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Integrating Southeast Asian Visual Art Into Your Classroom

Integrating Southeast Asian Visual Art Into Your Classroom. Paul Pass A Cultural Perspective on Southeast Asia August 10, 2013. Who here is NOT interested in Southeast Asia?. Preaching to the choir…your job = getting others interested!. My presentation. About me Asia Society Texas Center

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Integrating Southeast Asian Visual Art Into Your Classroom

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  1. Integrating Southeast Asian Visual Art Into Your Classroom Paul Pass A Cultural Perspective on Southeast Asia August 10, 2013

  2. Who here is NOT interested in Southeast Asia?

  3. Preaching to the choir…your job = getting others interested!

  4. My presentation • About me • Asia Society Texas Center • About Asia • About Southeast Asia • Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) & tools for looking • Southeast Asian visual arts • Projects for classroom • Notable collections in United States • Recommended resources

  5. Paul Pass • Asia Society Texas Center (2011 – present) • World Affairs Council of Houston (2010 – 2011) • Congressional and Embassy internships (2009) • MA, Indiana University • BA, Miami University • Conducted over 55 presentations on Asia • Asian art, culture, history, and politics generalist • Studied Asia and Europe for past ten years

  6. About Asia Society Texas Center • NYC HQ: 1956 by John D. Rockefeller III • Texas Center: 1979 by Barbara Bush and Roy Huffington • Arts, culture, business, public policy, education programs • Prepare Asians and Americans for a shared future • One of 11 Asia Society offices around the world

  7. How do I become more involved with Asia Society Texas Center? • Visit us • Tuesday to Sunday, 11 am to 6 pm • Become a member • Memberships start at less than $4/month • Come to our programs • Arts + culture, business + policy, education • Bring your students • Free individually-designed school tours

  8. Weavers’ Stories from Island Southeast Asia November 7, 2013 – February 9, 2014

  9. What is Asia? • Cultural concept • Ancient Greek and Roman definition based on rivers, seas, and mountains • Boundaries • Traditional regions: East, Central, South, Southeast • Asia Society includes Iran, Oceania and Pacific • Other definitions: Middle East (Southwest or Western Asia) and Russia east of Urals

  10. Why care about Asia? 60% of global population Over 2.8 billion people in the world speak an Asian language Asian economies make up about 27% of global GDP China, India, and Japan are world’s second to fourth largest economies (PPP) Since 1980s, US trades more across Pacific than Atlantic Birthplace of Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, Islam, Shinto, Sikhism, and many others

  11. Southeast Asia • Brunei • Cambodia • Indonesia • Laos • Malaysia • Myanmar • Philippines • Singapore • Thailand • Timor-Leste • Vietnam

  12. www.wikitravel.org

  13. Why study about Southeast Asia? Communist countries opening to outside world Confluence of almost all major religions Historical and contemporary crossroads between China and India (former partial name = Indochina) Indonesia as largest Muslim country in world Late 19th/20th centuries ties with US through Spanish-American + Vietnam Wars Singapore as Asian Tiger Tiger Cubs: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand

  14. Major Southeast Asian ReligionsListed with significant presences • Buddhism • Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam • Christianity • Brunei, Philippines, Timor-Leste, Vietnam • Hinduism • Indonesia (Bali), Malaysia, Singapore • Islam • Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Timor-Leste

  15. www.wadsworth.com

  16. http://teacherweb.ftl.pinecrest.edu/snyderd/mwh/projects/ppc/images/serelig.gifhttp://teacherweb.ftl.pinecrest.edu/snyderd/mwh/projects/ppc/images/serelig.gif

  17. Selected characteristics of Southeast Asian art • Emphasis on epic tales and mythical creatures • Influence of trade on visual art in SE Asian history • Links to Animism • Playful Sinification of Vietnamese art • Religious syncretism • Traditional materials: palm leaf, sandstone, some limestone, volcanic rock, wood

  18. What a piece of art tells us • Answers question: who am I?/who are we? • Ancestry and ethnic background • Artist’s influences • Clash or merging between two or more cultures • Folklore, belief systems, religious influence • Historical developments • Interaction with physical environment through materials utilized • Political leanings over time • Styles across time and space • Traditional versus modern versus contemporary

  19. Art in your classroom:Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) • Think deeply, foster cognitive growth, apply knowledge • Go beyond the first “four seconds” • Observation: What do I see? • Drawing conclusions: What does it mean? • Inferences: Why do I say that? • Arguing in evidence: Which clues support my observations? • Elaboration: What more can I find? • Revision: How else could I see this work? How does someone else see this work?

  20. Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art • Emerging, yet still behind East Asian and South Asian artwork in market • Marc Bollansee: “Last frontier in contemporary art” • Indonesia and Philippines as leaders • Young artists embracing new technology • Local socio-political situations shown in global context

  21. Comparative cultures project • Sculptures of the Buddha

  22. Fiction writing project • Develop critical thinking skills through narrative based on piece of art • Prompt 1 (complex piece): Student places his/herself in piece and creates story using visual cues OR develops poem • Prompt 2 (complex piece): Student imagines what happened before OR after • Prompt 3 (two simple pieces): Student uses two pieces’ images as characters in story

  23. Art and photography project • Choose traditional SE Asian devotional artwork • Choose contemporary SE Asian religious news image • Use VTS to compare and contrast the old and new • Use for other global regions as desired

  24. Notable Southeast Asian art collections in United States Asian Art Museum (San Francisco) Cleveland Museum of Art Freer and Sackler Galleries (Washington, DC) Honolulu Museum of Art Los Angeles County Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City) Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena, CA) Seattle Asian Art Museum

  25. Recommended resources on SE Asia Art Radar Journal Asian Art Museum education page Asian Education Foundation Contemporary Art in Asia: Traditions/Tensions Education about Asia magazine Freer and Sackler Galleries Guggenheim No Country exhibition Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History Interweaving Cultures: Islam in Southeast Asia Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art: An Anthology Orientations Magazine Southeast Asia: Crossroads of the World Southeast Asian Contemporary Art Now Teaching Asian Art: Content, Context, and Pedagogy

  26. ThanksVehishta Kaikobad Linh Anh Moreau Pamela Vining and TAGE team

  27. Questions?

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