Can a painting be my friend? An exhibition Education values at the MUN
The exhibition by the MUN's area is presented as a milestone for the museum: a sample compiles the work of its area .
During its ten years of existence, the MUN's area has carried out educational programs aimed at all subject —babies, schoolchildren, university students, senior citizens, and subject organizations—with whom they have worked on values such as equality, peace, care, and diversity through collaborative creations.
Today marks the opening of an exhibition represents a milestone in the history of the MUN; the conference room del Museo conference room is setting aside the major works and creations of established artists to host, until August 16, the creations of all those who, over the 10-year history of the MUN, have participated and collaborated in the programs organized by its area . A total of 100,000 users, 50,000 of whom are schoolchildren, but also faculty student body faculty , senior citizens, families, and members of the SociARTE program.
Educational work of the Museum
Since its inception, the MUN has sought to be a friendly and free environment where, through art, people can enjoy experiences that contribute to their development and, in turn, enable them to better understand the world we live in. The museum has always sought to "help educate," contributing to the training of human beings throughout all stages of life. As Fernando Echarri, curator and educator at the MUN, points out: "Society is plural, diverse, and inclusive, and the museum also wants to be inclusive and welcome all these people and respond to their needs and expectations from an educational point of view. That is our work what we have aimed to do during this time."
To make this possible, the MUN's area created a roadmap to follow from the outset; its own way of educating through art: "The MUN's area ," says Echarri, "has been committed to Education values since its inception. Over the past 10 years, it has carried out specific programs to promote different values, such as peace, care, equality, and diversity. All of these programs, aimed primarily at schoolchildren, included a visit the exhibitions, where different works of art were used to focus on the value to be promoted. In the galleries, they were asked what they thought about that value and how they could promote it. Each student then had to create a piece of artwork to represent that value. In addition, a collaborative artwork student body created by the entire student body ."
Can a painting be my friend?
Specifically, the exhibition collaborative works that have emerged from the work carried out in these educational programs, as well as works of art from the MUN Collection that have inspired the work of area, and participatory and creative corners where visitors themselves can collaborate by making their own artistic contributions.
Through this, it aims to make us reflect on how we see the world around us; that is why the degree scroll this exhibition taken directly from a question asked by a girl who visited the MUN years ago: Can a painting be my friend? Fernando Echarri and Teresa Barrio revisit this question with the intention of awakening in the viewer a more attentive and subtle awareness of things, recapturing that way of looking at the world that manifests itself naturally and spontaneously in childhood.
An exhibition in modules
The work carried out in these educational workshops has been compiled in this exhibition eight modules:
After an module , "The Education the Gaze," where a series of quotes from great artists lead us thoughtfully to the central space of the exhibition, we find modules related to work by the area one of its key audiences: schoolchildren.
The first of the modules created by schoolchildren that we encounter is the "Rothko experience." Alongside Mark Rothko's Untitled (1969), we find creations made by the student body as part of a project reflects on the prejudices and courageous choices of artists who broke with the ideals of their time.
Following this, the module anniversary of Guernica" is presented as the sum of the work of the famous painter Picasso and the museum's own collection, Estela para un pueblo pacífico que era Guernica (1957) by Jorge Oteiza. Alongside these, there is a large collaborative mural of Picasso's work created by student body , which provides a space for reflection on peace. This space also houses the first of the immersive projects that visitors can take part in.
Next, the module in the place " brings together the work carried out following the recovery of a postcard that the artist Kandinsky bought in the place Château. Taking this as a starting point, a project was created in which, by interacting with this postcard, the student body reflected on artistic innovation, self-knowledge, and the individual's relationship with the outside world. This module also module Kandinsky's work Sin degree scroll 1941), which inspired this project.
Following these creations by schoolchildren, we move on to a module focuses on another sector of the population: as a result of COVID-19, older people became one of the centers of attention and care. This status rise to the module to our elders." "QUIDARTE." In this space, alongside Ortiz Echagüe's photograph Mujer de Ávila (Woman from Ávila, undated), you can find another of the collaborative projects from area MUN's area : "Care," says Teresa Barrio, curator of the exhibition educator at the MUN, "is a value that we as a society have been very aware of since the pandemic. In addition, in this module, we wanted to focus on intergenerational links: on the recognition of older people and the role they play in families and society." It should also be noted that this project to the creation of another new project offered the possibility of bringing art to the elderly without them having to go to a museum to enjoy it. To this end, the material created in this program was taken to different nursing homes in Navarra, where it was kept for the enjoyment of their residents.
After reflecting on the care of the elderly, the module in the Arts" raises questions about the role of women in art, with the goal offering visibility and recognition to women in the artistic world. During this activity, Cecilia Paredes' work Costa Rica (2007) was reproduced on a large scale. The mural included fragments that can be found scattered on the floor, beneath the artist's original work. As if they were a broken mirror, these fragments reveal a partial and distorted image (or story). A broken image, perhaps as result forgetfulness, an identity crisis, or a feeling of uprootedness that leads to camouflage and, written request, invisibility. In this module also find works that emerged after working with the student body figure of Jane Clifford, who always remained in the shadow of her husband Charles' artistic creations, and those that emerged after analyzing the artistic contributions of Lynne Cohen.
Through the module Multicultural Pyramid, module the work by the area in terms of values such as diversity, inclusion, and respect for all is presented. This project laid the instructions the creation of SociARTE.
Finally, as could not be otherwise, this exhibition reflect another of the museum's functions: its status as a university museum. Thus, the last module the work carried out in the workshops and activities aimed at students from different Schools the University of Navarra and the faculty this university.
An exhibition
All modules also feature materials that respond in a realistic way to the inclusion and diversity we find in society, with adapted texts, sign language videos, and audio files that facilitate accessibility to the content.
The exhibition to the public at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 11, and will be preceded at 7:00 p.m. by a masterclass with its curators, Fernando Echarri and Teresa Barrio. entrance free, upon collection of an invitation at locker via the website.
