Museum of Latin American Art - Week 3 -Giselle Bustos
(I might have gotten caught up I the fun... ;D
Spending my third week of July at MOLAA in Long Beach, I have learned a lot of new things and even re- encountered with activities I thought I would leave in elementary.
This week I was assigned to work with summer campers at the museum in arts and crafts such as making community objects out of clay. The campers and I were assigned to make animals, buildings, and even plants that represented parts of our communities. These would all later be portrayed in our retablos from week 2, where we learned about Peruvian storytelling and culture.
My highlight of this week had to be where I participated in a Planton Movil, inspired by Lucia Monge. Lucia Monge was actually able to engage with the campers and I in a zoom panel. This experience has increased my knowledge of the inter workings of museums and culture organizations because I have understood how important green equity is to all communities. Here you can even see where I ask Lucia Monge my own question. I decided to ask Lucia, "was your experience living in Peru something that impacted your interest and activism for plant Equity?"
From the whole cultural activism activities we did this week including this panel, I was able to further understand that plants carry life to and it is important that we show them empathy and learn from plants. Lucia even had the kids talk to the plants before they picked them up, and tell them what we were going to do for the parade.
I found this important because my experience that day connected with the mission of the young Ambassadors program and even my experience at Washington because the minds of these young children were being cultivated, creating leaders for the future. These children would later tell their peers and classmates what we did and how taking care of plants and even one another all impacts how the Earth treats us.
A lesson all these kids learn that day and I was even able to remind myself is that we only have one Earth so it does truly matter how we take every approach in our actions. I noticed how these kids began to pay more attention to the leaves and even how they held the stem of the plants. With this Planton Movil activity, the summer campers and I walked around the museum in the streets and chanted for the plants. We held signs with different sentences such as, "Green Team", "We love our plants", and even "We only have One", which was for the earth.
The MOLAA bilingual summer Arts Camp taught me a lot not just about art and latin culture. I made a lot of friends and even spent most of my July surrounded by kinder and Elementary grade students. Overall I know I am excited to see how I end my practicum at here at the museum so I look forward in telling you all about week 4 soon!
Best, Giselle Bustos :))
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