Explore. Imagine. Invent.
MARGARET WEISBROD MORRIS Chief Program Officer, Lawrence Arts Center
NEAL BARBOUR Director of Youth Education, Lawrence Arts Center
LAURIE MCLANE HIGGINSON Education Curator, Lawrence Arts Center
KYLA STRID Director of Residencies and Adult Education,
Lawrence Arts Center
RACHEL VON WAGONERStudio Manager, Lawrence Arts Center
ASHELY BOYACK Dance Educator, University of Utah
JESSICA CONNER Art Educator, Shawnee Mission Public Schools
JOSHUA CONNER Science Teacher, Olathe Public Schools
ANN FOSTER Science Teacher, Lawrence Public Schools
HANNAH HURST Art Educator, Lawrence Public Schools
LARRY MITCHELL Actor & Playwright
GRACE PETERSON Visual Arts Coordinator, Salina Arts & Humanities
The mission of the Lawrence Arts Center is to enrich individuals and the community by nurturing love of the arts through exhibitions, performance, and arts education. The Arts Center has been serving the community of Lawrence, Kansas since 1975 with arts programs and services for individuals of all ages, interests
and backgrounds. All material in this book is subject to copyright and cannot be reproduced without permission of the Lawrence Arts Center. However, the Lawrence Arts Center seeks to actively support the STEAM movement everywhere. If you are interested in learning more about the ideas or materials in this booklet, the
ARTSpace program, or how to start a program in your area, contact Margaret Weisbrod Morris, [email protected].
CALL 785.843.2787 BROWSE lawrenceartscenter.org VISIT 940 New Hampshire Street, Lawrence, KS 66044
ARTSpace Innovation Team
Logic of STEM STEAM
• new industries, producing new jobs, are the foundation of economic well-being
• innovation is critical in developing these new industries
• creativity is essential to innovation
• arts education is the critical method for teaching creativity
IMAGINE
ASK
PLAN
CREATE
IMPROVE
Artists, designers, scientists and inventorsuse the same process:
Imagination is the key to our future.
A WORKFORCE WELL-TRAINED in innovation is essential
to our nation’s ability to develop the new products and
businesses that will drive our economy in the future.
With this in mind, the White House and the United States
Department of Education challenged the nation in 2009 to
find new and rigorous ways to teach Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math (STEM) to youth. Understanding
that creativity is an essential ingredient of innovation, and
that arts education is fundamental in teaching creativity,
the Lawrence Arts Center joined the movement to link the
arts with STEM training. Championing the vital role of art
education in the next generation of innovative thinkers,
the Lawrence Arts Center’s ARTSpace program places itself
at the epicenter of the movement to add an “A” for “Art,”
turning STEM into STEAM.
} The instructors for the ARTSpace days were amazing. The classes were inspirational for my child. She continues
to talk about the things she learned and the projects accomplished months later. These classes are
transformational learning experiences! ~ –ARTSpace parent
ARTSpace at the Lawrence Arts Center is the integrated
visual art and science program for students 1st thru 5th grades
Based on the idea that critical thinking, problem solving, and
the ability to innovate are essential skills, ARTSpace is an in-
spired learning environment where students try new things, test
the limits of their imaginations, practice innovation, and build
creative connections. ARTSpace offers young people the time,
space, and support to develop habits of mind that will positively
impact long term achievement.
Each ARTSpace class focuses on a key element or principle of
art and connects it with a scientific concept, within a cultural
theme relevant to young people. Classes are team-taught and
balance experiences in visual art with performing arts. Scien-
tists-in-residence work with teaching artists and students to
link artistic elements with scientific concepts. Classes often
incorporate visits by artists and STEM professionals.
