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Molas are made by the Kuna Indians of the San Blas Islands of Panama. Kuna girls start to make Molas when they are five or six years of age. They learn from their mothers, grandmothers and aunts who spend many hours each day sewing fine Molas. Molas are made with several layers of different colored cloth. The top layer in cut, turned under and stitched to reveal the color or pattern underneath. Fine details are embroidered on top. Each Mola becomes the front or back of a blouse, which is proudly worn by its maker. Inspiration may come from the surrounding sea or jungle, or it may come from images outside the Kuna village. Airplanes, cars, cartoon figures, religion, advertising and letters and words are just some of the many things that have sparked the imagination of these creative women. Molas now are seen on pillows and wall hangings and are prized by collectors throughout the world. The Smithsonian Institute now is sponsoring a traveling exhibit of Molas.

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Susan Striker is the author of the best-selling Anti-Coloring Book(R) series with over one million books in print all over the world. Designed to stimulate creativity and encourage problem solving and critical thinking, the books help children draw their own pictures as well as their own conclusions about life. She also wrote Please Touch(R) (Simon & Schuster) which teaches parents and educators how to stimulate creativity through movement, music, art and play. Young at Art(R) (Henry Holt) is a comprehensive text about the value and significance of early childhood art. That book clearly demonstrates the important link between early scribbles and later literacy. Her latest work is a series of folk art books for children. In 2008 Susan received the highly competitive 2008 Connecticut Art Education Association Award, Outstanding Elementary Art Educator, for significant contributions to the field of art education. The author teaches elementary school art in Greenwich, Connecticut, where she won the Distinguished Teacher Award. She has had a long, successful career teaching art to young children, has taught art education methodology to university students and developed art curricula. She shares her innovative teaching ideas in workshops for parents and teachers in schools and universities all over the country. Ms. Striker's work has been the subject of numerous local, national and international television shows. Susan's Young at Art(R) curriculum for preschool and kindergarten art was awarded Connecticut's Celebration of Excellence for Creativity in the Classroom and she was presented with Hofstra University's George M. Estabrook Award.

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