Lyric Soprano Yvette Lewis offers an exciting residency that is an opera immersion experience for preschoolers. The 5-day program begins with her assembly, Little Red Hen and The Three Bears, designed to provide an introduction to the “singing story.” Yvette holds interactive workshops during the week with small groups of children working on the school’s choice of opera - The Three Little Pigs or The Gingerbread Man. She shows the preschoolers a fun-filled, easy way to learn new words and melodies, and how to play roles and instruments to accompany the singing. The children will also complete art projects throughout the week, creating their own opera folders. The residency culminates with a performance, where the children proudly present what they have learned. Grade PreK |  | Paper Engineering Pop-Up Books | Students will be drawn into the amazing three - dimensional world of pop-up art in this 5-10 day residency. Our artist, Howard Berelson, will introduce students to the Paper Engineered Book, featuring examples of the work of Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart, renowned children’s book authors, illustrators and paper engineers. While engaging the students in this fascinating art, Mr. Berelson will also partner with teachers to use the residency as a springboard to integrate and infuse class curriculum. In hands-on workshops students will be led to invent and develop their own imagery. Then, through a series of cuts and folds, participants will create their own paper-engineered page. Less comprehensive, 2-3 day residencies are also available, as are workshops for younger grades using sequential, step-by-step instruction and pre-printed guides Grades 4-12 & Adult
Curriculum Connections: Language Arts, Social Studies, & Theater Arts |  | Papermaking | Explore the skill of hand papermaking and learn the history of the art. Participants will enjoy getting their hands wet in a vat of colorful pulp made from recycled construction paper, napkins and cotton fibers and creating wonderful projects using stencils, colorful add-ons and imagination. While having fun, students will learn the process of papermaking from its early beginnings to modern methods. They will discover what materials can be used in papermaking, and how different cultures contributed to the development of the art. There are many curriculum areas that may be addressed in this residency, including history, ecology, science, culture, vocabulary and creative writing - have students design covers for books or journals they write. Photo shows a hand-made piece of paper jewlery Grades 4-12 & Adult |
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