Transform Your Classroom Into an Artist Studio

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What is a workshop or residency?

• Artists come to your school and work with small groups of up to 25 students in 45-minute intervals
• Artists work with 3-4 Classes per day
• Workshops and residencies can be one day or 20, and they normally culminate in a performance or piece of art for the school community.
• Workshop sessions are customized to work within your school’s schedule.

Some workshops require materials. Materials fees are listed in the program details. All workshops and residencies have a $95 per day travel fee.

Call 866-500-9265 to schedule a workshop or residency.

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Dance & Movement

World Dance

• NEW! The Art of Bharatanatyam Dance with Ramya Ramnarayan
  • Through the traditions of Bharatanatyam dance, students engage with classical Indian music, rhythm, foot work, hand gestures (mudras), and eye movements to express story and emotions in powerful ways.
• ¡Hola, Vecinos! with Marck “Flaco” Best
  • Use Latin dance as a communication and social-emotional learning tool
• Bollywood – Dances of India with DanceXStudio
  • Learn about Indian culture, geography, history and dance’s ever important role.
• Dances and Culture of Mexico with Mexico Beyond Mariachi
  • Maps, hats, skirts, and other artifacts are used to teach the culture and history of Mexico.
  • Available in Spanish on request.
• A Passport Journey: African Diaspora Drum and Dance Traditions with Jeannine Osayande & Dunya Performing Arts Company
  • Learn drum, dance, song, storytelling, and masquerade traditions from Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Ghana.
• Intro to Capoeira with Leigh Robertson
  • Learn about this martial art disguised as dance that was used as a means to resist oppression in the relentless struggle for freedom.
• Join the Celtic Revival with Patricia Flynn
  • Students try their hands (and feet!) at Irish set dancing—a form of social dancing similar to square dancing.
• Origins of Uganda’s Rhythms and Dances with Ssuuna
  • Working together—some as drummers and others as dancers—students explore the history and meaning behind the East African steps and drum beats.
• Let’s Dance Our Story with Liliana Attar
  • Dance and music introduce students to cultures of Latin America while encouraging awareness, appreciation, and respect for different cultures.

Step, Tap, and Hip Hop

• Beats Beneath My Feet 101 with Quynn Johnson
  • Students learn ways to create their own rhythm with tap dance
• Feet, Drum, Voice: A Soul Steps Workshop with Soul Steps
  • Students use their bodies to create hip-hop infused rhythms through call and response patterns and foundational step choreography.
• Fundamental Rhythms with Hip Hop Fundamentals
  • Students will amaze themselves as they learn basic moves and create their own choreography by exploring the American art form of breakdancing with Hip Hop Fundamentals.
• Rhythm: The Lost Language with Maurice Chestnut
  • Students will learn the language of rhythm from acclaimed tap dancer and choreographer Maurice Chestnut.
• Speak Up Residency with SOLE Defined
  • Through this residency, participants dive into themes of justice and civil rights while embodying collaboration, teamwork and learning the importance of John Lewis’ “Good Trouble.”

Social-Emotional Learning

• Feel, Think, Dance! with Laura Marchese
  • By connecting engaging and fun movement activities to the Social-Emotional Learning competencies of identity, belonging, and agency, students have opportunities for making creative choices, developing their individual creativity, and artistic collaboration.
• Read to Dance! with Laura Marchese
  • Literature comes to life through this engaging creative movement experience.
• Workshop: Dancing Ourselves with Heidi Latsky Dance
  • The workshop provides a strong model for students of tolerance and acceptance of both themselves and others based on the appreciation of differences among individuals, acceptance of all people, and the promotion of empathy.

Dance and STEAM

• Science Can Dance! with Laura Marchese
  • Science and the natural world come to life through this engaging creative movement experience.

Call 866-500-9265 to schedule a program.

