MAC Teen Interpreters

Cabin Fever! Family day at the MAC. Join us today (Saturday, January 18th) for a hands-on arts-making experience. Watch a demonstration by sculpture, Cheryl Metcalf. Participate in an instrument petting zoo sponsored by the Spokane Symp...hony. Walk through the Campbell House. While there, visit with Mrs. Campbell and get your picture taken in the while trying on victorian clothing! 11:00am-3:00pm. Prices are adults $5.00, seniors $4.00, and students $3.00.

Join us this Friday!

As a community cultural institution, the MAC would like to pay tribute to Som's artistic legacy in a tribute this Friday at BeGin. Mario de Leon will be painting an 8x8 graffiti homage and Lilac Linguistics, a local hip-hop group, will acknowledge Som's work as a musician. We will also provide a donation box for his sons' education fund.

Teen Interpreters........Jose is looking for a photographer-volunteer willing to give his/her experience in photography covering BeGin this Friday, September 13th from 6:00-8:00pm. The music for this BeGin is a local Hip-hop group. He would like to get pictures of people having fun... if you want, we can set up a photo both. Jose will provide the Camera and all the gear if you need it. Please contact Jose by e-mail at [email protected]. Even if you don’t want to take pictures, please come on down, bring some friends, and enjoy the fun!

I am Kassy Schrader, a current Senior at Gonzaga Preparatory School. I intend to follow my high school education by becoming a farmer and working toward a more organic earth. After working for three years in the Teen Interpreter program, I've been able to learn and discover so much about not just facts and dates, but also about myself and my love for art, for history, and, most of all, for agriculture.

"Hi, my name is Rachel King. Currently, I am a senior at Mt. Spokane high school, and I also attend Eastern Washington University through the Running Start Program. Some of my favorite subjects in school include chemistry, history, anatomy and physiology, and psychology. I became a Teen Interpreter because I enjoy learning, and I wanted to be more involved at the MAC than simply volunteering in the Carriage House."

-Rachel King

Come and see Rachel at the MAC!

Art camp starts today. The Teen Interpreters are ready for campers!

Safety First! Safety training with Mark.

Art Camp Training: Getting to play with clay!

Jack Nisbet, curator of the David Douglas Exhibit, took our Teen Interpreters on a field trip to Latah Creek near the museum to show them the plants David Douglas collected when he visited the same location 200 years ago.

Katie is training our Teen Interpreters to lead some of the fun art projects the Art Camp kiddos will create starting on July 24th.

The MAC's Teen Interpreter Program 2013 is off to a running start! After two weeks of training, our magnificent teens can be found in the David Douglas and Spoma Galleries. You can also catch them in Campbell House on Saturdays. Come say hi!

MAC Teen Interpreters's cover photo

Soil Science

Beautiful post by Jared:
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macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com I would like to start out by saying that soil has been a part of my life since I was a little boy. Back then I didn’t quite understand the [...]

Inspire

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macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com Before I was an interpreter for the MAC, I would never have gone to the museum for fun. I wouldn’t have challenged anybody I knew about who could spout out [...]

Galaxy’s Life Cycle

Inspiring and thoughtful reflection by Malia! http://macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/galaxys-life-cycle/

macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com I recently went for a hike down the bluff behind my house and stumbled upon the grave site of my late beta fish, Galaxy. His small box had gone from [...]

Green Fire Moment

Check out this AWESOME post by Caitlin! http://macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/green-fire-moment/

macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com In our early training sessions, my fellow teen interpreters and I watched a movie called Green Fire that was all about Aldo Leopold. Aldo Leopold was considered the father of wildlife [...]

Soil & Civilizations

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macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com Human beings have a long and rocky relationship with the soil. From the very beginning, our civilizations shaped the soil even as it shaped our civilizations. During a trip to [...]

Impact

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macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com I recently participated in a Youth STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) camp with the University of Idaho. I was a “teen leader,” meaning I was responsible for helping four very [...]

The Diminishing Quality of Soil

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macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com Soil is a necessary natural resource for our survival and for the support of all ecosystems. Over the years, people have become more “aggressive” in exploiting land resources for their [...]

Allison and Jared speak with Bernadette about the MAC Teen Interpreter program and our upcoming Teen Night!

The Teen Interpreter Experience

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macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com The word docent is a common word derived from the Latin verb docere, meaning “to teach.” Here at the MAC, this word is often confused with the word interpreter. The [...]

Get Lit!: Spokane Student Wins Washington State Poetry Out Loud Competition

Here is the young gentleman I was referring to at our last Teen Night planning meeting. I was mistaken, he's from Mead not L.C.

getlitprograms.blogspot.com 6Tonight snow-haze, moonlight. The moonlight jellyfish itselfis floating before us. Our smileson the way home. Bewitched avenue.

Lou,The Giant Palouse Earthworm

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macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com The Giant Palouse Earthworm has fascinated scientists for decades. Reports suggested that the worms had a penchant for spitting and smelled like lilies, which further enhanced the myth of [...

Diversity at the MAC

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macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com Perhaps the most amazing part of my job is seeing the vast diversity of people who enter the MAC and getting to interact with them. As Ginger Ewing (one [...]

Walrus Dancing To Michael Jackson Classic

Apparently we're not the only ones who like to dance to MJ!

youtube.com Aquariums the world over are famous for their set piece shows, where captive sea creatures put on fabulous displays for the paying public. But this one from ...

Fairfax Farm

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macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com When we visited the Ornery Heron farm, I recognized the sights of fields, spreading throughout. The tools I saw were familiar, from the hoe to the wheelbarrow. When we practiced [...]

Reflections on Soil

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macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com Is anyone really homeless? Maybe the mountain man is right at home with his tent and the soil beneath it. Home is our earth, our planet, the foundation on which [...]

Activities at the MAC

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macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com My experiences working at the Museum of Arts and Culture have been truly amazing. I enjoy teaching people new information when I am working at the activity carts. My favorite cart would [...]

Soil Painting

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macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com Today, teen interpreters debuted their new cart. They will help you experiment in painting with local soils, including clay from Freeman, decomposed granite from Rockford, and volcanic ash from so...

Know Your Soil

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macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com First things first: Soil is more than just dirt; “dirt” suggests something that’s dead, and soil is very much alive. I mean, soil contains complex living organisms and decaying or...

Information age - The Spokesman-Review

Spokesman-Review write up!

spokesman.com Walk into the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture this summer, and you’ll meet teen interpreters and docents. In this time of institutional turmoil at the MAC, the young people remind us how important museums remain for past, present and future generations. Plateau Tribal Teen Docent Program

Worms!

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macteeninterpreters.wordpress.com Today we received a donation of worms. Here they are being introduced to their new home, the earthworm terrarium in the Dig It! exhibit.

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