GODS, RITES AND CRAFTS OF THE PREHISPANIC MEXICO
This unprecedented exhibition features over 150 archeological pieces from an array of cultures that inhabited the Gulf of Mexico, what is now the Veracruz region. Through a selection of works from the holdings of a number of institutions and museums under the authority of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia de México (INAH) and the Museo de Antropología de Xalapa, Gods, rites and crafts of the prehispanic Mexico, which is curated by David Morales Gómez, offers the Argentine public an unprecedented overview of the range of symbolic universes that these societies produced.
Gods, rites and crafts… emphasizes the role of gods and the rituals that revolved around them. It also reviews the range of trades performed by the inhabitants of the region before the Spanish conquest.
Coming soon, the online audio-guide of the exhibition Gods, rites and crafts of the prehispanic Mexico, available in mp3 audio format.
Current Activities
Guided tours
In-depth tours
School and university visits
Teachers
Tuesday: Students’ and Teachers’ day
Online audio-guides
Guided tours
The Educational Department has designed a new approach for guided tours based on an open and interactive dialogue offering the possibility of conducting permanent tours without previous appointment. The proposal stands out due to the constant presence of educators, who are available and accompany the visitor during their tour throughout the galleries. Our goal is to generate original points of view in which the visitor is able to retrieve his or her own perspective on the artworks exhibited.
Available from 11.00AM to 7PM
Guided Tours for groups
These meetings offer an in-depth analysis on a specific aspect of the exhibitions. A space to explore, along with an educator, the issues and challenges of art and its authors.
Tuesday to Friday: 5PM
Saturdays and Sundays: 3PM and 5PM
Duration: 60 minutes. Group size: up to 30 people (without previous appointment).
Institutionals
Special Tours that take in consideration the interests and expectations of each group, offering the collaboration among the different institutions.
Duration: 60 minutes. Group size: up to 30 people (with previous appointment).
Corporative Guided Tours
For business and corporative groups, we offer a variety of visit options, adjusted to the group’s interests, which include a tour of the Foundation and the current exhibition.
Duration: 60minutes. Group size: up to 30 people (with previous appointment).
In English
Specialized educators from PROA´s Education Department offer the foreign public the possibility of experiencing the Foundation’s space, its architecture and the current exhibitions.
Duration: 60 minutes. Group size: up to 30 people (with previous appointment).
For more information and registrations: 4104-1041 / visitas@proa.org
In-depth tours
This encounters propose a profound analysis of a specific aspect of the exhibition.
Tuesdays and Fridays: 4PM
Duration: 45 minutes / Groups up to 15 people
For more information and registrations: 4104-1041 / visitas@proa.org
Our guided tours offer scripts that aim specifically to each level of education, presenting the different perspectives and levels of complexity of the exhibitions. These scripts explore the different possibilities of perception and invite teachers and students into a collaborative work with our educational staff.
Tuesday to Friday, from 9.30AM to 1PM
Duration: 60 minutes. Group size: up to 30 students signed-up in advance (with previous appointment).
For more information and registrations: 4104-1041 / visitas@proa.org
Guided Tours for Teachers
The Education Department offers a space of exchange for professors of different levels. They are invited to tour through the exhibition along with our trained gallery educators, and experience our educational plan. The objective is to enrich the relationship between the guided tours and the classroom activities.
Contact for schedules. Duration: 60 minutes. Group size: up to 30 teachers signed-up in advance (with previous appointment).
For institutions
The Education Department offers managers and counselors the possibility to plan special visits in the form of institutional meetings or training activities for their employees. This activities include an instance in the auditorium, were debates about interesting topics for the Group take place, and a tour through the exhibitions.
Tuesday to friday: 9AM to 1PM. Duration: 90 minutes. Group size: up to 70 teachers signed-up in advance (with previous appointment).
For more information and registrations: 4104-1041 / visitas@proa.org
Tuesday: Students and Teachers’ day
During the exhibition Gods, rites and crafts of the prehispanic Mexico, tuesdays will continue to be dedicated to students and teachers. From 11AM to 7PM, assorted material will be available to the general public at Proa’ s Library for an in depth study of the contents of the exhibition. On that day, Proa’s Education Department staff will also offer special guided tours and dialogues between the educators in each gallery and a reduced number of visitors. These interactions allow the public to reflect upon the chosen concepts as well as the educational projects for schools and general public. Teachers benefit from the same privileges as the students. The aim of this activity is that teachers and the artistic community of students alike can transform Fundación Proa into a study lab. To access these benefits students and teachers have to present their credential.
Free Entrance Every Tuesday: free admission for students and teachers with ID or institutional accreditation.
Coming soon, the online audio-guide of the exhibition Gods, rites and crafts of the prehispanic Mexico, available in mp3 audio format.
Past exhibitions audio-guides
Sistemas, Acciones y Procesos. 1965-1975
Louise Bourgeois: The Return of the Repressed
Pampas: Art and Culture in the 19th Century
Imán: New York (English)
The Universe of Futurism: 1909-1936