Abigail Arreguin, 15, uses coiled clay to make a pot during an archeological art pottery project at Southwest High School in El Centro on Tuesday. (Joselito Villero) |
Art students formed clumps of clay into long pencil-thin rolls forming them into jars of different shapes during art class at Southwest High School in El Centro on Tuesday.
The project, according to Southwest High School art teacher Beth Benavent, is an attempt to recreate pottery techniques used by the Kumeyaay Indians in Imperial Valley from 1800-1900 after a presentation by Neal Hitch, director of the Imperial Valley Desert Museum.
Hitch showed Kumeyaay Indian potteries that were part of the Butts/Hammond collection that was donated to the museum.
“This is the first time that these potteries were brought outside of the museum as part of a pilot project,” he said.
The pilot project is funded by an Imperial Valley Community Foundation grant to bring museum collections into the classroom, Hitch said.
The project, according to Southwest High School art teacher Beth Benavent, is an attempt to recreate pottery techniques used by the Kumeyaay Indians in Imperial Valley from 1800-1900 after a presentation by Neal Hitch, director of the Imperial Valley Desert Museum.
Hitch showed Kumeyaay Indian potteries that were part of the Butts/Hammond collection that was donated to the museum.
“This is the first time that these potteries were brought outside of the museum as part of a pilot project,” he said.
The pilot project is funded by an Imperial Valley Community Foundation grant to bring museum collections into the classroom, Hitch said.
