MOLAA’s Evening for Educators!
Guide for 2023-2024 Academic Year
Evenings for Educators are held throughout the academic year to help educators learn how to integrate more arts and culture activities in their classroom. Each evening features keynote speakers, hands-on workshops, networking opportunities, light refreshments and free educational materials. For more information, please email education@molaa.org.
This programming is generously sponsored in part by The Miller Foundation, and the Arts Council for Long Beach.
What: Evenings for Educators K-12
Where: Museum of Latin American Art 628 Alamitos Avenue Long Beach, CA 90802
When: Select Tuesdays from 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
GET PRIORITY bookings for 2023-24 School Year scholarships and tour dates when you stop by our school tour information table anytime during the event.
Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead!
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Gain tools and resources to teach your students about Día de los Muertos. This session contains historical information, additional resources, handouts and activities, and complete lesson plans related to the Day of the Dead. This session is in person and includes light refreshments, wine, and free parking.
Manuel Muñoz Olivares (1925-2011)
La ofrenda, 1996
Óleo sobre tela
6O x 90 cm C/M 90 x 120 cm
Colección Guadalupe Muñoz Vázquez
Festín de sabores and The Mexican Table
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Journey with us through one of the most recurrent themes in art: food! In celebration of the bicentennial anniversary of the United States of America and Mexico international relations, The Mexican National Museum of Art (MUNAL), the Mexican Ministry of Culture and the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature, in partnership through the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), will present the exhibition, Festín de sabores. Banquete mexicano. This session is in person and includes light refreshments, wine, and free parking.
Cocina Poblana
Unidentified
Oil on canvas
Museo Nacional de Arte (Mexico)
Alexandre Arrechea: Intersected Horizons
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Join us for a deep dive into the artistic work by contemporary Cuban artist, Alexandre Arrechea! His body of work, which includes painting, installations, sculptures, photographs, and video art, introduces us to important and crucial questions about individual and collective memories and public and private experiences. This session is in-person and includes light refreshments, wine, and free parking.
Alexandre Arrechea (Cuba, 1970)
Architectural Elements #1, 2005
Photograph/ Lambda print on paper, face mounted on acrylic with aluminum backing
30 in. x 20 in.
A/P 1/1 of 4
MOLAA Permanent Collection
I AM AfroLatinx
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
MOLAA invites you to learn more about the diversity of Afro-Latinx experiences directly from artists, scholars, and community organizers most actively bringing attention to contemporary Afro-Latinx communities and their histories. For over a decade, MOLAA has dedicated a day to celebrating the cultural impact of the African diaspora in the Americas through music, dance, and food at its Afro-Latinx Family Festival. This session is in-person and includes light refreshments, wine, and free parking.
Dancer performing at the 2023 MOLAA Afro-Latinx Festival on Sunday, February 26, 2023.
Asian & Pacific Islander Latinx Heritage
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
In collaboration with leaders from our neighborhood Cambodia Town, join us as we celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Latinx art and culture at MOLAA and explore the instances of cultural synthesis between Asian, Pacific Islander & Latinx Communities in the US and throughout Latin America. You will connect with colleagues and learn hands-on art activities to take back to your classroom. This session is in-person and includes light refreshments, wine, and free parking.
Cambodian Altart at MOLAA during 2023 AAPI Latinx series.
PRIDE!
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
June is LGBTQ Pride Month and is celebrated in classrooms and communities around the world! Learn how to highlight and celebrate LGBTQIA+ art, history, and community all year long. You will connect with colleagues and learn handson art activities to take back to your classroom. This session is in-person and includes light refreshments, wine, and free parking.
Pride Flag by Chiachi o & Giannone
This programming is generously sponsored in part by The Miller Foundation, and the Arts Council for Long Beach.