JMS Spanish Classes Attend "In School" Field Trip

On October 20th and 21st Bird and Johnson Middle Schools were delighted to welcome two visiting Mexican artists: Manuel Abeiro Horta and Modesto Horta.

 

The Horta brothers traveled from Michoacan, Mexico. They were visiting with Margarita's Restaurant Education Outreach Program. The program works with New England schools to showcase Mexican life, culture, and art. Manuel Abeiro and Modesto spent the day carving and painting while talking about their lives and their cultures.

Here is a video of the beginning of the day where Manuel Abeiro started to carve the mask out of wood. Modesto is in the background painting a pre-carved mask. The man speaking is Pat Picciano, the education outreach coordinator and translator.
http://youtu.be/yrhIYRKchJY 

Please visit my teacher website to see additional videos of the mask making presentations made throughout the day at JMS.
http://walpole.k12.ma.us/teachers/tpage.php?view=t&pid=2039

Thank you/Gracias to Margarita's and PAC for making these presentations possible! The children loved this enrichment activity!

Emily Loughlin

Spanish Teacher

Eleanor N. Johnson Middle School