El Rescate Tribute Mural Review

1. El RescateTribute Mural Review • Tribute Mural will honor someone who acted heroic during the disaster & recovery effort. • Tribute Mural is an illustration to your tribute written in Spanish clase • Groups will decide which tribute to use for the mural after each group member shares (in English) their tribute (everyone votes, you can’t vote for yourself)

2. El RescateTribute Mural Assignement • The mural will be “gridded” out so that each group member has a space in which to create a portion of the mural. • Mural must be full color! • Mural must include features of your city (landforms, buildings, tourist attractions) .

3. El RescateTribute Mural • http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/diego-rivera/about-the-artist/64/ • Considered the greatest Mexican painter of the twentieth century, Diego Rivera had a profound effect on the international art world. • In a series of visits to America, from 1930 to 1940, Rivera brought his unique vision to public spaces and galleries, enlightening and inspiring artists and laymen alike. • Diego Rivera was born in Guanajuato, Mexico in 1886. He began to study painting at an early age and in 1907 moved to Europe.

4. In Europe he learns about the wall frescoes of the Renaissance • He believe art should be accessible to all in Mexico no matter the social class • For him, the frescoes’ size and public accessibility was the perfect canvas on which to tackle themes of the history, progress and future of humanity. • Like Diego you are creating art accessible to everyone that follows the progress of you town and its hero

9. By the end of the period your group should (1) have a tribute topic chosen, (2) have all group members signed up for a square on the mural rough draft, (3) have pencil sketches of what will be included on your mural Draw mountains here Sarah’s square David’s square Draw hero saving people here