Mexican Art & Activism

If you have decided to create a mural this is an excellent resource for your lesson plan. Community Public Art guide, Techniques of Community Murals http://www.cpag.net/guide/2/2_pages/2.htm

KQED lesson "Make Your Own Political Art ” https://ww2.kqed.org/artschool/2016/04/07/make-your-own-political-art-in-5-easy-steps/ 

Art engagement activity "Reflections Paper "  Laurie Brant teacher Apollo High School Reflection Paper activity

Rivera and Kahlo artworks in the Bay Area. (pdf)

PBS News Hour Arts & Culture Canvas, "With muralism, Mexico's rich tradition of public art extends well beyond its borders" , Oct. 15 2020.    https://artscanvas.org/arts-culture/with-muralism-mexicos-rich-tradition-of-public-art-extends-well-beyond-its-borders

Whitney Museum of Art,  "Los Tres Grandes | Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945".  https://youtu.be/nsjxVSc9M08

Scholastic Art, "Mexican Muralists- Working with Narrative Art" Volume 38 #5,  March 2008.  www.scholastic.com/art

Details about Chavez Ravine/Dodger Stadium can be found at https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/10/31/77135/remembering-dodger-stadium-when-it-was-chavez-ravi/

Sophie Cruz 2017 Women's March https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/01/21/watch-6-year-old-sophie-cruz-capture-hearts-massive-womens-march/96889558/

PBS Learning Media (CA) https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/  has two videos and resources that are relevant to the presentation (Orozco, Man of Fire and The Storm That Swept Mexico)

América Tropical Interpretative Center website  https://theamericatropical.org/