1/22/2021, 6 a.m. Free art kits from the Walters Art Museum distributed to Baltimore City and County residents Courtesy Photo
Baltimoreâ The Walters Art Museum has once again distributed free art kits to supplement arts education for students learning from home. Designed for ages six to 11 and offered in both English and Spanish, the art kits explore themes of art and identity with the goal of encouraging parents and children to learn about and create art together.
âThe kits provide fun, educational, and non-digital resources to families that are learning at home,â said Laurel Miller, Director of Visitor Services and Interim Director of Education. âWeâve worked to be responsive to digital burnout, unequal access to technology, best practices in child development and learning, as well as familiesâ evolving schedules to create resources that are relevant and engaging.â
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The Memory of Elephants in the Room
The problems and inadequacies with the conventional positions on Teotihuacan are so numerous and so fundamental, that leading institutions typically just avoid them in both research implications and discussion. At this point, a necessary disclaimer is required; this is not an indictment or underestimation of the ingenuity or capabilities of the ancient Mesoamerican people, it is simply an unflinching exploration of the extreme logistics, utterly unknown identity of these elite rulers, their mysterious methods, motivations, and finally, the cognitive dissonance this site instills in the experts. In her essay on Teotihuacan, Dr. Maya Jimenez sums it up nicely:
After 50 years of training his camera lens on the city, Baltimore photographer John Clark Mayden is enjoying something of a moment. Last year, he published his first book. Now, a number of his powerful images are featured in "Between the World and Me," an HBO film based on the literary work of Ta-Nehisi Coates.
It is the music that transports me and these are the hymns that do it. (Unsplash/Steve Halama)
It is Christmas Eve. There are two times a year, Christmas and Easter, when the mystery of our salvation becomes so palpable and yet ineffable, that I find myself in the pew crying, unable to sing the final verse of a favorite hymn. I become aware at some deep, deep level of my heart that everything I read and write about the other 363 days of the year, all the discussions and arguments and analysis, all of it rises on the historic claims these two days represent. It is the music that transports me and these are the hymns that do it.