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Cultural India Performance

With volunteer participation, we give a multimedia, hands-on cultural experience on India built around social studies, visual arts and dance. Particular emphasis is put on turban demo, dot demo, Bhangra Dance, ...

Dancing the Painting

Dancing the Painting is a 3-5 day creative dance and art making residency that explores and responds to a work of visual art through dance making. This residency is directed by dance educator and choreographer, ...

Darkroom Photography (All Levels)

This program will travel your students back in time to learn how the very first photographs were made – with light, science and magic! Students will enjoy capturing images using the tactile medium of darkroom ...

Didgeridoo Down Under Show: Australian Music - Cul...

G’day mate! Didgeridoo Down Under = Australian Music, Education, Entertainment. The DDU Show is a unique fusion of Australian music, culture, art, science, comedy, character building, anti-bullying and audience ...

Didgeridoo Make & Play Residency

This amazing cultural arts experience includes two to five full days of didgeridoo immersion. The residency kicks off with the DDU show and includes the same learning experience as the Aussie Funk Jam, plus more ...

Diggery Digger's Dino Adventure Now In 3D

While Paleontologist Diggery Diggers is showing his fossils to a live audience, he discovers a “top secret” box the museum accidentally packed. Curious, Diggery opens the box and unleashes the DinoSauroScope ...

DIY Graphic Tees! (All Levels)

Learn how to build your very own graphic tee! Students will design their own t-shirts to take home at the end of the program. They will learn about the a variety of processes used by printmakers and how to design a ...

Dr. Seuss -- Out Of the Pages and Into Clay

Dr. Seuss is not only an author but an artist as well. His colorful and silly creatures, trees, animals, buildings and animals combined with his silly and rhyming words are the perfect foundation for creating ...

Draw Mindfully with Rangoli Art

Offered in 3 different Residency (5 day, 3 day, 2 day) formats (5 workstations in a 45-60 min classroom session= ‘1 contact hour’), & Teacher Training Rangoli is an art form from India in which patterns are created ...

Dyeing for Art

In this residency, students learn about different kinds of dyes that can be used in artwork. Students use ready made dyes, they also make their own dye out of natural resources. Natural dyes provide a scientific ...

Eco Printing

This introductory 3-day residency covers the basics of natural pigments found in plant material, and the most basic method of transferring these pigments to print on paper or fabric. We will also talk about ...

Envision Me

(Guided Tour + Goal Setting Exercise + Artist Led Drawing Workshop) 3rd – 12th Grade Students will be led on a guided tour of one exhibition and then experience a 45-minute workshop centered around creating a ...

Ephemeral Earth Art & Mandalas (Grades 3-12)

Ephemeral art is temporary. The art itself is about the creative process, the final product and the transformation of the art as it deteriorates and fades. Students will fall in love with the process of ...

Express Yourself Club

Students in rising grades 6 – 8 are invited to attend Express Yourself Club with a music therapist from Piedmont Music Therapy. Students will focus on creative outlet in dealing with anxiety and emotional issues. ...

Fanciful and Functional Artist Books: Create, Writ...

During the first session, I introduce the artist book concept by showing and explaining various types of artist books, explaining how the content of the writing can be incorporated into the book construction. ...

First Nations Totem

Ceramics has a long and rich history not just in the state of North Carolina but worldwide. This workshop introduces students to the cultural practices of the First Nations of the Pacific Northwest. Totem poles ...

Global Studies & North Carolina History

GLOBAL STUDIES The World in Our Backyard is extremely proud of our 45 minute programs developed for students to engage them in a creative and energetic way through the use of photographs, artifacts, cultural ...

Guided Tour + Scavenger Hunt and Thematic Activiti...

Experience an introduction to Charlotte’s Black History with an in depth 45 to 60-minute guided tour of our facility and our current exhibitions. Students and educators can experience a deeper connection with the ...

Heidelberg Houses

Students are introduced to The Heidelberg Project in Detroit MI by artist Tyree Guyton, and create their own mini houses reflecting who they are and where they come from. In three steps, students learn about the ...

Home: Symbolic Digital Collages (Grades 6-12)

What does your future home look like? Is it filled with laughter, music, the chatter of keys on a keyboard or the voices of children? Who is inside your home and what are they doing? Who are YOU in this home? These ...

I am Awesome: Affirmation Collages (Grades 6-12)

Students will enjoy building their own "affirmation boards" in this laid back, mixed media or digital art program. Students will be asked to consider their greatest strengths and focus on what makes them unique as ...

Immersed in Light: Studio Drift at the Mint

This sixty minute tour will allow students to experience the immersive work of Studio Drift, founded by Dutch artists Ralph Nauta and Lonneke Gordijn. Their breathtaking sculptures explore the relationship between ...

Installation Art (All Levels)

Create outside the box with this cool program! Students will explore the world of installation art including public art, ephemeral art, street art and earth art. Students will work collaboratively to build an ...

iPad Photography & Composition (Grades 2-12)

Put those school iPads to work in this fun, technology-based program! Students will learn the basics of iPad photography and how to edit their photographs using free apps! Prior to their photoshoot, students will ...

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