K-12 Arts Programs
The Frederick Douglass Writing Club
Students learn about the career of Frederick Douglass and imitate it by writing autobiographies, journalism, and speech-writing as well as raps. Pricing Typically, residencies range from $2,500 and up, but we can use your available budget and ‘work backwards’ to…
BARS: The ABC’s of Hip Hop Residency
Description Students learn the basics of Hip Hop performance using ELA and Math skills. Students learn and perform a rhyme expressing the bullet points of a major topic they are discussing. Pricing Typically, residencies range from $2,500 and up, but…
BARS Writing Process
Students learn the basics of the writing process through the art of Hip Hop rhyme. Students will write rhymes bragging about themselves and summarizing a topic in class. Pricing Typically, residencies range from $2,500 and up, but we can use…
Alphabetisimo! Interactive Shadow Theater Show
Explore the enchanting realm of “Alphabetisimo” in this captivating assembly by teaching artist Natasha Mirny. Step into the hidden House of Light, where letters and words spring to life, frolic, and weave enchanting tales. Watch as shadow letters transform into…
Ceramic Relief Sculpture
Students will design and create a relief sculpture mural with handmade ceramic tiles. The mural may have an art integrated theme incorporating science, history, or other curriculum objectives. Students will learn how this kind of sculpture has been used throughout…
Handmade Artist Book
Description In this multi-day residency, students will consider books as an art form, not just as a vehicle for content. Using felting techniques and stitching, students will create a book cover from sheep wool and then write and illustrate the…
Embroidery Across the Curriculum
Embroidery has connections across history and cultures. The artist will work with teachers to design an arts-integrated project focused on their needs. Students will learn basic embroidery techniques, geared to the grade level. They will design and create their own…
(LOL) Literacy Out Loud
TAHIRA enthralls students with her tickle-your-funny-bone tales and delightful sing-along songs in her assembly (LOL) Literacy Out Loud. Delivered in her signature high-energy style, TAHIRA captivates young audiences with stories rooted in the oral tradition of the African Diaspora. The…
Check Yourself: Bullying Others is Bad 4 Your Health
In this powerful residency, WombWork utilizes an arts-based model and approach to changing behaviors and attitudes and heighten students’ awareness about the very serious issue of Bullying. Students will receive professional performing arts training in basic theatre, creative movement, vocals…
Awakening the Gifts of Character
Imagine a world where no child is left without mentorship and friendship. Picture a community in which everyone, from parents to police, has the will and skill to teach respect, foster kindness, and model integrity. In this workshop, participants receive…
The Dragon Show: Share, Care, and Play Fair
“The Dragon Show: Share, Care, and Play Fair” promotes the social-emotional skills of empathy, respect, self-control, kindness, cooperation, and problem-solving through an interactive performance of the story/drama “Goodbye to a Greedy Dragon.” In this assembly, professional musician and Maryland Wolf…
Axé Puro
Ologundê performs Axé Puro, a diverse repertoire which includes the rituals associated with Candomblé, a synthesis of the Yoruba and the Catholic religions in which various orixas (gods) are invoked; the breathtaking capoeira martial arts; and the exhilarating semba de…