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Making Mayan Codices with Medicine Bear: RedStone Serna
Learning Target: I can investigate my thoughts, emotions, culture and identity to inspire me to recognize, create, and develop my artistic ideas.
Learning Summary: Students will use traditional Indigenous art forms to explore and express their thoughts, emotions, and identity through the creation of a personal Codex book. They will reflect on how their intersectional identity shapes their perspectives and create visual representations of these reflections through storytelling and art.
Arts Standard: VA.3.CR1.4Generate and research ideas for artwork that draw upon specific moods, feelings, or themes.
SEL Standard: "Standard 1: Self-Awareness & Identity: Identify and reflect upon one’s thoughts, emotions, behaviors, intersectional identity, and capabilities across situations and environments."
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Artist Information
- Artist: Medicine Bear: RedStone Serna
- Location: Portland, OR
- Region: Northwest Oregon
- Art Medium: Visual Arts