Last month, the Georgia Museum of Art was thrilled to partner
with Leadership ¡Sin Limites! (LSL), a University of Georgia J.W. Fanning
Institute statewide youth leadership program for high school students, ages 15
to 18, interested in Latino culture and building leadership skills. LSL, a seven
day program, focuses on offering students a cohesive understanding of issues
surrounding today’s Latino populations, as well as a concentration on individual
leadership styles and how to effect change in their home communities. The
Fanning Institute collaborates with several academic and student affairs
departments to create a college campus experience for the participants, including
the museum.
The 20 participants, along with five UGA college mentors, visited
the museum for a 2-hour special program to gain insight into fine arts and
self-expression. The first part of the workshop consisted of a tour of the
galleries, with a special focus on portraiture. After an introduction to portraits
as viewers, the group was challenged to apply their new knowledge and become
artists themselves. The group explored how symbols and other non-written
mediums could contribute to nontraditional representation and applied these
concepts to create their own collage portraits.
The museum’s staff is more than enthusiastic to participate
in a program so closely paralleled with its own mission: to support and promote
teaching, research and service.
