Art for Outreach
- 1. Astronomy on the Walls JESSICA SANTASCOY santajess@gmail.com @jessicasuzette 415-640-6419 狠狠撸show based on a presentation at the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAP) Conference VIII American Museum of Natural History, NYC in July 2013 狠狠撸show designed in Dec 2014; a paper will be published in 2015 Using Art for Outreach
- 2. This slideshow can be used anywhere in the world and in numerous ways for multiple audiences. Your creativity is the limit. Hide or skip slides you don’t want to use. Amateur astronomers, parents, teachers, and anyone who is interested can use these materials. Here are two ideas. For adults, a straightforward presentation of the mural slides is easy. When I gave this presentation at the INSAP conference at the National Museum of Natural History in New York City, people responded with enthusiasm during the presentation and the dialog. For children and teens, try this simple activity. First, show the participants the slides, while giving them a bit of background supplied by this essay or the slideshow notes. Then provide them with a variety of materials such as crayons, paper, craft paper and pens, or even natural materials such as grass, tree bark and feathers. Ask the participants to create their own sky stories. I have done such activities with people of all ages with delightful results. Time constraints can hamper outreach, so activities must be quick to implement (Santascoy et al., 2011). These activities fit the bill. I hope you enjoy the mural slideshow and the activities! - Jessica Santascoy How to use this slideshow
- 3. Discover the Secrets of the Universe Through your Library, mural by Carlos Callejo (1994) 狠狠撸show by Jessica Santascoy Photos: Jessica Santascoy & Joe Cieplinski
- 16. What is your sky story?
- 18. Resources Fraknoi, Andrew 2013-2014, Unheard Voices Part I: The Astronomy of Many Cultures, A Resource Guide http://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/multicultural. Staal, Julius D.W. The New Patterns in the Sky. Myths and Legends of the Stars. McDonald & Woodward, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1988. (book) Find your local astronomy club at the NASA Night Sky Network website nightskynetwork.org EarthSky has easy-to-read, earthsky.org
- 19. To my family: Nicholas Santascoy, Rebecca Santascoy & Joe Cieplinski Brian Abbott, Assistant Director, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History Martha Andrade, Manager, El Paso Public Library - Armijo Branch Carlos Callejo, Artist Suzy Gurton, Astronomy Education Manager, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Diana C. Leyva, Library Information Senior Specialist, El Paso Public Library - Armijo Branch Elizabeth Stachow, Executive Assistant to Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History Thanks
Editor's Notes
- Good morning! I purposely made my presentation short, about 10 mins. But that's if I'm the only one speaking. What I'd like to do is hear your thoughts and ideas as I show images of the mural. Give a short intro of why I got into outreach, then we can talk about the mural. [The presenter would give his or her background story.] We can take our time and this can be interactive.
- The mural is located at a public library within about 10 min walking distance to Juarez, Mexico There is a glass window so this part of the mural can be seen through the glass.
- The mural is on the El Paso, on the U.S.-Mexico border. El Paso is about 85% Latino/a. This is a canyon, close to my grandparents’ home. As an adult, I’d hike through the mountains and sometimes I’d wake up to greet the sun at the canyon. [Presenter can simply describe the location of the mural and encourage the audience to think about the place where they grew up].
- The mural is on the left side of the building. This location is a great place for outreach, because there’s an instant audience - there’s a girls and boys club behind the library. Let’s look at the images and I’ll tell you what the artist says about them.
- This is a Meso-American noble inviting people in to learn and see more in the library. This image can be seen from the sidewalk.
- Traditional Meso-American knowledge teaches us that at night when we sleep, and we dream, our souls visit a collective pool where we drink and replenish our spirits.
- Floating Meso-American motif sculptures imply that our ancestors were connected with the universe long before space technology existed.
- The astronaut symbolizes modern day society needing to recognize the great value and importance that our ancient ancestors had to offer the rest of the world.
- Rovers with the Aztec calendar on a planet that seems to be a depiction of Mars. The image recognizes the importance of Meso-American thought and contributions.
- This slide is animated so when you click the right arrow the image will move from left to right. [NOTE: the animation only seems to work in KEYNOTE. So if you want the Keynote file, you must contact me. I had to convert this to PPT for 狠狠撸share].
- Another extra photo.
- Notice how the sun comes in through the window above on this section of the mural. Just beautiful.
- Another shot of the biggest part of the mural. This image is static.
- Images of residents of the neighborhood are in the mural. Carlos Callejo, the artist, is at the podium.
- This is Carlos Callejo’s (the artist) statement. The staff at the public library give this to the public.