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Pentewa Interactive, Inc, a Native American Educational Software Publisher, and the Southwest Museum Host an Art Workshop for American Indian Students
Seattle, WA (April 2, 2001) Mr. John Hirasawa, co-founder of Pentewa Interactive, announces a joint workshop with the Southwest Museum and the Los Angeles Unified School District. On April 25th, the Southwest Museum will host a workshop to explore an art form shared by many Native American tribes — the painting or carving of images on rock. American Indian middle school students will tour the exhibits, go online with Pentewa Interactive’s "Exploring Rock Art – A North American Field Trip"., and create their own works of art.
Pentewa is a Native American owned and managed educational software company whose publications introduce children to diverse cultures through the arts. The name Pentewa means "writer" or "artist" in the Hopi language. Each Pentewa Interactive CD-ROM provides a complete curriculum for the educator enabling their students to explore different cultures through art, music, history and folklore traditions.
Twenty Native American students from the Los Angeles Unified School District will connect with their traditional art forms. The students will begin their day with a special tour of the museum. Then, John Hirasawa, co-founder of Pentewa and a member of the Hopi tribe, will lead a workshop that will use computer technology to explore the images and history of Native American rock art. Using Pentewa’s newest CD-ROM, "Exploring Rock Art – A North American Field Trip" students will take a virtual field trip to explore over 40 rock art sites and to record their impressions in a field journal. Then the students will carve and paint petroglyphs and pictographs. "Computers can be such a powerful tool for connecting Native American kids with their culture" said John Hirasawa. "Through our titles they learn of their art traditions, research through direct internet connections, and then create their own designs, stories and artifacts."
The Southwest Museum holds one of the nation’s most important museum, library and archive collections related to the American Indian.