Sanna's program introduces students to environmental storytelling, with a focus on citizen science and climate change. Math and art meet in this origami-based workshop. Students build spatial reasoning and learn geometry concepts while folding 2D and 3D shapes into artistic creations, guided by storyteller Motoko. Celebrate courageous women in early America through dramatic storytelling. Lou tells the story of his grandfather, the chief carver of Mount Rushmore, using maps, timelines, and images. Themes include perseverance, hidden history, and social justice. This program engages students with lifting their voices through action and planning. Join Perseus on a mythological adventure with handcrafted marionettes, rich visuals, and epic storytelling. Students explore different photographic perspectives and techniques, then collaborate on creating a unique collage from their photos. This multi-day residency deepens skills in movement and teamwork through daily creative challenges. Ends with a student-led showcase celebrating empathy, trust, and imagination. Professor Bones and his crew lead a fun, anti-bullying assembly, teaching empathy, courage, and strategies to stand up against bullying. Learn how winds and currents work, why cannonballs fly, and the math behind navigation, all through a swashbuckling, hands-on pirate adventure. Blending research, poetry, and drama, students explore animal adaptations and habitats. Activities include "Habitat Theater" and poetic storytelling rooted in science facts. Students explore identity and culture by writing original “I Am From” poems, then create mixed-media collages using images, colors, and symbols to bring their words and personal histories to life. An energetic poetry-writing residency that includes warmups, original poems, and classroom performance. Engages multiple learning styles and builds confidence through expressive arts. A poetry, puppetry and creative drama workshop, customized for various ages and curriculum needs. Poetry in Motion is an award-winning performance that brings children's poetry to life through acting, mime, humor, and audience participation. Featuring works by A.A. Milne, Lewis Carroll, Langston Hughes, and more, it's a captivating 30-year tradition. Poet and painter Shanna Melton shares powerful performances rooted in culture, love, and identity. Her shows may include her vibrant paintings as a backdrop. Create functional and non-functional pottery, jewelry, and mixed-media art using natural, recycled, and man-made materials, exploring various artistic techniques. Participants use finely tuned marionettes in this hands-on workshop led by award-winning puppeteers. Sova Dance & Puppet Theatre Hands-on puppet-making workshops use storytelling, movement, and visual arts to build SEL and environmental awareness. Creative fun with themes like pollinators, oceans, emotions, and woodland life. Students make hand or rod puppets and retell folktales using their creations. They take their puppets home after the session. Quill'n & Spill'n blends storytelling and social-emotional learning. Students write poems, narratives, and raps that foster empathy, expression, and self-awareness. | |
