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December 2018
Maker Booth – San Jose Made Craft Holiday Fair
Join us as our Youth Leaders provide instruction on making fun holiday ornaments. Make a Light Up Bulb, Light Up Oragami Ornament, or an Ugly Sweater Ornament. Fund for all ages, so bring the family. This fun maker activity is at booths 284 & 296 near the dining area. The Fair is free and so are our activities. Hope to see you there!
Find out more »January 2019
“I Have a Dream” Light Up Frame Workshop
Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy by sharing your dreams in this fun paper circuit project. Assemble the frame and add your dream in the bubble, using an LED light and coin cell battery to light it up. It can be used as a night light for daily inspiration! A great family activity.
Find out more »February 2019
Lunar New Year Noisemakers
A Free Drop In STEAM Workshop Instructor: Lauren Cage Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Firecracker Noise Makers. In this workshop, students will use elastic energy to create a firecracker noise maker that makes a loud “POPPING” sound. A great family activity.
Find out more »March 2019
Luz de la Comunidad – Light-Up Aztec Bracelet
This culturally inspired workshop celebrates the Aztec New Year, which is celebrated on March 12th annually. Students will design and create their own Light Up Bracelets using symbols from the Aztec calendar. A great sewing circuitry project.
Find out more »April 2019
Petri Dish Kaleidoscopes
Come make your very own kaleidoscope using a paper tube and a petri dish. Use different materials in the petri dish to create lots of beautiful images! A great family activity. Instructors: Emily Takara is a former Art & Design Thinking Camper who designed this activity as part of a Bio-Tinkering Team Project she is involved in. Emily is also a Peer Instructor at our Summer Camp. Corinne Takara created the model for the Summer Art & Design Thinking Camp…
Find out more »Clothespin Automata
Let’s celebrate Earth Day with a fun and thoughtful activity with environmental artist and educator Michele Guieu. Using a simple mechanism (a clothespin!), create a cute automaton of a bee, a moth, or a butterfly landing on a flower. Maybe you’ll make them all – and you’ll get some seeds to plant! Pollinators are not only beautiful, they work endlessly to help bring food to our table. We need to help them in return by planting bright colored flowers to…
Find out more »Earth Day Storytelling
What is your Earth Day Story? Explore storytelling by using a story board to create a tale about taking care of our planet Earth. You will create a circuit and embed a light to emphasize your point. A fun, creative, and interactive storytelling workshop. A great family activity. Lauren is an instructor at our Summer Art & Design Thinking Camp and will be teaching Shadow Theater during our STEAM Smorgasbord week on July 15, 2019. Visit www.artanddesigncamp.weebly.com for more information about…
Find out more »May 2019
Earth Day Mini Mobiles
Environmental artist Michele Guieu collects plastic trash around the Bay and on the beach in the San Francisco Bay area, to make some of her installations. She invites you to use some of these materials to make a mini mobile. You’ll take home a piece that will keep you thinking about the bay and the important role each of us need to play to protect it. Help Save the Bay – Be Part of the Solution! Michele is an…
Find out more »June 2019
Open House – The Summer Art & Design Thinking Camp
Come meet the instructors and learn more about this project-based summer camp! The Camp engages middle school youth in exploring design thinking processes, digital tools, and visual arts. Each week has a different theme and the camp day is divided into two parts – Focused Learning and Tinker Time. Campers are encouraged to think outside the box and follow their ideas in directions that their passions and creativity guide them. All projects are designed to enhance their creative confidence, academic…
Find out more »June 2022
2022 Art & Design Thinking Camp
The Art & Design Thinking is still open for camper registration! The camp is an adventure in making and imagining, with 6 fun and interesting weeks scheduled. There is still time to register for the following weeks: Week 4: STEAM Smorgasbord Day 1 – Circuitry with Lauren Cage Day 2 – Stellar Stamps with Michele Guieu Day 3 – Extraordinary Plankton with Michele Guieu Day 4 – Costume Creation with Alyssa Winans & Dennis Chan Day 5 – Tinker Time…
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