This workshop helps participants discover their comedic voice through mindfulness, using vulnerability as strength. Teachers explore puppet creation, script development, and performance to enrich classroom learning and storytelling. Creatures of New England is a lively puppet show introducing young children to local wildlife. Indoors or outdoors, this nature-based program inspires curiosity about animals in forests, skies, and sea. Through performance, workshop, or residency, students experience Brazil's culture through dance styles like Samba, Afoxé, and Forró- learning geography, language, and tradition. Explore the dictionary as an object and learn about the multiple ways artists use text in their artworks. Students will "meet" old dictionaries, draw, and write. Students learn to create their own music in this multi-session digital residency. Using DAWs and beat-making tools, they explore production from start to finish. A 50-minute demo shows how digital tools like Logic Pro and Soundation are used to produce music. Perfect for tech-savvy students or music lovers. innerAct Theatre Education Students rehearse and perform a play with Anthony DePoto, who directs and coordinates all theatrical elements. Participants learn acting, choreography, and history while connecting the play's themes to school curriculum. Students play bucket drums and Latin percussion in this high-energy, fully participatory music workshop. With songs in Spanish, English, and Yoruba, they build creativity, teamwork, leadership, and confidence. Students, educators, and families join together in upbeat, hands-on drumming. This inclusive program builds musical skills, confidence, and connection through rhythm and movement. Students explore drums, shakers, puppets, and Toobaloos across four rotating pods. They experiment with sound, movement, and voice while sharing tools. Students build SEL skills through theater games, movement, and play. The workshop fosters leadership, collaboration, and emotional awareness through joyful, reflective activities. Students create 60-second videos about their environment, using smartphones or tablets. The process includes shooting, editing, and sharing the videos, with a class-wide video project compilation. Eco printing places emphasis on environmentally friendly art practices using natural materials: plants, non toxic inks, and vegetable-based cleaners. A multi-week residency using custom Hoopla hoops to promote self-expression, self-image, physical literacy, and SEL through fun, movement-based instruction that supports personal and educational growth. This program engages students in skill-building, social-emotional learning, and physical literacy using handmade hoops. Students simulate pollution's impact on sea life with art-making, then explore solutions like recycling and cleanup in this powerful environmental workshop. Students create original songs using beatboxing, storytelling, and live recording. A magical puppet show featuring seasonal fairies and a mischievous gnome, with handmade puppets and songs that engage young audiences. Students create original characters and stories through arts-integrated writing lessons. With drawing, theater, and guided prompts, students develop fiction writing skills in a joyful, supportive setting. Explore musical history with live performances of flute music from different periods, connecting art forms and performance techniques to cultural history. | |
