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VMFA ART ON THE SPOT STATEWIDE

Art on the Spot programs are free SOL based programs for elementary classrooms. Since 2004 these programs have served over 30,000 students in the metro Richmond area. Thanks to a generous gift from The Council of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, VMFA is excited to offer Art on the Spot classroom visits to students across the Virginia November 2008 through June 2009.

Let VMFA educators come to your school with VMFA Art on the Spot. These 60 minute multi-sensory and SOL-related art experiences, include art history lessons, hands-on activities, and video clips. This year's Art on the Spot lessons are recommended for grades 1, 3, and 4.

City/Country Grade 1Take an imaginary trip through the country and the city to explore how lifestyles change from the past to the present. Learn about American artists, George Henry Durrie and Faith Ringgold, and use real fabric to make your own story quilt about your family.

Get Earthy! Greece and Rome Grade 3Be an archaeologist! Discover the worlds of ancient Greece and Rome. Explore the Olympics, pottery, and a mysterious artifact.

The Voice of Freedom Grade 4 Investigate art that illustrates Americans efforts to gain independence, end slavery, and give women the right to vote. Become the voice of these paintings and help describe what freedom meant to the artists and their subjects.

Scheduling Please schedule your FREE educational visit at least three weeks in advance by phoning Jennifer Foley, Paul Mellon Collection Educator, at 804.204.2673, Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm.
Please have the following information ready when you call:
Art on the Spot program topic
Number of students - Maximum of 32 students per group
Date(s) and time(s)
Alternate date(s) and time(s)
School name, address, and phone number
Name of contact person or teacher and their home/cell phone and e-mail

STOP what you're doing and read this book

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
Three Cups of Tea isn't a work of literary genius...something you'd pick apart for AP Literature classes in high school or writing classes in college...it's not Poe, Steinbeck, Orwell, or Shakespeare...but the words that are weaved together in this book that retells the ten years of Greg Mortenson's life when he went on his biggest adventure, reaching a summit far higher than that of K2, are maybe more valuable than any of the best classic literature or informative non-fiction in the world. The strides that Mortenson took after chance brought him to the village of Korphe in Northern Pakistan are amazing.



Three Cups of Tea chronicles both the eccentricities that become Greg Mortenson in his life in the U.S. as well as the footsteps he took, lessons he learned, and lives he changed while in Pakistan and parts of Afgahanistan.



Three Cups is filled with suspense at times when he's captured by unknowns, sitting to drink tea with Taliban leaders, or just barely escaping death in a tunnel in Afghanistan.



Three Cups is filled with emotion at times when Mortenson is building this one-of-a-kind father-son relationship with Haji Ali, the leader of the village of Korphe, sharing the best friend relationship that was built in just six days with his future wife Tara, and recounting the power that Jahan, granddaughter of Haji Ali, has received through her education and how her empowerment has given her high hopes for the rest of her life.



Three Cups is a book so full that everyone should read it. It's not a literary work of art, it's a humanitarian work of art.


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