Art Travelers Times
Contents
All about artifacts page 2
Where did we travel? page 3
Fall 2024 page 4
Spring 2025 pages 5-7
A Message from the Educators page 8
Art Travelers Through Time: Literacy and History through Art at the Hofstra University Museum of Art would not be possible without the support of the students, administrators, and teachers in our participating schools. In addition, this program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Our 2024-25 participating schools:
Bayview Avenue School of Arts & Sciences (Freeport)
Centennial Avenue Elementary (Roosevelt)
Drexel Avenue Elementary (Westbury)
Jackson School (Hempstead)
Joseph McNeil Elementary (Hempstead)
Lenox Elementary (Baldwin)
Long Island School for the Gifted
Walnut Street Elementary (Uniondale)
Drexel Avenue Elementary students visit the Hofstra University Museum of Art.
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba people, Helmet Mask, 19th-20th century, wood, copper, cowrie shells, glass beads, seed pods, fur and animal hair, 17.75 x 11.25 x 18.75 in., Hofstra University Museum of Art, gift of Josephine and Sol Levitt, HU96.56
All About Artifacts!
Mexico, Guerrero, Slit Drum (Teponaztli), early 20th century, wood with stain and patina, 6 x 19 in., Hofstra University Museum of Art, gift of Cedric Marks, HU84.37
Peru, Chimu Civilization, Twin Condor Whistling Water Jar, 9th century, ceramic, blackware, clay, 5.125 x 12.375 x 5 in., Hofstra University Museum of Art, gift of Mr. George Cole, HU91.47
Japan, Marishi-Ten, 15th-17th century, Muromachi to Momoyama period, wood with pigment, gold leaf, metal, and glass, 20 x 11.50 x 6 in., Hofstra University Museum of Art, gift of Albert M. Baer, HU70.19
Kuba Helmet Mask
Marishi-Ten
Slit Drum (Teponaztli)
Twin Condor Whistling Water Jar
Walnut Street Elementary
Bayview Avenue
School of Arts & Sciences
Label each continent 1-4 above! Your choices are: Africa, Asia, North America or South America.
Match the artifact to its continent!
Condor
Mask = Africa, 8. Marishi-ten = Asia
Slit Drum (Teponaztli)
Twin Condor Whistling Water Jar
Kuba Helmet Mask
Marishi-Ten
Fall 2024
Students learned about artifacts that make sound as part of a cultural tradition - like a Teponaztli and a Twin Condor Whistling Water Jar. They also made sound sticks after listening to a digeridoo!
Writing about the fall museum visit from Jackson School!
Centennial students make “sound sticks.”
Close-looking with Centennial Avenue Elementary
Spring
2025
Storytelling artifacts from Japan and Mali, provided inspiration for creating mythological characters and the story of night and day.
Bayview Avenue Elementary
Drexel Avenue Elementary
Drexel Avenue Elementary
Lenox Elementary
Spring 2025
Check out some of the t-shirt designs students created to show Hofstra Pride!
Long Island School for the Gifted (LISG)
Walnut Street Elementary
Bayview Avenue Elementary
Jackson School
Spring 2025
Students created their own characters as part of a remake of the myth of night and day based on Marishi-ten.
Bayview Avenue Elementary
Jackson School
Walnut Street Elementary
Lenox Elementary
Bayview Avenue Elementary
A message from the educators:
To our Art Travelers, Thank you for traveling the globe with us! Together, we noticed details about cultural artifacts and uncovered the stories they represent. We encourage you to remain curious as you look closely at the world around you. We hope you have a fun summer and wish you all the best next year!
- Ris and Jessica
hours (May 20 - July 11) Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. (516)
In addition to our exhibitions, we have FREE self-guided activities for family fun! Available in English and Spanish.
