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What does MoLAA stand for? . Museum of Latin American Art

Explain what you see on the above video clips (be specific)? In the YouTube clips I saw portraits, painting and different style of Latin American art. There was a lot of bright color, time and energy put into all of this art. The music also help set the mood for the viewing of the art. Many of the pieces were unique, not anything you would find in your average museum

What did you learn from the video clips (3 facts)? In the back of my mind I also saw Latin American art as portraits of people using bright, rich warm colors, but there were many darker paiting, art with American flags and soilders in them, and statues. Many of these art pieces are on loan. Latin American art as a lot more to offer than meets the eye, people need to become better aware of this.

Create 3 questions for your classmates based on the clips or websites (tell them which specific link to visit to find the answer)
1. Who is the founder of the Museum of Latin American Art (Answer found on the website)?
2. How does the great museum stay afloat (Answer found on the website)?
3. Where is the Museum located( be specific) Answer found on the website)?



List any 3 things you learned from the MoLAA website (be specific; give concrete answers for which your classmates can follow-up in upcoming assignments)
1. The MOLAA depends on support from benefactors as well as donations in order to sustain their wonderful find art exhibitons.

2.Dr. Gumbiner was an initial contributor to the Huntington Beach Arts Center in Huntington Beach, California, the Art Museum at California State University, Long Beach and the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California.

3.Dr. Gumbiner dedicated his time and financial support to two major art projects. The first, the Ethnic Art Institute of Micronesia, located on the island of Yap, and the second, the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) founded in Long Beach, California in 1996, is the only museum in the United States that exclusively features contemporary Latin American fine art.

Assignment 2a Latin America Intro

Interdisciplinary Studies: www.aol.com - In academia, pedagogy, physical sciences, earth sciences, human sciences and social sciences in general, an interdisciplinary field is a term of art in the teaching professions, whereas the terms multidisciplinary field or Interdisciplinary fields have become the hallmark of many modern technical professions which must cross traditional academic boundaries as new needs and professions have emerged. Originally the term was applied within education and training pedagogues in reference to the needs of definition and qualities of studies that cut across several established disciplines or traditional fields of study as stimulated by the advance of knowledge. Subsequently, the term has also come to be applied to new professions such as geobiology and old fields such as psychiatry where the professional must have advanced credentials in several fields of study.

www.google.com-interdisciplinary - drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study; "interdisciplinary studies"; "an interdisciplinary conference"

www.ask.com- Latin America- The countries of the Western Hemisphere south of the United States, especially those speaking Spanish, Portuguese, or French.

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Countries of South America and North America (including Central America and the islands of the Caribbean Sea) south of the U.S.; the term is often restricted to countries where either Spanish or Portuguese is spoken. The colonial era in Latin America began in the 15th – 16th centuries when explorers such as Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci made voyages of discovery to the New World. The conquistadores who followed, including Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro, brought Spanish rule to much of the region. In 1532 the first Portuguese settlement was made in Brazil. The Roman Catholic church soon established many missions in Latin America. Roman Catholicism is still the chief religion in most Latin American countries, though the number of Protestants and Evangelicals has grown. Spanish and Portuguese colonists arrived in increasing numbers; they enslaved the native Indian population, which was soon decimated by ill treatment and disease, and then imported African slaves to replace them. A series of movements for independence, led by José de San Martín, Simón Bolívar, and others, swept Latin America in the early 19th century. Federal republics were promulgated across the region, but many of the new countries collapsed into political chaos and were taken over by dictators or military juntas, a situation that persisted into the 20th century. In the 1990s a trend toward democratic rule reemerged; in socialist-run countries many state-owned industries were privatized, and efforts toward regional economic integration were accelerated.

Latin American counties:
Latin America
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Argentina
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Bolivia
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Chile
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Costa Rica
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Dominican Republic
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Ecuador
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Guatemala
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Honduras
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Mexico
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Panama
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Paraguay
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Peru
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Venezuela

Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda
The Bahamas
Barbados
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago

Facts: The twin Pitons (Gros Piton and Petit Piton), striking cone-shaped peaks south of Soufriere, are one of the scenic natural highlights of the Caribbean. With coastlines in the shape of a baseball bat and ball, the two volcanic islands are separated by a three-km-wide channel called The Narrows; on the southern tip of long, baseball bat-shaped Saint Kitts lies the Great Salt Pond;. St Kitts and Nevis is heavily dependent on agriculture; however, tourism and a growing offshore financial industry are becoming increasingly important to the economy. Suriname the smallest independent country on South American continent; mostly tropical rain forest; great diversity of flora and fauna that, for the most part, is increasingly threatened by new development; relatively small population, mostly along the coast.

I used a simple ask.com to find facts and information about these two land areas. This source was very reliable and gave good information that was easy to understand and dissect. I also went to yahoo.com, google.com and aol.com, because all of those sites gives reliable sources to find further information on certain topics. I also like going to those sites because they are able to retrieve information in a speedy manner.

Ashley Symes and I are both nannies. Melissa and I both hope to learn more about Latin America, the Caribbean and their cultures.

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1. Joeny- We are both Scorpios and she lives all kind of music, everything but country that is. In reading Joeny's response to Mr. Freire, I enjoyed how she mentioned that when he was exiled from Brazil he continued his work towards education. He did not let his hardship get in the way of his goals. I loved how she mentioned that, it just goes tos how how determined this man really was.

I also liked her statement that Freire not only wanted to help the uneducated but he also wanted to help the educated as well. He believed that teachers were oppressing their students by imposing their views on them and not letting them exercise their creative sides. This statment was so powerful. This man fought for so many things, and to help educate so many people.

2. William- Unlike me, he was not much in to Obama's innaguration. He also works for PC. In reading William's response to Freire I learned that Freire was considered a man of great importance. One important aspect of his life was his 'literacy training', in fact he was considered a literacy pioneer. William also mentiones that Freire believed that everyone should be able to read. A school opened in 2005 in Tuscon Arizona, honoring Freire with its name, The Paulo Freire Freedom School. Freire believed education was freedom, and he believed in education of the world, not just education of the word.

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In 1946 Freire was honored with the appointment of becoming the Director of the Department of Education and Culture of the Social Service in the State of Pernambuco. In Pernambuco Freire worked with those who could not read nor afford schooling. At this school Freire began to take on a non-orthodox form, which in many ways could be considered liberation theology. Freire took it upon himself to help educate these people know that in Brazil at the time, literacy was a major requirement when it come to voting in the presidential election.



Nonetheless, in 1964, the military coup somehow found a way to put an end to all of Friere's effort. With this Freire was imprisoned as a traitor to the country; he spent 70 days in jail. Later, Freire was exiled to Bolivia. Soon Freire was working in Chile, for the Christian Democratic Agrarian Reform Movement as well as for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. All of this work moved Freire to publish his first book entitled, Education as the Practice of Freedom. Freire later published his second book Pedagogy of the oppressed, which was published in Portuguese in 1968.

Freire stated on his own account that was just a mediocre law student, mainly because more interested in the philosophical and sociological foundations of education than in the law. Even so, Freire obtained a degree in law and went on the try and practice his profession. Freire stated that he left the profession because of the stress and tiresomeness of trying to defend guilty people.

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