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School Library Media Specialists are encouraged to register!
At the Russian Museum of Art, an
exhibition of more than 55 paintings from the holdings of the museum and private collectors reveal aspects of Soviet and Russian ideas about femininity, the family, women's work and female sexuality and friendships. Primarily covering the 1950s through the 1990s, works by and about women demonstrate how official imagery was at once adhered to and subverted by artists. One of the exhibits features the strong warrior maidens and powerful wise Baba Yagas.
A Baba Yaga is depicted in many Russian fairytales as a fearsome old witch who flies around in a giant mortar, steals children and lives deep in the woods in a house perched on chicken feet. Despite her terrifying quality, the folk seek her out to partake of her wisdom. She is a powerful sorceress who helps those in search of lost love. The Baba Yaga tales reflect the primitive Slavic concept of love as an event of cosmic importance that engenders life. The Baba Yaga's image has been preserved in Russian folk crafts, such as ritual embroidery, for millennia.
Participants in this
3-hour professional development workshop will explore the issues addressed in the Women in Soviet Art exhibition as well as learn ways to incorporate Baba Yaga tales into the classroom. Participants will also receive a new hardcover release
Baba Yaga the Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales
Registration deadline: September 27, 2013
Register here
Cost: $40 includes lunch, teaching resources, and a copy of
Baba Yaga the Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales
Date: October 12, 2013, 11:00am-2:00pm
Location: Russian Museum of Art, 5500 Stevens Avenue South, Minneapolis MN 55419
