KINDERGARTEN - FOLK DANCE & SONG - ROBIN NELSON

Robin Nelson intertwines friendship and kindness through music, dance, rhyming, and literacy in this residency. A variety of cultures and musical movement activities are represented from each continent, and each class hosts a final dance party for students to share and dance with their families.

1ST GRADE - PERFORMANCE, JAZZ DANCE - ERINN LIEBHARD/ RHYTHMICALLY SPEAKING

Local dance company Rhythmically Speaking introduces students to jazz, a quintessentially American art form with roots in African and Latin diasporic movement ideas. Through RS' innovative groove, interaction and improvisation-driven, historically-informed approach to jazz dance, students will explore being an individual within community, as well as kindness and empathy through movement.

2ND GRADE - ROCKIN THE DECADES  - KATY HAYS & CHELLIE BROWN

Students study history through the lens of music and pop culture with Katy Hayes and Chellie Brown. At the end of this residency, students perform iconic songs from each era with a live band.

3RD GRADE - MASK MAKING - ESTHER OURAY

Each student will choose an animal which they have been studying. Using simple recycled materials and colorful paper, they will create a mask of their chosen animal. The mask is made from paper mache applied over a clay mold that is sculpted by the student. 

4TH GRADE - BOOK ARTS/ JOURNALS - MCBA

Minnesota Center for Book Arts introduced the 4th grade classes to the world of the book arts by creating handmade personal journals. After the class, students filled the journals with writings and drawing that will be on display at the Annual Writers' and Artists' Fair. 

5TH GRADE - PRINTMAKING - ERIC GARCIA

Students will be introduced to the artistic power of the multiple. Through this creative collaboration, a Social Studies lesson will be accompanied with the technique of relief printmaking. Students will engage with subject matter in a fun, hands-on way, and learn how prints have the ability to reach out into the public.

6TH GRADE - STOP MOTION ANIMATION - WALKER ART CENTER

Arts educators from the Walker Art Center work with students to create stop motion animation films. To culminate the residency, the entire 6th grade class travels to the museum to watch their videos screened in the Walker's Cinema.

7TH GRADE - PHOTOGRAPHY - WING YOUNG HUIE

In the words of photographer Wing Young Huie, he shows students his photographic toolkit so they can do what he does. The point of this residency is for students to interact with the world around them as they explore themes of identity and culture. Understanding others helps students to understand themselves.

8TH GRADE - PHOTOGRAPHY - WING YOUNG HUIE

In the words of photographer Wing Young Huie, he shows students his photographic toolkit so they can do what he does. The point of this residency is for students to interact with the world around them as they explore themes of identity and culture. Understanding others helps students to understand themselves.