Category: arts + crafts
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Explore + Discover Together: DNA
Explore + Discover Together: DNA In this art and science program, participants will marvel as they get up close to DNA while exploring the physical characteristic that’s been used to separate us, skin tone. Infinitely riffable based on your population. Full Program Description Investigate the molecule responsible for the incredible diversity of humankind with hands-on…
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Explore + Discover Together: Juneteenth
Explore + Discover Together: Juneteenth In this registered program for families, we read the book My America by Ashley Bryan and Jan Spivey Gilchrist, and chatted over prompts in the art and craft projects. Full Program Description On June 19, we nationally commemorate the day in 1865 when, two and a half years after the…
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Creation Station: Clay Bowls
Creation Station: Clay Bowls Participants will gain exposure to the similarities among a wide variety of historical cultures, marvel at human ingenuity and creativity, and feel connected as they join a long tradition of human creativity by making their own clay bowl! Full Program Description Craft and create with us! We’ll provide an idea and…
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Explore + Discover Together: Beads
Explore + Discover Together: Beads Add an easy DIY scratch-off map to any family program that uses beads. Participants will gain a little exposure to a wide variety of world cultures, marvel at human ingenuity and creativity, and feel connected as they join a long tradition of human creativity. Full Program Description Did you know…
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Explore + Discover Together: Celebrate with Candles
Explore + Discover Together: Celebrate with Candles Participants discover many ways that people around the world use light in various holiday celebrations, then create a decorative candle craft. Full Program Description Explore holidays from various cultures that use candles as part of the celebrations. Then create a festive and unique set of candles. “Tall, I…
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Moonwalking in the Milky Way
Moonwalking in the Milky Way In this multi-station STEAM program, participants explore the wonders of space. Along the way, participants gain a teeny bit of exposure to some Indigenous traditional knowledge about the stars and sky, hopefully acting as a counternarrative to the idea that Western-based scientists and astronomers are solely responsible for our understanding…
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Creation Station: Something Beautiful
Creation Station: Something Beautiful Participants learn Full Program Description Craft and create with us! We’ll provide an idea and supplies then you create your own masterpiece. “I wanted something beautiful that you could sit down and look at. And then, the paintings change you.” Alma Thomas In this session, we’ll explore the colorful art of expressionist…
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Family Maker Workshop: Indigenous Ingenuity
Family Maker Workshop: Indigenous Ingenuity Often, STEM teachings and projects focus on Western inventors – but Indigenous peoples have been inventing problem-solving tools since time immemorial. For example, did you know that even hundreds of years ago, Aztec peoples used hollow bird bones to deliver medicines into the human body – just like syringes created…
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Take-home kit: Celebration of cultures
Take-home kit: Celebration of cultures Here’s a project to celebrate all the things that make your particular family unique, and to pause and consider your family’s priorities and values. Full Program Description Did you know every family has its own culture? Explore your family’s unique beliefs, values and traditions with this fun take-home kit. Supplies…
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Creation Station: Vibrant shape collages
Creation Station: Vibrant shape collages Create colorful collages inspired by the work of artist Reginald Laurent. Because this program was held in honor of Juneteenth, we invited kids to use their artistic freedom to create something that shows that everyone is equal. Full Program Description Craft and create with us! We’ll provide an idea and…