ARTSpace is guided
by these beliefs:
Learning the skills of innovation begins in early childhood and continues throughout life
Young people need freedom and encouragement to explore their unique
interests, talents and ideas
Young people need time and space to fully under-stand and explore concepts
Understanding and exploration lead to innovation and invention
Innovation takes practice
If habitually practiced, innovation will be a life-long habit
Art Aeronautics
Art meets design as students explore things that fly. Students design and create airborne art such as planes, kites and helicopters inspired by living creatures and mythical beasts.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: form and space
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: paper arts, kites, drawing and painting, Leonardo DaVinci
SCIENCE: aeronautics, paleontology
Big Blue Planet
Explore the big blue planet we call Earth, focusing on the ocean and underwater worlds. The concept of balance in both art and nature is in the spotlight this week. Science includes oceanography, the tides and lunar gravity, climate, and conservation. Scuba gear not needed!
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: harmony, contrast, shape, size
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: drawing and painting, printmaking, ceramics, character development, dramatic play
SCIENCE: tides and lunar gravity, pollution, oceanography
Blue Kid Group!
Like the NYC-based performing artists Blue Man Group, this camp combines color, energy and exuberance. Students focus on how color functions through the full artistic spectrum: visual art, dramatic narratives, and creative movement. Science of the week includes how color works in light and on paper and why we see it the way we do.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: color and value
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: drawing, painting, dramatic narrative, performance art
SCIENCE: optics, spectroscopy
ARTSpace Classes
Boxico City
ARTSpace is a place for students to:
Explore and learn, as well as dawdle and daydreamSocialize and interact with others
Feel accepted and includedStudy carefully planned curriculum with experienced teachers
The learning goals of ARTSpace are for students to: Exercise creativity and innovation
Expand communication skillsExercise critical thinking and problem solving abilities Improve their intellectual flexibility and adaptability
Practice initiative and self-directionImprove productivity and responsibility
Practice the design and invention process
Box City, Beijing
While planning, designing, building and playing in a kid-sized, comprehensive box metropolis, students build appreciation for the concept of shape, form and balance as they are applied in urban design as well as visual and performing art by recreating a play-sized Beijing.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: shape, form, balance
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: sculpture and installation, storytelling, creative movement
SCIENCE: 3D models, civil engineering, globalization, hydro engineering
BOXico City
While planning, building and laying in a kid-sized box metropolis, students build appreciation for the concept of unity, coherence and disarray as they are applied in visual and performing art while recreating a play-sized Mexico City.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: unity
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: sculpture and installation, storytelling, creative movement
SCIENCE: atomic structure, fibonacci sequence
Clay Connections
Students investigate the concept of texture working in clay, develop dramatic characters, and explore topography through creative movement. Science of the week includes geology and earth sciences.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: texture
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: clay, dramatic character development, creative movement
SCIENCE: earth science, geology
ComicCon
Get your ComicCon on! Students are immersed in all things science fiction, fantasy, and comic through art, literature and performing arts. They also learn about the cultural phenomenon of the real ComicCon held in San Diego each year. Come as you are, but just like at the real ComicCon, costumes and characterizations are welcomed and encouraged from the start. No airline tickets needed!
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: color and value
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: drawing, illustration, science fiction/fantasy literature, charaterization
SCIENCE: machines and engineering
DaVinci Codes & Mysterious Messages
Inspired by Leonardo DaVinci’s body of work, students study pattern, variation and the concept of mystery to invent and decipher secret codes and messages in artwork. Class explores mystery and symbolism as students learn to recognize coded written, visual and physical communication. Students create and decipher coded information in a variety of formats for friends, family and each other.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: pattern and variation
ARTISTIC MEDIUM: art history, 2D art mediums, tessellations, character development
SCIENCE: mathematical sequences, binary code, geometry, the golden rule
ARTSpace Classes
Boxico CityP L A N
AC I T Y!
