Mountain Plains Museum Association

The North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts (NTIEVA)is an art education institute that has been at the University of North Texas since 1990.

NTIEVA provides professional development for art teachers and opportunities for research for CVAD graduate students, such as this recent effort with the Wichita Falls Museum of Art.

Artists Included in Pride in Place:

Quintin GonzalezJoe BravoLuis JimenezDavid BatesRobert RauschenbergElizabeth AlfordKarl UmlaufMarion ColemanWanda EwaltRalph StearnsMary StephensJeannette Heiberger

Chicano 15, Quintin Gonzalez

Joe Bravo

Luis Jimenez

Catfish, David Bates

Robert Rauschenberg

Elizabeth Alford

Karl Umlauf

Texas Backroads, detail, Marion Coleman

Wanda Ewalt

Ralph Stearns

Ralph Stearns

Mary Stephens

Jeannette Heiberger

Our four Wichita Falls art teachers, Carole Rose, Claire Ross, Audra Miller, and Pam Day, presented on our project, Pride in Place, at TAEA and at NAEA

Artist Ralph Stearns at one of the Two Teacher Workshops

Carol Rose Presenting on Karl Umlauf

Teacher Workshops

Hands-on Activities for Teacher Workshops

Hands-on Activities for Teacher Workshops

Nancy Walkup is also the editor of SchoolArts Magazine,published since 1901 for art teachers of students K-12.

Marion Coleman: Story Quilts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8PZLenvwl8http://www.marioncoleman.com/default3.asp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz66Lv0vOoc

Memory, family stories, cultural history, and a world filled with color are the inspiration for Marion Coleman’s quilts. Mr. Felix Lindsey was a buffalo soldier from Wichita Falls.

Marion learned to sew from her grandmother. Her journey as an art quilter began ten years ago when she entered a quilting contest. She has won numerous awards and art residencies. Her quilts have been featured in several publications including O, Oprah Magazine, and SchoolArts.

Marion Coleman lived with her grandmother most of her childhood. She feels lucky to have stayed there; her grandmother taught her to quilt. Her teachers encouraged her to go to college. She was the first in her family to graduate from a university. Here is a quilt of Pearl, her stepmother.

Her quilts are amazing. At first glance, they appear to be paintings. Here is Faith Ringgold, famous artist and author of Tar Beach and other children’s picture books.

Notice the texture in the background on this quilt of DeeDee Bridgewater, actress and jazz singer.

It is hard to believe this is a quilt. It depicts Shelagh, a long time friend. Can you see all the stitched lines and pieces of fabric?

Marion Coleman’s grandmother and aunt.

Quilt of a boy with a skateboard.

Marion Coleman loves to use cultural themes in her quilts. Here is a quilt honoring Ruby Bridges, the first black child to attend an all white elementary school in the south.

This quilt features Bessie Coleman, first Black female to get her pilot’s license.

This quilt is titled Waiting for the Freedom Train. Can you see the eyes in the background? What could those mean?

Buffalo Soldier depicts a member of the first peacetime all black regiment in the US army.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8PZLenvwl8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU

http://www.mindmapinspiration.com/doing-things-differently/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippeboukobza/2665692072/sizes/l/in/photostream/

http://www.mindmapart.com/da-vinci-mind-map-thum-cheng-cheong/

http://annit-the-conqueror.deviantart.com/art/WC-Mind-Map-260908832?q=boost%3Apopular%20mind%20map&qo=2

http://www.mindmapart.com/art-and-design-mind-map-ian-gowdie/