This week we explored the newest exhibit at Nelson-Atkins Museum, Through the Eyes of Picasso, then made our own masks in the Picasso Faces and Masks workshop in the educator center. Our morning at the museum began with a tour…
The tweens and teens in our group began the fall with a multiple day New Dimensions stop-motion animation workshop at Nelson-Atkins. They learned how to use stop-motion animation software, how to edit their shots, add music and dialogue, and create…
We braved the heat to take the Sculpture and Science tour arranged by Nelson-Atkins Museum and the Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center. We started our tour at Nelson-Atkins Museum, and explored the outdoor sculpture garden. The kids learned about the…
On Wednesday we went to the Nelson-Atkins Museum for a workshop that melded science and art – Scribble Bots! The kids started by touring the museum and talking about color, movement and lines and how different pieces of art were…
This fall a group of our older kids (6th grade and up) attended the Nelson-Atkins New Dimensions: Creative Exploration workshop to learn about animation. On the first day of the workshop the kids became familiar with the computers and software,…
This fall’s homeschool day at Nelson-Atkins Museum was lots of fun and full of people! Hundreds of homeschoolers gathered throughout the day on Friday to explore the theme of STEAM and to learn more about paint. There were two classrooms…
Guest post by Lauren K. and Julia K. For the last three Fridays we attended the New Dimensions Workshop at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art where we learned how to make stop motion animation movies. When we first arrived, our…
On Wednesday the 4th we visited the Nelson-Atkins Museum for an American Indian art workshop. The kids toured the museum to view how American Indian cultures used color and pattern to communicate. Then we went to an art classroom so…
Today we attended the Science and Sculpture Tour, a cooperative tour hosted by the Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center and the Nelson-Atkins Museum. The tour is led by teen guides, and provides opportunities for the kids to connect art and…
The kids had an awesome workshop at Nelson-Atkins yesterday! They turned an LED light, a coin-shaped battery, tape, cardboard and decorative paper into wearable circuitry fashion. Then, they turned that fashion into amazing light art! They started with a collection…