The Dr. Who Time Traveler’s Institute
Calling all time ladies and time lords: grab the nearest TARDIS and head into a new dimension. Students will focus on geometry, time, and space across subjects.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: line, form, pattern, rhythm
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: drawing, printmaking, sculpture, creative movement, character development
SCIENCE: physics, time, space, geometry and the golden ratio
Evolution Revolution
Students put the concepts of symmetry and pattern to use creating handmade animation devices –zoetropes and flipbooks–and learn about art based on mathematical patterns and designs like drawings by artist M.C. Escher. Natural History Museum visit will include time spent taking a close look at the panorama and the Explore Evolution exhibit.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: symmetry and pattern
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: zoetropes, flipbooks, M.C. Escher, tessellation drawings
SCIENCE: biology, metamorphosis, mathematics
The Fantastic Scholastic Muppet Fanatics Workshop
Designed for Muppet enthusiasts, devotees and future puppet engineers, students dive into all things puppet from simple and easy puppets to more complex characterizations inspired by The Muppets. Students focus on the principles of line, balance and emphasis as applied in visual and performing art and science while exploring the world of puppetry. Googly-eyes included.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: line, balance, emphasis
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: mixed media, sculpture, textiles
SCIENCE: physics, simple machines
ARTSpace Classes
Get SmartCREATE
A VOLCANO!
For Your Eyes Only: A Spy Kids Convention
Spy Kid students sharpen their secret agent skills by developing an understanding of emphasis, and how emphasis affects codes, symbols and patterns to enhance the visual and performing arts. Science of the week includes chemistry, simple machines, and the science behind camouflage.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: emphasis, energy
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: art history, drawing and painting, storytelling, creative movement
SCIENCE: chemistry, simple machines, camouflage
Get SmART
In this day-long camp, young spies-in-training sharpen their skills by developing an understanding of emphasis, and how emphasis affects codes, symbols and patterns to enhance the visual and performing arts. Science includes energy and bio-mimicry, the science behind camouflage.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: emphasis, energy
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: art history, drawing and painting, storytelling, creative movement
SCIENCE: earth science, insects, camouflage
Gizmos, Gadgets, Widgits & Thing-a-majigs
Students learn about balance in visual art, sculpture, gesture, and movement. Science concepts for the week may include force and motion and mechanics.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: balance
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: mixed media collage, found object sculpture, slapstick, creative movement
SCIENCE: force, motion, mechanics
Guerilla Art Camp
Guerrilla artists make temporary art that is installed or performed in public places in a thought-provoking way to create a sense of community using wit, humor, and fun. This class introduces students to the methods and ideas behind guerrilla art as they exercise getting ideas out into the world inside the Arts Center and the surrounding area when possible. Flash mob included, no gorilla mask necessary.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: balance, emphasis
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: mixed media collage, found object sculpture, creative movement
SCIENCE: civil engineering, architecture, geometry
Hip Hop Pop: Patterns, Puzzles and Mazes
Students focus on pattern and rhythm this week through printmaking, textiles, storytelling and hip hop dance. Science this week includes the concept of pattern with math through learning about Fibonacci numbers.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: pattern and rhythm
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: drawing, printmaking, graphics, bookmaking, storytelling, hip hop
SCIENCE: math, Fibonacci numbers
HogwARTS Academy
Students refine their understanding of the concept of harmony: how synchronization, coherence and discord are applied in visual and performing arts. Science of the week includes the chemistry of potions.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: harmony
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: drawing, painting, clay, dramatic play, creative movement
SCIENCE: chemistry, potions
It’s a Mod Mod World!
Its moptops and Pop art a-go-go this week as students explore the artistic concepts of pattern and rhythm while scoping out mod design and culture of the 1960s. Science this week focuses on geometry, the golden ratio and Fibonacci numbers. Beatlemania, tessellations, paper clothes and a 1960s slang-a-thon are what’s groovy, baby!
