(10 minutes)

(20 minutes)

(15 minutes)

9:25 - 9:35 am

9:36 - 9:50

9:50 - 10:10

10:20 - 11:05

11:15 - 12 pm

LUNCH BREAK

1:00 - 1:45

1:55 - 2:40

The school presentations consist of five 45-minute sessions at each school. The visiting artists set up a basic "workshop" and proceed throughout the school day to create from raw wood a complete, highly detailed work of art. At an adjacent table, a wide array of their crafts is laid out for viewing. Throughout the session, as Ventura and Norberto work on their original carvings, all phases of their craft are shown. A study guide is provided to all participating schools prior to the visits.

After introductions are made, the audience is shown where the artists live in Oaxaca on a large map of Mexico. The students then watch a 10-minute video produced by Nina Hasin about the artists and their village that features animated segments of Ventura Fabian's carvings. She then gives a 20-minute talk about the history and craft of Oaxacan woodcarving, the daily life of the artists and their family in their woodcarving community, and a description of each phase of the process that culminates in the hand-carved, hand-painted figures. Examples of the work are passed through the audience in order to view the detail in the figures more closely.

Nina Hasin coordinates the event and translates for the artists as they answer the questions from the audience in the 20-minute Question & Answer period that ends each session. As the audience leave, they file one by one past the table display to view the artwork. A carving from their exhibit is presented to the school as a parting gift. The school staff and any parents attending the session.s are permitted to purchase the figures on display at the end of the school day.