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Integrating Creative Expression in the Classroom- A Series for Elementary Ed Teachers

Professional Development

Discover new ways to reach, teach, stimulate, engage and encourage students through interactive, creative learning experiences. Integrating creative arts into the classroom and providing experiential learning...

Internship Cohort Program

Residency ; Workshop/Class

The Imaginists' Internship Cohort is a cohort of young people (ages 18-24) who work with the Imaginists over a five month period. Interns participate in workshops, create and produce a collaborative project, and...

JumpStart in Music

Field Trip

Launched in 2003 to support music education in public schools—JumpStart in Music is a low-cost, high-impact version of our Summer Music Camp. JumpStart brings together Bay Area public middle school students and their...

LEARNING FOR TEACHERS

Professional Development

Creative Arts Toolbox for Educators based on Standards-Based Curriculum ● Learn ways to utilize the arts as a management tool for redirecting behaviors ● Incorporate creative arts activities into classroom...

Learning in the Landscape

Residency

A visual arts-based ecological literacy program for schools. Learning in the Landscape nurtures a creative connection between children and nature through intensive teaching residencies, designed to take place in school...

Let's Be Creative! with LBC

Online/Streaming

Browse our playlist of over 100 arts videos to use with your students! These videos include dance classes, instrument care tutorials, visual art projects, music challenges, read-alongs, and literature-based lessons, and...

Linoleum Block Relief Printmaking

Workshop/Class

Workshop exploring the relief printmaking medium of "Linocuts."

Live Online Workshops from the Schulz Museum

Online/Streaming ; Workshop/Class

Bring hands-on cartooning, live educator interactions, and the joy of the Peanuts Gang to your students and community members online. Reserve an assembly or classroom experience Aligned with Common...

LOGO WEAR - Graphics + apparel printing

Professional Development ; School Site After School Programming ; School Site Summer Camp ; Student Showcase Opportunities ; Workshop/Class

Matthew’s classes are a streamlined approach to graphic marketing. The software is customized to a small, precise set of tools. He explains the concepts of shapes, negative space, and color theory while teaching...

LOGO WEAR - Graphics + apparel printing (public)

Professional Development ; School Site After School Programming ; Workshop/Class

Matthew’s classes are a streamlined approach to graphic marketing. These tools accentuate communication by being mindful of your presentations. A valuable life skill that goes beyond the classroom. There is a...

Marimba Band Program with Curriculum

Professional Development ; Workshop/Class

Designed for 4-6th graders Play Marimba! offers complete instrument packages, curriculum, access to our online learning library and training, and support for your staff. Based in Sonoma county we currently run music...

MARVEL - Sculpture in Action

Professional Development ; School Site After School Programming ; School Site Summer Camp ; Student Showcase Opportunities ; Workshop/Class

We use oil based, non-toxic clay that is not messy. Please look at attached photos. Who are you? You can be a super hero, fairy, cartoon, monster, anime, whoever you want. What’s the emotion you’re signaling? Are...

Mastery Through Movement

Residency

Young children develop SEL awareness, vocabulary, imagination, self-expression, creative and critical thinking skills, concentration, and an embodied understanding of story elements through acting games, inventing...

Music and Movement for Children

Residency ; Workshop/Class

Residency Descriptions Musical Stories and Singing Games TK-1st grade, Music, Movement Through musical stories and creative movement students become: dancing balloons in the Balloon Garden, statues in the Magic Museum,...

Music For Our Schools

Assembly/Performance (In-School); Field Trip ; Online/Streaming ; Professional Development

Music For Our Schools has several components that can assist teachers in the great work they are doing to provide musical experiences for their students: Elementary School Listening Program: Schools receive five years...

Music for Schools Instrument Lending Library

Residency ; Student Showcase Opportunities ; Workshop/Class

Our Music for Schools Instrument Lending Library allows students who cannot afford the opportunity to participate in their school’s band or orchestra program, the opportunity to do so. Working directly with schools...

Native STEM Makers Program

Field Trip ; Online/Streaming

The CIMCC Native STEM Maker Program demonstrates how Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics are used in traditional lifeways, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) application, and how they are incorporated...

Operation Jazz Band

Perspectives in West African Percussion and Culture

Assembly/Performance (In-School); Residency ; School Site After School Programming ; School Site Summer Camp ; Student Showcase Opportunities ; Workshop/Class

An ancient approach to rhythm education with an emphasis to mastermind the quality of life through practice. Students will learn the fundamentals of rhythm techniques firsthand, explore the rich cultural heritage of...

PRESS KIT - Industry focused portfolio (Public)

Professional Development ; School Site After School Programming ; School Site Summer Camp ; Student Showcase Opportunities ; Workshop/Class

Press Kit A press kit, often referred to as a media kit in business environments, is a prepackaged set of promotional materials that provide information about a person, company, organization or cause and which is...

PRESS KIT - Take your character out for a test drive!

Professional Development ; School Site After School Programming ; School Site Summer Camp ; Strategic and Curriculum Planning ; Student Showcase Opportunities ; Workshop/Class

Press Kit A press kit, often referred to as a media kit in business environments, is a prepackaged set of promotional materials that provide information about a person, company, organization or cause and which is...

Printmaking Series for Elementary Students

Residency ; Workshop/Class

This 5 session printmaking series takes students through a variety of printmaking explorations. Each session is 1 hour long and can be integrated with current curriculum in the classroom as per teacher conversation.

Relief Printmaking

Workshop/Class

OVERVIEW Relief printmaking is the process of carving out areas from a flat piece of wood, linoleum or soft rubber to create an image that will be inked and transferred to paper. Small gouges are used to carve away the...

Relief Printmaking Demonstration

Workshop/Class

Introduce your students to the wonderful world of printmaking through this “hands-on” introductory class in the relief process. Relief printmaking is the process of transferring an image, carved from rubber,...

REPRESENT

Professional Development ; School Site Summer Camp ; Student Showcase Opportunities ; Workshop/Class

A multi-media program exploring and designing a part of your character. Students import multiple images into the characters that make up the word REPRESENT or a word of their choosing. Then they print their designs on a...