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: pattern, rhythm
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: printmaking, drawing, fashion, creative movement,
SCIENCE: geometry, the golden ratio, Fibonacci numbers
ARTSpace Classes
Jedi Academy
Space takes center stage in all things Star Wars this week. Young Jedis focus on the artistic principles of color, form, and space while creating Jedi gear in paper maché, costuming, and mixed media sculpture. Academy students also dip their light sabers into character development and creative movement. In science, students discover the universe, stars, and galaxies through astronomy.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: color, form, space
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: 3D multimedia, collage, character development, dramatic play, creative movement
SCIENCE: stars, gravity dark matter, electromagnetic radiation
Jungleocity
Grab the closest pith helmet and prime your Tarzan yell to swing into this summer’s rainforest and jungle extravaganza. Students focus on harmony and color in a variety of mediums including dioramas, Zentangle leaf drawings and terrariums in art. In performing arts, students trek deep into the stories, music, and cultures of the rainforest. Science this week connects the principles of harmony and color with the biodiversity, ecosystems and biomes.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: harmony, color
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: drawing, painting, 3D sculpture
SCIENCE: biodiversity, ecosystems, biomes
Marvelous Supers!
Students explore the elements of line and shape creating comic books, graphic novels, and superhero characters while working in visual art, theater and creative movement. Science of the week include vision, hearing and musculature, especially when it comes to superheroes!
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: line, shape
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: drawing, illustration, dramatic narrative, creative movement
SCIENCE: vision, hearing, musculature
Master Block Builder’s Academy …. the Movie!
Everything is awesome as students experiment with a variety of connecting block forms to build large scale sculptures throughout the Arts Center. Utilizing both familiar connecting block toys and repurposed items, students will invent new artistic uses and narratives for found objects. Student narratives will be filmed in stop motion format.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: balance, unity, symmetry
ARTISTIC MEDIUM: assemblage sculpture, storytelling, animation.
SCIENCE: physics, engineering, arithmetic, geometry
Mission Impossible: Secret Agent Codes and Messages
The mission: to use pattern variation and sequence to invent secret codes and messages in artwork and creative movement. Students create and decipher coded messages in a variety of formats for friends and family. Class includes learning to recognize coded written, visual, and physical communication.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: pattern and variation
ARTISTIC MEDIUM: printmaking, dance, character development
SCIENCE: mathematical sequences
ARTSpace Classes
ARTSpace Classes
Monster Academy of Higher Learning
Young wildlings, beasts and monsters-to-be learn what it takes to be successful where the wild things are: inspiration, innovation, fearlessness, and dancing!
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: patterns, rhythm
ARTISTIC MEDIUM: 3D multi-media, creative movement
SCIENCE: electricity, magnetism
Mothra vs. Godzilla: Hidden Secrets of the Insect PlanetInspired by Japanese “kaiju” (meaning “strange beast”) movies popular in the mid-20th century, students create their own giant insect horror movie in the vein of the 1964 science fiction kaiju film Mothra vs. Godzilla. This camp celebrates vintage kitsch and creature feature science fiction themes while exploring their roots in entomology and paleontology.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: emphasis, variety
ARTISTIC MEDIUM: creative movement, storytelling, Japanese “kaiju” films
SCIENCE: entomology, natural history
Mythbusters, Incorporated
Students put urban legends and American folklore to the test. Focus is on art-based myths and seeing things through a new lens. Science includes the scientific method and the optics of color theory.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: contrast, color
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: 3-D sculptures, painting, creative movement, character development
SCIENCE: the scientific method, optics, physics
New Box City
Students build appreciation for the concept of unity in art: how coherence and disarray are applied in visual and performing art while recreating a play-sized New York City. Science of the week may include magnetism and atomic elements.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: unity
ARTISTIC MEDIUM: Sculpture and Installation, storytelling, creative movement
SCIENCE: magnetic forces, atomic elements
Organic Mechanics
This camp is the one place where it is okay to play with your food. Actually, it’s required. Art inspired by food, agriculture, and organic matter is the subject and material of this camp. Students explore color, form, and texture as they follow these principles through visual and performing arts and science. In addition to teaching staff and resident scientist, the week includes a visiting chef and may involve sudden acts of random popcorn.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: color, form, texture
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: clay, sculpture, painting
SCIENCE: agriculture/horticulture, biology/botany
Raiders of the Lost Art
E X P E R I E N C EA R C H E O LO G Y
ARTSpace Classes
OZ-tastic!
