Sketchbook Tours at the Skirball Museum

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Sketchbook Tours at the Skirball Museum August 2013 SKETCHING TOUR Enjoy creating drawings through an interactive tour of the Skirball Museum exhibitions. Experience the documentation of an archaeological team at work in the field and the ancient artifacts excavated. DRAWING Make sketches of your own favorite spaces and inspiring archaeological objects. Draw what you see. Add elements from your imagination. LEARN Expand your creative thinking. Learn how other artists see and draw spaces and artifacts in their work. Workshop Schedule: Dates and Groups Monday August 5th 10am to 12noon - Ages 7 to 10. 2pm to 4pm - Ages 11 to 15. Tuesday August 6th. 10am to 12noon - Adults. 2pm to 4pm - Ages 7 to 10. WORKSHOP Fee: 120 shekels Cash Only Includes: 2 hour session and materials. Language: English Admission to Skirball Museum is free Registration: Please Contact Polly Tessler 054.212.7716 [email protected] The Skirball Museum highlights the research and archaeological expeditions of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology, Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem. The exhibitions tell the story of three ancient cities: Laish/Dan, Gezer and Aroer. Three major themes are presented in the Museum: fortifications, burial customs and cult practices. Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | 13 King David Street | Jerusalem Polly Tessler is a graduate of Parsons School of Design in NYC and former Artist/educator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC. Her experience includes field work on various archaeological excavations in the Mediterranean region. She completed a Fulbright Grant on Cyprus, a project which combined art and archaeology. Sketchbooks make art mobile. Create drawings inspired by the immediate environment and develop the ability to focus on what is actually seen. From these first drawings, the unique ideas and works of each individual will originate, from learning through discovery, creative thinking and using the imagination. The workshop begins with a

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• Jerusalem