Snite Museum of Art - University of Notre Dame

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Ashbaugh Education Center The Snite Museum of Art’s educators endeavor to interpret the museum’s collections for diverse university and community audiences through tailored touring programs, outreach activities, teacher inservices, and special events designed to enrich visitors’ understanding of our shared humanity and our place in a changing world. The Education Department was recently relocated to the Ashbaugh Education Center. Previously gallery space, it now provides the museum with ample space to educate its visitors. The center boasts a large collection of art and art history books, and teaching materials in its Resource Library. Adjacent to the library is a large area available and equipped for presentations, meetings, youth art lessons and more. Another exciting addition to the center is an area for the docents in the Docent Program to relax, reference material, and take care of business with the Education Department. The center also houses office space for the Curator of Education-Public Programs, the Curator of Academic Programs, the Curator of Native American Art, and their staff.	Area teachers spend time in the Ashbaugh Education Center library.
Teacher Workshops Every year the Education Department puts on a series of workshops for area teachers. The workshops provide teachers with information on how art can be added to their curriculum. Previously workshops were given on African Art, MesoAmerican Art, Native American Art, and Surrealism.
Teacher Seminar on Mexican Migration "Caras Vemos, Corazones no Sabemos: The Human Landscape of Mexican Migration to the United States," is the title of an important exhibition of Chicano/Mexican American art at the Snite Museum of Art, September 3 - November 12, 2006 In connection with the exhibition, interested teachers of all disciplines are invited to a seminar focusing on immigration, the U.S. Mexico border, and the plight of Mexican migrants. The March 6, 4:00 p.m. seminar is free, but teachers must register to participate. Please e-mail Snite curator of education, public programs, Jackie Welsh, at jwelsh2@nd.edu or call 631-4435 to register.	BICULTRUAL TABLE SETTING, 1998 Rolando Briseno Mexican American, b.1952 Silkscreen, 46/50 21 7/8" x 30"