Hop on the nearest cyclone and move on down the road to a new take on the Land of Oz. Students get a fresh angle and discover new details about the tried and true classic children’s story. Students will focus on the principles of energy, force, and motion, along with weather and climate studies.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: Energy and force
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: Cartography, 3-D collage, creative movement, character development
SCIENCE: Weather vs. Climate, natural disasters
Percy Jackson & Mythical Superheroes
Students get to know the western world’s first superheroes by discovering classic mythology with a modern twist. Students will learn about proportion and the golden ratio, and experience ceramics, creative movement, and character development.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: Proportion
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: 3-D sculpture, ceramics, character development, creative movement
SCIENCE: Constellations and fluid dynamics
Pirate University
Ahoy, mateys! Swashbucklers, buccaneers and adventurers-in-training get an education in life at sea, tides, and nautical history from a pirate’s point of view. The concept of balance in both art and nature is in the spotlight this week. Science includes marine biology, water use, and conservation. Includes Talk-Like -a-Pirate Day.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: balance
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: drawing and painting, murals, character development, dramatic play
SCIENCE: hydrology, oceanic layers, currents
Raiders of the Lost Art
Students get their Indiana Jones on jumping into adventure and digging deep into the drama of ancient civilizations. The focus this week is on the principles of pattern, line and shape. Students learn how these concepts are used by archeologists and art historians. Snakes not included!
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: pattern, line, shape
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: ceramics, drawing and painting, character development, dramatic play, creative movement
SCIENCE: archeology, archeological dig
Robot Ruckus
Calling all future robot inventors: leave your remote controls at home, ‘cause this week is bionic! Students investigate movement and form through the subject of robots, androids and artificial intelligence. Science for the week covers human physiology, body systems and engineering.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: movement, form
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: sculpture, 3D mixed media
SCIENCE: physiology, body systems, engineering
Secret Agents Training Camp
Students sharpen their awareness of the concept of emphasis: how changes in emphasis are used to enhance impact in visual and performing arts. Science of the week may include energy, the science behind camouflage.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: emphasis
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: art history, drawing and painting, storytelling, creative movement
SCIENCE: earth science and volcanoes, insects and birds camouflage.
School of Rock
Students rock ‘n’ roll as they explore the concept of variety: how change, variation, similarity, and diversity enhance visual and performing art. Science includes acoustics and sound. Mosh pit not included.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: Variety
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: Drawing and painting, printmaking, music, creative movement
SCIENCE: Acoustics and sound
That’s Incredible! Marvelous Supers, Champions and Heroes
Attention girls and boys: learn the extraordinary stories behind the well-known accounts of superheroes, champions, and heroes from modern-day Marvel & DC Comics to ancient Greece. Students will investigate how size, contrast, and emphasis translates through visual art, creative movement, theater, and science.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: size, contrast, emphasis
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: ceramics, drawing and painting, 3d sculpture and installation
SCIENCE: anatomy, the elements / periodic table, rocks and minerals
This Class Rocks
Rock and roll for real: from boulders to sand pebbles, minerals to gemstones, students discover the world of geology making creative use of rocks, sand, crystals and minerals while exploring the artistic principle of texture.
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLE: texture
ARTISTIC MEDIUMS: molds and 3D art forms
SCIENCE: fossils, minerals and geology
The Way Things Goldberg: An Epic Rube Goldberg Adventure
Calling all gearheads, domino-lovers, and marble run enthusiasts: get ready for an epic do-it-yourself gadget adventure. Students work in teams designing, building and unleashing large scale cause and effect machines throughout the Arts Center. Results will be filmed!
ARTISTIC PRINCIPLES: unity, balance
ARTISTIC MEDIUM: 3D sculpture
SCIENCE: engineering, simple machines
ARTSpace Classes
Bring ARTSpace to your kids!Contact the Lawrence Arts Center for more information.
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Lawrence, KS 66044
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