Teaching with Diego Rivera’s Pan American Unity Mural: Experiences from City College of San Francisco

Connect with college and university faculty from across the Bay Area and gather new ideas and approaches for teaching Diego Rivera’s Pan American Unity. Drawing from years of experience teaching from the mural, as well as new resources that emerged during its move and display at SFMOMA, five multidisciplinary City College of San Francisco (CCSF) faculty will present their lesson plans at an online showcase open to all. These faculty members have been working closely with SFMOMA staff as part of an educational partnership initiated by the historic loan of the mural from CCSF to the museum. Lesson plans will be made available to any educator seeking resources around Pan American Unity, which has served as a powerful teaching tool for CCSF classes for decades and is now on view for free at SFMOMA until 2023.

This event is hosted by SFMOMA in partnership with City College of San Francisco.
Live captioning will be provided for this program.

Presentations:

Pan American Unity in Context: Curriculum for Ethnic Studies and History Classrooms
Daniel Acosta Elkan, Ph.D., Instructor, Latin American and Latino/a Studies, City College of San Francisco

The Pan American Unity Mural: A Multi-Faceted Move
Sophie Touzé, M.F.A., Art History Professor, City College of San Francisco

Using Storytelling for Language Development with the Pan American Unity Mural
Dayamudra Dennehy, Ed.D, Professor of English as a Second Language, City College of San Francisco

Using Written Words to Analyze a Language of Images
Jeffrey Goldthorpe, Professor Emeritus, City College of San Francisco

Remaking the Mural through Visual Analysis and Reinterpretation
Amy Diaz-Infante, Instructor in Printmaking, Drawing, and Design, City College of San Francisco

Presenting support for Pan American Unity is provided by Sir Deryck and Lady Va Maughan, Helen and Charles Schwab, Pat Wilson, and anonymous donors.

Major support is provided by Doris Fisher, Randi and Bob Fisher, the Koret Foundation, Diana Nelson and John Atwater, The Bernard Osher Foundation, and Sanford Robertson.

Generous support is provided by the Breyer Family Foundation, Katherine Harbin Clammer and Adam Clammer, Roberta and Steve Denning, Jean and James E. Douglas, Jr., Lydia Shorenstein, and John and Ali Walecka. Additional support is provided by Susan Swig.

Funding for the conservation of Pan American Unity was generously provided through a grant from the Bank of America Art Conservation Project.

SFMOMA is grateful to the following sponsors who have lent their support to the overall project of Diego Rivera’s America, including the upcoming exhibition.

The presenting sponsors are Bank of America and the Evelyn D. Haas Exhibition Fund.

Major support is provided by BART, Cumulus Media, Doris Fisher, Randi and Bob Fisher, the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund, the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, the Mary Jo and Dick Kovacevich Family Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Generous support is provided by Jessica and Matt Farron, Linda and Jon Gruber, Juxtapoz Magazine, Modern Luxury, Deborah and Kenneth Novack, Mary Leonard Robinson, Nancy and Alan Schatzberg, and Margaret V. B. Wurtele.

Meaningful support is provided by the Robert Lehman Foundation.