Making It Up As We Go: Master Class with George Gagliardi
George’s expertise will turn your classroom topics into new songs based on a specific theme. Choose any topic from your curriculum- the water cycle, the solar system, the American Revolution- whatever the topic, your students will remember it better when it’s set to music! Students’ creative writing...
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Photographer's Eye: Master Class with Shoshana Portnoy
Shoshana Portnoy introduces students to photography as an art form. Keeping a critical eye to the photographer within, each student will develop a greater understanding of subject matter composing and framing photographs. Principles of composition, perspective, design, light, white space and visual ...
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The Art of Zoology - Drawing Animals: Master Class with Julio Suarez
Julio introduces students to the art of zoology by sharing prints, sketches, paintings, and personal journals that reflect a variety of zoological illustrations including those of da Vinci, Durer, Audobon, and other artists. AFter teaching basic drawing techniques and sketching exercises, Julio inv...
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Fairy Tale Adventure: Master Class with Dana Proulx
Students will enjoy the story of Bangalee as he and his sisters and brothers protect their castle from Grunk, the dragon, by cleaning themselves and their home from top to bottom. Students will work together to form the huge body of Grunk and stomp through the kingdom breathing "fire" and eating jun...
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Drawing and Seeing: Residency with Janet Reynolds
Students create two and three-dimensional artworks inspired by mathematical concepts. Younger children create projects that emphasize positive and negative space and the contour or shape of objects, choosing one image to transfer and execute on various fine arts paper. Older students use point of vi...
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Playwriting with Puppeteering: Residency with Lynn Baskind
Elements of play structure are dynamically explored through creating and using students' uniquely created puppets, made of recycled material. Numerous settings encourage lateral thinking and exciting creativity. Caricature, plot, dialogue, scene structure, dramatic irony, conflict, and theme are int...
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Hansel and Gretel with Le Theatre de Marionette
Le Theatre de Marionette's troupe of puppeteers performs the well-known fairy tale classic, Hansel and Gretel. Inspired by the opera of the same name, this school-friendly adaptation delights and intrigues young audiences with its variety of familiar characters and adventures. Beautiful music and ex...
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Photographer's Eye: Residency with Shoshana Portnoy
Shoshana introduces students to photography as an art form. Keeping a critical eye to the photographer within, each student will develop a greater understanding of subject matter composing and framing photographs. Principles of composition, perspective, design, light, white space and visual storytel...
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African Stories: Laughter and Wonder with Audrey McClure
Through the interactive dramatization of folktales, Audrey takes your students on a journey through Africa, developing an appreciation for its literature, oral traditions, and cultures. Audrey has always had a passion for cultural heritage. In exploring her own background, she found storytelling to ...
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