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DLP offers in-school, after-school and virtual programming. These are multidisciplinary and project-based educational programs that merge art, history and technology with the Holocaust, providing opportunities for students to become docents and curators, develop valuable collaborative and public speaking skills, and learn to create text panels, generate QR codes, and create docent-led tours that showcase student responses to art through poetry.
For schools in the Los Angeles area, our team can facilitate the project or we can train teachers how to bring the program into their school and teach the program using this pedagogy. We work with the students to teach the skills needed to curate an exhibit of Labkovski’s work. They study history, write narrative text and creative commemorative poetry, and create artwork in Labkovski’s style. In becoming docents for their community, students also gain experience with public speaking.
DLP guides students to become engaged with David Labkovski’s artwork, which illustrate his experiences of the Holocaust, such that they move from passive observer to actively bearing witness to history.
DLP enriches Holocaust education by providing immersive, tangible experiences that evoke emotion and enable connection with our past, so that we never forget the atrocities committed by the Nazis and their supporters.
DLP’s pedagogical approach allows for a comprehensive understanding of the Holocaust, and it encourages visitors to educate their peers and communities about how to advocate for tolerance and inclusion.
DLP goes beyond the classroom; through Holocaust education, we empower students to use their creativity and their voice to stand against injustices.
The David Labkovski Project will train educators in order to facilitate the program of study. We commit to 8 hours faculty service, in-person or online.
DLP’s educational team will also be available for video conferences with students.
As an engaged learning partner, the DLP educator will be available online for the introductory lesson and be available over video conferencing for student discussions. DLP staff will help facilitate the online exhibit format.
For schools outside of Los Angeles, we are happy to work with educators to share our methodology and materials for a teacher-led program. The DLP guides teachers to be able to teach their students about the Holocaust.
Two schools work together internationally to curate an exhibit and discuss their own perspectives on the work of David Labkovski. The end product is an integrated exhibit that was created through a cross-cultural experience that highlights how art transcends cultures.
