Tag Archives: Tohono O’odham
A Basketry Class Act
The neighborhoods surrounding the University of Arizona hold a bounty of local treasures, from the Postal History Museum to an Ace Hardware with unrivaled vintage ambience. Also on this list of UA area unique institutions is Ha:san Prepartory and Leadership School “a bicultural public high school for Tohono O’odham youth and Native students interested in [...]
Tohono O’odham Basketry
The Tohono O’odham today weave more basketry than any other American Indian tribe. It is estimated that there are 300-400 active weavers today. This number is still a far cry from generations past when essentially all women wove baskets for their families and communities, for tasks that included desert plant gathering to holding ceremonial saguaro [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Contemporary Issues
What makes a museum relevant? What role should a museum play in its community? Which communities should a museum serve? How and why? How do you define culture? Is it important? Those are some of the questions being discussed by ASM staff these days. Why do you visit museums? What do you expect to see [...]
