Melesio Casas

Brownies of the Southwest (1970)

Mel Casas: The Southwestern Clichés (1982-1989)

Humanscape Series

Discussion Questions:

• What do you notice about his art?

• Why do you think the title of the piece is also displayed on the piece?

• Which piece is your favorite? Why?

• Where do you think Melesio may be from?

Activities:

• Have students create definition flash cards for any subject in the style of Melesio's artwork.

• Use Melesio's artwork to create Spanish vocabulary cards.

• Add Melesio's artwork to your wordwall.