K-12 Arts Programs
Spoof School!
Description Welcome to Spoof School, where we make learning fun by ‘making fun’ of our learning! Professional parodist and veteran educator Drew Anderson will teach you how to help your students take their learning into their own hands (and lives)…
C.R.U.N.K. Academy
Description C.R.U.N.K. Academy is an intensive arts-integrated residency which utilizes performing arts (hip hop, parody, theatre, poetry, and comedy) to encourage self-expression, hone conflict resolution abilities, enhance public speaking and performance skills, and develop character. C.R.U.N.K. Academy can be themed…
Drawing Machines!
In the one-session design challenge, Drawing Machines!, young makers invent wiggling electrical creatures that draw fantastic geometric patterns. You and your students use engineering and design thinking to make a creature stand, its motor spin, and wiggle to make it…
Moving Through Shakespeare
Moving Through Shakespeare offers educators a “No Fear” approach to Shakespeare’s plays through Physical Theatre. Physical Theatre provides students with a kinesthetic approach to learning. It allows students to move through curriculum and digest the content into their muscle memory. From this workshop,…
Physical Theatre: Moving Through Curriculum!
Physical Theatre: Moving Through Curriculum introduces educators to various theatrical methods including viewpoints and staging to approach creative thinking, conflict identification, and resolution creation. Educators explore how to identify and physicalize character traits, points of view, and story structure through utilizing the fundamental…
Explore 21st Century Learning Skills Through Dance
Every African dance has a story, and every story can be turned into a dance. Any teacher in search of ways to creatively engage their students will greatly benefit from the workshop Explore 21st Century Learning Skills Through Dance. Dance…
Tap Live! How to Bring Tap Dance in the Classroom
Description The Tap Live! How to Bring Tap Dance in the Classroom professional development workshop shows how the art form of tap dance and its use of beat and rhythm can be integrated with reading. Tap dance has the ability to…
The Mask Workshop
Jamaal—or “Mr. Root”—is a dedicated and versatile professional Hip Hop artist with more than a decade of experience facilitating workshops and live performances in the Mid-Atlantic region. By incorporating rapping, vocal percussion, and dynamic stage presence, Jamaal articulates his passionate…
Preposterous Parodies PD
Description In this hands-on professional development workshop, PK-12 teachers learn how to use parody songwriting to help students demonstrate their curriculum knowledge and experience the joy of writing parodies. Artist and songwriter Alden helps teachers understand the specific techniques of…
Underground Railroad, Not A Subway
In the puppet performance Underground Railroad, Not A Subway, students will learn the true definition of the Underground Railroad and how it got its name. They’ll see and hear the story of a young boy who decides to run north…
Introducing Chinese Calligraphy
Description Chinese Calligraphy is a beautiful art that occupies a distinguished position in the field of traditional Chinese Arts. Chinese Calligraphy is a means of communication and expresses a person’s artistic identity. In the workshop Introducing Chinese Calligraphy, students will…
Hip Hop Added Up!
Description Using movement patterns and complex rhythms, Illstyle explains math concepts in a fun and engaging way. They cover addition, subtraction, multiplication and fractions, and help kids associate positive messages with mathematics with audience participation throughout Hip Hop Added Up!.…