Smithsonian Education | “I Saw Your Light And It Was Shining”: The Power of Imaginative Sight in Classroom Storytelling @SmithsonianEducation | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 29 minutes ago.
How might we use objects of the past to tell stories for the future? Join artist Oasa DuVerney and Cooper Hewitt educators as we use objects as a tool for speculative thinking and storytelling in the classroom, engaging students’ creativity and supporting content learning across disciplines.
The title of this project, I saw your light and it was shining, is taken from the poem Rhinoceros Woman, written by writer and Black Liberation Army activist Assata Shakur. This poem influenced DuVerney in creating original drawings that respond to objects in Cooper Hewitt's collection.
Presenters: Cecilia Vidal, Kirsten McNally, and Oasa DuVerney
How might we use objects of the past to tell stories for the future? Join artist Oasa DuVerney and Cooper Hewitt educators as we use objects as a tool for speculative thinking and storytelling in the classroom, engaging students’ creativity and supporting content learning across disciplines.
The title of this project, I saw your light and it was shining, is taken from the poem Rhinoceros Woman, written by writer and Black Liberation Army activist Assata Shakur. This poem influenced DuVerney in creating original drawings that respond to objects in Cooper Hewitt's collection.
Presenters: Cecilia Vidal, Kirsten McNally, and Oasa DuVerney
