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, margaret@lawrencearstcenter.org.

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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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