The Springfield art museum is currently showing beaded works by South African Ubuhle women. These women were at the bottom of society as they are illiterate, have no source of income and consequently lack self-esteem. Until Bev Gibson, a business women worked to provide a market for these women’s BeadRead More …
Month: October 2019
Leading Children in Museums
As a docent at the Springfield Art Museum, I take 5th grade students on a discovery mission. Some of them have never visited a museum before. Some are awestruck by what they see, some don’t care so much. During a recent tour I introduced the images of local homeless people.Read More …