Evening for Educators: Drawing Like Raqib Shaw (Grades K–5)
Mon., Jan. 27, 2025, 5:30–8 p.m.
$10 | This program is for grade K–5 educators. Advance registration is required. Dinner is included in the program cost.
Educators
Education and Visitor Center, Haaga Hall and Huntington Art Gallery
Step into the dazzling world of Raqib Shaw, a Kashmir-born, London-based artist whose vibrant paintings highlight themes of identity, struggle, and hope. In this after-hours workshop, connect with fellow educators and learn about Shaw’s artistic process. Education staff will lead a guided viewing of Shaw’s exhibition, “Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West,” in the Huntington Art Gallery using our See-Think-Do learning framework. Then, participate in a hands-on drawing activity inspired by Shaw’s unique process of photographing and tracing self-portraits—an approach you can adapt for your own classroom.
Key Details
- This program aligns with California State Standards.
- We recommend wearing comfortable shoes. A portion of the workshop involves standing and walking on wood and concrete paths.
Program Schedule
5:30 p.m. | Welcome and introduction to Raqib Shaw
5:45 p.m. | Dinner with peers
6:15 p.m. | Guided viewing and art activity
7:50 p.m. | Workshop wrap-up
This event is also available for grade 6–12 educators on Wed., Jan. 29.
Raqib Shaw, Ode to the Country without a Post Office, 2019–20. Acrylic liner and enamel on birch wood, 31 4/8 x 33 4/8 in. | © Raqib Shaw. Private Collection. Photo © Raqib Shaw and (White Cube) Theo Christelis.
Aligning California State Standards
- VA:Pr6 Convey Meaning Through the Presentation of Artistic Work
Objects, artifacts, and artworks collected, preserved, or presented either by artists, museums, or other venues communicate meaning and a record of social, cultural, and political experiences resulting in the cultivating of appreciation and understanding. - VA:Re7.1 Perceive and Analyze Artistic Work
Individual aesthetic and empathetic awareness developed through engagement with art can lead to understanding and appreciation of self, others, the natural world, and constructed environments. - VA:Re8 Interpret Intent and Meaning in Artistic Work
People gain insights into meanings of artworks by engaging in the process of art criticism.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.1 Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own ideas clearly and persuasively.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.2 Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
- ELD.PI.K-12.1 Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative discussions on a range of social and academic topics.
- ELD.PI.K-12.3 Offering and supporting opinions and negotiating with others in communicative exchanges.
- ELD.PII.K-12.6 Connecting ideas.
In-Person Class Ticketing Policies
- Advance registration is required. Tickets are not sold at the door for this event.
- To join the waitlist for this event, please email teachers@huntington.org . A space is not guaranteed, but you will be contacted if a space becomes available.
- To receive a refund, you must cancel at least 5 days prior to the event. Cancellations made within 5 days of the event will not be refunded.
- A certificate of attendance can be provided upon request.
If you have any questions or accessibility needs, please email learning coordinator Kristin Brisbois at kbrisbois@huntington.org.