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Literary Arts

• Get Write with Rashad Wright
  • Students craft their own performance poems after learning from a Slam Poetry performance by Rashad.
• I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Poetry, Art, and Stories of the Holocaust with Rebecca Kelly
  • In this provocative workshop with Rebecca Kelly, students reflect on symbols of the Holocaust, creating their own poetry and art in response.
• Lessons in Tolerance with Patricia Flynn
  • Lessons in Tolerance is an examination of the causes and social costs of the Holocaust, and other examples of genocide and persecution, followed by the development of positive artistic and intellectual responses to these events.
• Making Books: Tell Me a Story… Tell me Your Story with Molly Gaston Johnson
  • Through a series of exercises leading to the creation of hand-made books, students use the elements and principles of design to create compelling images in the way that a writer uses letters and words to compose stories and poems.
• Storytelling & Cultural Literacy with Queen Nur
  • Students tell stories in the oral tradition using hands-on exercises that engage voice, tone, facial expression, and body movement.
• The Write Stuff with Freestyle Repertory Theatre
  • Designed by a language arts specialist, this workshop applies improvisational techniques to free the creativity of young authors.

Call 866-500-9265 to schedule a program.

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Music

• NEW! Latin Rhythms with Andrés Cisneros
  • Latin Rhythms is an engaging, hands-on percussion residency where students explore the foundational rhythms of Latin America while building creativity, collaboration, and cultural awareness through ensemble music-making.
• NEW! Tta-Kung! Rhythm of Korea with Hyun Jin Cha
  • Students experience traditional Korean percussion arts and culture. Participants have the opportunity to learn about and play Korean percussion instruments.
• Songwriting and Green Screen Music Videos with Alice Leon
  • In this interactive and energetic program, students brainstorm and contribute to “hit” songs that reinforce curriculum concepts.
• Boom Buckets Around the World! with Hector Morales
  • Participants have a blast playing everyday objects like buckets and garbage cans while they develop essential aural musical skills and learn how to read basic musical notation.
• Cajón (box drums): Heartbeat of Africa in Peru and The Americas Workshop with Hector Morales
  • This program is designed for participants to experience the rhythmical magic of the cajón (box drum) and become acquainted with its fascinating history.
• Drum It Out! with Josh Robinson
  • Students will learn how to use drumming and music as a wellness tool, a vehicle for healthy self-expression/emotional release, and a way to connect with others authentically and engagingly.
• Drumming Up a Healthier & Happier Brain and Body with Mary Knysh
  • This brain-based rhythm program uses the music ensemble as a metaphor for teaching students how healthy brains and bodies work together in harmony.
• The “Soul” of Songwriting with Carl Brister
  • Using vocal and songwriting techniques rooted in the traditions of Soul Music, students will learn how to express and celebrate themselves through song.
• Workshop: Your Life is a Work of Art with Bobby Beetcut
  • Students are led in a collaborative musical and songwriting experience where they learn SEL techniques to improve focus and relieve anxiety, as well as creative visualization and mindfulness meditation.

Call 866-500-9265 to schedule a program.

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Theatre

• Chinese Dragon Shadow Puppets with Hua Hua Zhang
  • Students explore the history and culture of traditional Chinese shadow puppet theatre and learn about characteristics of the mythological Chinese dragon.
• Circus Skills Workshop with Give & Take Jugglers
  • Through circus skills like juggling, tightwire, plate spinning, and stilts, students experience fitness in a fun, non-competitive, and creative way.
• From Page to Stage with Patricia Flynn
  • Students learn to adapt their favorite stories (or original written work) for a theatrical performance.
• Improvising as a Team with Freestyle Repertory Theatre
  • In this empowering workshop students are free to create and express themselves—and even make mistakes—without the fear of rejection.
• Let’s Pretend with Patricia Flynn
  • In this workshop, theater games and improvisational activities engage the imagination, reasoning, and problem-solving skills of children and help them work well in a group.
• Stories of Africa with TAHIRA
  • Students take a journey through the African Diaspora via story.

Call 866-500-9265 to schedule a program.

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Visual Arts

NEW Programs!

• Pressing Pause: Observational Drawing with Molly Gaston Johnson
  • Develop drawing as an expressive, mental health, and community-building practice, unplugged from electronic input.
• Vessel as Metaphor with Molly Gaston Johnson
  • Boxes and bags transform through papier-mache into precious containers symbolizing the self.
• Stitch a Symbol: Expressing Identity Through Fabric with Rebecca Kelly
  • Students work with burlap fabric stretched on embroidery hoops to stitch a simple symbol.

