This workshop helps participants discover their comedic voice through mindfulness, using vulnerability as strength. Students build SEL skills through theater games, movement, and play. The workshop fosters leadership, collaboration, and emotional awareness through joyful, reflective activities. 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. 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. 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. Students study Frida Kahlo's use of color and symbolism, then create expressive portraits reflecting their own feelings. Lessons are tailored to students' age and experience. A shadow puppet show of the classic tale followed by a bear puppet-making workshop. Includes a behind-the-scenes look at the stage and a chance to perform! Students will learn about the origins of train graffiti, its cultural significance, and the creative expression it represents. This hands-on program encourages self-expression, teamwork, and a deeper appreciation of graffiti as an art form. Combines music-making and reflection, empowering student voices through Beatbox Pedagogy. Students explore Matisse's nature-inspired collages and create their own using shapes, colors, and symbols. The Hoopla Zone is a fun, student-led workshop with mini-classes, hoop jams, and one-on-one instruction. It promotes skill-building, leadership, and teamwork in a positive, inclusive environment. Carmen A. Nieves, ViMa Ro & Co This is a group-driven activity about leadership and change. It allows participants to share ideas, create, develop and contribute to something they created that is a symbol of change personally or for what represents their community. innerAct Theatre Education innerAct partners with schools to integrate theatre into the curriculum, supporting diverse learning styles. Teachers gain lasting tools to enhance classroom engagement through the arts! Led by Austin Dailey, participants will learn basic hip hop freestyle skills, party moves, break dancing, and more. This workshop emphasizes movement for fun and health, requiring no prior dance experience. Students learn the history and core elements of Hip Hop, practice basic dance moves, and experience the joy of movement and self-expression. Students explore hand techniques, character development, and puppet manipulation. Each participant receives a finger puppet to continue practicing. Inspired by "The Noisy Paint Box", students explore Kandinsky's abstract art and how sound can be expressed visually through color, line, and shape. In this workshop or residency, students will explore Kathak, the art of storytelling through dance. They will learn Kathak's technical footwork, spins, and cross rhythms. Students learn basic composition techniques and create original music, which is performed by a professional musician, fostering creative expression and music literacy. | |
