K-12 Arts Programs
Toy Design: How Do They Make This Cool Stuff?
Timothy Young worked for many years in the toy industry as both a designer and a sculptor. He has designed hundreds of toys and sculpted many toy prototypes including characters such as Darth Vader, Big Bird, and The Simpsons. He…
Creating Unique Creatures and Characters
Timothy Young demonstrates three creative ways to design original creatures and characters. Using the techniques of doodling, scribbling, and sketching, students will create brand new designs as a group and individually. Worksheets are provided, as well as markers and colored…
Tap Mathematician
The Tap Mathematician arts-integrated residency creatively moves learners in developing tools to build math skills with their toes tap dancing along the way. Led by Quynn Johnson, Ed.M., this residency highlights the tap elements—beat, rhythm, improvisation, and choreography—as the foundational…
Reading & Rhythm
The Reading & Rhythm arts-integrated residency shares how the basics and elements of tap dance (beat, rhythm, choreography, and improvisation) can be used as a tool to strengthen classroom engagement and literacy skills for learners. Tap dance has the ability…
Press your Persona: Printmaking Identity Symbols
During this 4-5 day residency, students will create symbols that represent aspects of their identity using a variety of printmaking techniques. Printmaking is the art of creating multiple copies of an artwork by applying ink to transferable materials. Printmaking allows…
Customized School Mural
During this 5-10 day residency, students will collaborate with each other and the artist to create a mural that reflects the mission and values of their school by using the elements of art and design to paint smaller segments of…
Pocket Locket: Clay Miniatures Housed in Sewn Pockets
In this 4-5 day residency, students will reflect on and recreate an object of significance as a miniature using polymer clay and a variety of clay tools and techniques. Students will then design and hand sew their own pocket using…
Literacy Through Photography PD
Description Literacy Through Photography (LTP) is an interactive concept that combines photography and literacy, empowering students to explore and capture their experiences visually, inspiring them to narrate their stories through their own words and ideas. This professional development program immerses…
Dendê Macêdo’s Recycled Sounds Residency
This residency includes both artist-led student workshops and an interactive performance program. In the assembly, renowned percussionist Dendê Macêdo, demonstrates instruments he made from found materials to deliver a message about protecting our environment through reuse and recycling. Using a…
Dendê Macêdo’s Recycled Sounds
This interactive performance program by renowned percussionist Dendê Macêdo demonstrates instruments he made from found materials to deliver a message about protecting our environment through reuse and recycling. Using a loop pedal, Dendê presents each of the instruments by layering…
A Rainbow of Emotions
In this residency, which introduces basic acting skills, students learn to explore and physicalize emotional states, using their bodies, faces, breath, and voices in order to make tableaux and tell stories as performers. We use the Sanskrit words for these…
An Emotional Day at School
In this assembly, a young Michele appears by accident in an elementary school auditorium. She was supposed to be visiting her friend, Maria, but she got off at the wrong bus stop! As long as she’s there with this wonderful…