Mosaic

• A Taste of Mosaic with Gail Scuderi
  • After learning about the history, students will participate in a hands-on experience of creating a small “Picassiette” style of mosaic using a variety of ceramic and glass tile.
• SEL Murals and Mosaics with Kate Marie Sclavi
  • Collaborate with a school-wide or class-wide project to create a school mural or mosaic! The teaching artist leads students in a collaborative process to design a mural, and then paint a cohesive design, or construct a mosaic.

Photography

• ERACISM: Erasing Visual Racism with Erik James Montgomery
  • Stereotypical images have negatively impacted the self-esteem of people for hundreds of years. The class will examine how these negative images are used in media, cartoons, and in art.
• Exposures: Old and New School Photography with Erik James Montgomery
  • Students will create unique images and explore the myriad possible approaches to this expressive art form.

Film, TV and Animation

• It’s Alive! Stop Motion Animation with Box of Light
  • Participants sculpt or build stop-motion characters and sets, and build films together while developing their media literacy, visual arts, ELA and social skills.
• Let’s Get Animated: 2D Digital Animation Studio with Rashad Malik Davis
  • In this beginner’s animation course, students learn the basics of 2D animation using some of the 9 principles established by classic Disney animators.

Painting, Drawing and Paper Art

• Branching Patterns in Nature with Karen Fuchs
  • Branching patterns can be found throughout the natural world- from leaf veins and root systems, to coral, mineral dendrites, and a single brain neuron. This workshop will focus on these beautiful, efficient and energy-transmitting forms.
• Fun with Fractions: Math is Beautiful with Molly Gaston Johnson
  • Connections to world cultures are made to demonstrate that math has been at the foundation of art and culture for millennia.
• Introducing Chinese Calligraphy with Hua Hua Zhang
  • This workshop and residency will introduce Chinese culture, calligraphy and tools for study of Calligraphy. Each student will make a unique work of art.
• Introduction to Origami with April Zay
  • Age-appropriate origami models and techniques are presented to the students in this popular workshop.
• No Agenda, Just Paint! with Molly Gaston Johnson
  • This workshop provides students with a fundamental understanding of painting, exploring its physical characteristics and expressive capabilities.
• Of Heroes and Villains: Comic Design Studio with Rasah Malik Davis
  •  In this comics studio, students learn the basics of comic storytelling – both written and visual – to bring a sequential story to life.
• Paint Your Feelings with Music and Poetry with April Zay
  • Students will build their personal artistry by creating original artwork inspired by a piece of music or a poem.
• Paper Quilling with April Zay
  • Originating in 17th-century Europe, paper quilling is the art of rolling, shaping, and gluing thin strips of paper together to make complex designs.
• Self-Expression Through Self-Portraits with Tchin
  • Internationally known, multi award-winning Indigenous artist Tchin will guide participants through the artistic process, allowing them time to reconnect with their inner selves and come away with a powerful expression of their voice.

3D Art, Sculpture and Textiles

• Beadwork: Connecting to Community with Joy Tonepahhote (New teaching artist!)
  • Students complete a beadwork project that they can share with their classrooms, guided by We Are the Seeds’ Indigenous educators.
• Gargoyles: From Gothic to Grotesque with Rebecca Kelly
  • Students create gargoyles using pinch-pot construction and basic hand-building pottery techniques. A storyteller recounts medieval legends and contemporary children’s fiction that inspire the students to write and perform their own myths based on their gargoyle creations.
• The Joy of Puppets with Molly Gaston Johnson
  • A 4-Day experience of creating and storytelling with puppets, focusing on developing social-emotional skills.
• The Stories of Quilts and Creativity with Steven H. Hobbs
  • Students will learn the history of quilts and then make a small project that emphasizes personalizing their quilt square.
• Upcycled Collaborative Weaving with Kate Marie Sclavi
  • Collaborate to make a giant woven tapestry using upcycled materials! This program can be school-wide or class-wide, students will work together on giant looms to construct a collaborative weaving using upcycled materials: old t-shirts, sheets, and even plastic bags!

Unique Art Experiences

• Silkscreen a Screen with Molly Gaston Johnson
  • Students learn simple silkscreen printmaking as they create a collaborative piece based on the silhouettes of plants, animals, and shapes.

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Call 866-500-9265, and we’ll help you determine which program is right for you.