{"id":770,"date":"2022-04-21T12:30:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T18:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/?p=770"},"modified":"2024-05-22T15:28:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T21:28:21","slug":"block-break-7-asking-big-relevant-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2022\/04\/21\/block-break-7-asking-big-relevant-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Block Break 7: Asking big, relevant questions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While I am proud of the outstanding education Colorado College provides to our students, it is also important to highlight that quite often our students are the ones educating us.<\/span><\/p>\n

I most recently experienced this when I visited a new student-curated exhibit at the Fine Arts Center, \u201cReframing Birds of America: Conversations on Audubon.\u201d Students in Professor Rebecca Tucker\u2019s Museum Studies Practicum have been working on this exhibit of 24 prints from John James Audubon\u2019s \u201cBirds of America\u201d since August 2021. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Audubon was an artist who became famous for documenting birds in their natural settings. The hundreds of hand-colored prints he is famous for led to the creation of bird conservation societies around the world bearing his name.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet, through their remarkable work creating this powerful exhibit, these students complicate the legacy of Audubon\u2019s contributions and prompt viewers to ask tough and important questions about his contributions to science, his methods, and how he used his power and privilege.<\/span><\/p>\n

We learn that Audubon was a taxidermist who shot, killed, and posed his subjects. He was a slave owner and opposed emancipation. He fooled people by making up species of birds that didn\u2019t exist. And he took credit for work that wasn\u2019t his own. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The students\u2019 curation of this exhibit represents the best of CC and the liberal arts. Their work provides a space for people to learn, engage, disagree, and reflect on Audubon\u2019s work, life, and legacy.<\/span><\/p>\n

This exhibit is on display through July 30 at the FAC. I hope you\u2019ll have an opportunity to experience it for yourself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At CC, students delve deeply, ask big questions, and put their learning into action in real-world, relevant, powerful experiences such as this one. That\u2019s life-changing for every student \u2013 and it broadens the experience and thinking of our campus community, and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dear CC Community, While I am proud of the outstanding education Colorado College provides to our students, it is also important to highlight that quite often our students are the ones educating us. I most recently experienced this when I visited a new student-curated exhibit at the Fine Arts Center, \u201cReframing Birds of America: Conversations … <\/p>\n

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