EducatorsWelcome, educators! The Valentien exhibit now has a valuable Teacher's Resource Guide in English or Spanish. This guide includes exhibition overview, background information, glossary, references, classroom activities, and a Musuem visit exercise. Note: The guide is in Adobe® Acrobat's PDF file format. If you don't have the Acrobat reader on your computer, you can download it freely at Adobe's website. This guide will assist educators in lesson planning
around this fascinating new exhibit. This exhibition displays 80
stunning watercolor paintings of California plants painted in the
early 1900s by Albert R. Valentien. In conjunction with the exhibit, a full-color book about the watercolors, the artist, the historical context of his work, and the importance of conservation of native California habitats has been published by the Irvine Museum in collaboration with the San Diego Natural History Museum. This volume includes over 325 color plates from the collection, finally published almost 100 years after their creation. The exhibition will remain in San Diego until September 7, 2004, after which it will begin touring the U.S.
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