K-12 Arts Programs
Dreams of Land
Description Dreams of Land is an innovative, cross-cultural puppetry performance. Artist Hua Hua Zhang and her performance team explore relationships, emotional states, and ways we process them using her unique lens of both Asian and Western viewpoints and attitudes. We…
Mr. Phelps’ Word Game Boxes
Description It all starts with a box of magnetic words and phrases. With accompanying pre-recorded video and a 16-page activity booklet, students (grades 2-7, or younger with more hands-on help) can sing and write rhymes and songs along with Mr.…
The Frederick Douglass Writing Club Assembly
Description Students learn the importance of literacy by following the life and career of Frederick Douglass through multimedia presentations and song. This assembly takes students from Frederick Douglass’s humble beginnings on the Eastern Shore of Maryland to the cities of…
The ABCs of Rap Assembly
Description Baba Bomani’s program uses rhythm and rhyme to explain basic reading and math concepts such as how to recognize syllables and showing how a rapper’s flow is simply a number bond math equation! Students have fun breaking and learning…
BARS: Writing Process Assembly
Description Students are taken on a fun, multi-media trip through the world of creative writing where they discuss the writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing). Students will rap along to original, professionally released music created by Bomani, as…
The Frederick Douglass Writing Club
Description 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’…
The ABCs of Rap
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
Description 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…
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
Description 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…
(LOL) Literacy Out Loud
Description 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.…