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My Exhibit LabelsObject 1: This artisan made horse toy was created of wood and cowhide. The toy was created in Cali, Colombia. It was sent to the United States by relatives to Carmen Vidal in the 1970s after she immigrated as a child. It shows the human story of migration, and that people carry their home with them. This toy also conveys a piece of Colombian history, in that horses were brought by the Spanish to be used in cattle ranching in Colombia.Object 2: This traditional bobbin lace butterfly was created by Herlinda Vidal for her granddaughter Rachael Scott in 2002. The butterfly itself is a symbol of migration, and shows how Herlinda Vidal crafted a life here in the United States after immigrating from Colombia, spending many years honing her lace making practice. This centuries old lace-making?tradition dating back to the 16th century is given new meaning in this tale of migration.Object 3: This photograph shows the Vidal family upon their arrival to the United States in Chicago’s O’Hare Airport in the year 1968. This day marked the reunification of the family when they rejoined Hernan Vidal, who had moved there months prior to work as a mechanic for Delta Airlines. This is the first day of the family in the United States, which marked a promise of a better life for them, and began their path to citizenship.My alternate Labels of classmates’ objects:Classmate Allie McClure’s Label: Most of us have seen yard flamingos, but have we all seen a yard manatee? Well, now you have! This manatee is the product of a former UWG art student’s free time that they used to relieve school stress in the ceramics studio. Once the student completed the manatee, she needed to find the 15-pound sea cow a home. Advertising the manatee as folk art for a yard, her friend immediately took the opportunity to give it a home. While this whimsical piece is a fun conversation starter, it also shows the technique and skill of an artist and the functions of art pieces outside of museums.My alternate label: A new distinctly southern piece of yard art is the lawn manatee. The grand scale of the manatee and its contrasting delicate features communicate humor and whimsy. A ceramics piece created by a local West Georgia University student evokes an environmental message of care and awareness to the plight of the endangered manatee.Classmate Sarah Hendricks’s Label: While the general perspective on sexuality in the 1940’s and 1950’s in the United States calls to mind an image of a far more reserved or closed off society, this pamphlet from 1941 offers an interesting underlying perspective on sexuality and the goals of a World War II-era America. The values inherent in the text are of a society that needs to be better trained, better informed, and more knowledgeable about the sexuality of the human body. But to what ends? Producing offspring, of course. While more open than expected with “317 Instructive Pictures Explaining How Sex Functions in Human Beings,” the text of the pamplet still offers what would now be seen as a regressive or misogynistic perspective on sexuality and the relationships between men and women and sex.My Alternate Label: ?While this instructional manual the “Picture Stories of the Sex Life of Man and Woman” is a guide to heterosexual sex during the time period of the 1940s, WWII fostered many homosexual relationships when LGBTQ people were able to meet for the first time in same gender environments such as all female factories, or all male barracks. Car culture also fostered same sex relationships during this time. Only beginning in the late 1890s to 1900s, sexology was still an emerging field, and this pamphlet may have been a reaction against the greater visibility of gay relationships, or if not reflected the emerging science of sexology during this era.?Classmate Móirín Cody’s Label: Shown here is a well used unabridged sound recording cassettes tapes of the 3rd book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by author J. K. Rowling. Produced by Scholastic, Inc. in 1999, this U.S. edition “Book on Tape” was made on cassettes tapes, the precursor to CDs. The Harry Potter cultural phenomenon of the 2000s made reading fun again as the series spans 7 books, 8 movies, and 2 theme parks. Not without controversy, during their original run the books were banned by religious Christian groups as it promoted witchcraft and the author herself alienated the LGBTQ+ community.My Alternate Label: Generations born during the new millennium may not recognize the function of this pre-2000s object. Before there was streaming or even CDs was the humble audio cassette, a portable audio storage device that could be played on a cassette player. This audiocassette collection really encapsulates culture from the late 1990s by holding the recordings of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, a bestselling book. The Harry Potter series today still remains one of the best selling series of all time. ................
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