Tag Archives: Through the Eyes of the Eagle
A Comic Book and Creative Imagery To Inspire Health
Today’s blog is written by ASM’s Director of Education Lisa Falk, who was lead curator for ASM’s exhibit Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living, and is co-author of the It’s Up 2 You! comic book. Last fall we displayed the exhibit Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living about diabetes [...]
Shoes Tell Stories
Virkinee Eloisa Hanessian, a senior at the University of Arizona majoring is Art History, shares her thoughts on Native American shoes that are included in the Through the Eyes of the Eagle exhibit as an illustration of physical activity. This semester she interned in ASM’s education department and helped with installation prep work for the [...]
Community collaborations enrich museum’s healthy message
Today’s blog is written by Lisa Falk, lead curator for ASM’s exhibit Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living. In light of staggering statistics on obesity and diabetes, Arizona State Museum partnered with university and community organizations to bring to Tucson an exhibit with a healthy message. If you haven’t had a chance [...]
Looking to our Past for a Healthier Future
Today’s blog is written by Lisa Falk, lead curator for ASM’s new exhibit Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living. Terrol Dew Johnson is an award-winning artist, community organizer, and a nationally recognized activist who lives with type 2 diabetes. He is also one of the co-curators of Arizona State Museum’s newest exhibit [...]
Do you know the answers?
Lisa Falk, ASM director of education and blog editor provokes you to think about the questions raised in ASM’s newest exhibit Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living for which she is the lead curator. Our newest exhibit, Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living, uses objects, stories, photos, videos, hands-on [...]
Behind the Scenes: Putting Together an Exhibit
Lisa Falk, ASM director of education and blog editor shares preparation for ASM’s newest exhibit Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living for which she is the lead curator. Do you remember preparing for those school plays? Just before opening night it seemed you were always running around making one more prop, painting [...]
Learning the Ollie
I’m in Los Angeles for a workshop and had a bit of free time before it began. Of course, being a desert dweller, I headed straight for the Pacific Ocean to feel sand and cold water between my toes and a cool breeze on my skin. Walking from the bus stop to the beach, a [...]
A cell phone in every hand; a mobile app to teach
Smart phones are becoming more and more popular and accessible. IPhones, Androids, Droids… sounds like Star Wars fighters. Cell phones, though, are not warriors, but rather communicators and equalizers, educators and learning tools. Cell phones are tools of empowerment for people all over. Internet access and mobile apps are taking the phone beyond being solely [...]
