Humpty  Dumpty finds new friends to help  him  get up  when he falls down. The audience will learn the  value of compassion and true friendship as they travel on a musical adventure with Humpty Dumpty and his new friends.Boys and girls will also have fun creating a make and take humpty dumpty character and  a paper plate wall.

Join artist Diana Sanchez and explore social emotional learning concepts through art. Participants experience various art forms from origami to paper collage projects with a literacy focus. Through direct, hands-on participation, participants express emotions through self-created projects with the guidance of an art therapist. Classroom projects are customizable and grade level focus may vary. Bilingual option available for virtual or in-person instruction. Diana is a bilingual certified art therapist.

What if birds could fly, participants in buses could move down the road, and fish could jump out of the water all within your classroom? They can with an interactive mural! Artist Judy Malone-Stein guides participants to create a one-of-a-kind project, tailored to incorporate classroom or community content. Preschool age children can learn shape and color through mosaics, more advanced participants can study the colonization of America through depictions of historical timelines, high school participants can create a lasting mural for their community and school to enjoy. Along with creating the mural, participants learn conflict resolution, develop fine motor skills, and utilize creative writing skills.

Join Paige Hudson on an explorative journey of sensory art. Explore the emotion behind colors and meditative movement of a paint brush. Often times it is easy for us to be overstimulated by everything going on around us. Art can be a way to ground and regroup. By focusing on how chalk feels in our hand, to how a pastel contacts the paper differently than a brush, we are able to connect deeper with our senses to create a more interactive piece of art. This workshop engages participants socially and emotionally, as well as learning how to calm themselves in the moment.

This art program inspires participants to think outside their boxes. In this workshop, participants will have the opportunity and resources to explore new art mediums. The artistic flow is a healing and meditative state that young artists tap into, one where we are able to trust our choices in color, line, and texture.  Participants will explore how to use different mediums intuitively and to free our inner artist! Allowing participants freedom to create is beneficial to growth, decision-making, self-confidence, and self awareness. 

Experience the mind-clearing benefits of connecting with the earth. Artistic creation has allowed people to find expression and communication since beginning of human history. Ancient cultures have used pottery to tell a story. This course will be an opportunity to work with clay as an art medium. Each participant will become familiar with the basic methods of construction and sculptural techniques. Our focus will be to learn the history of clay and learn hand building techniques like pinch, coil and slabs and how to use this medium to create a pot that tells a story. Pottery provides a new rich language to give voice to youth’s inner self through sculptural form allowing them to experiment with the physically touch of clay and discover new avenues of communication to connect with their creative spirit. Katherine is a bilingual visual artist.

Color can shift spaces and awaken feelings.Colors have the power to transform. During this workshop or residency, participants will take some time to discuss color. What do colors awaken in ourselves? What feelings do we experience when we see different tones of color? Using this knowledge of the discussion, participants will use color to express how they feel in the moment, creating an abstract painting on a canvas. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about abstract art, color theory. primary colors, how to create secondary colors, and how to apply learned knowledge in artwork. Each session ends with a group discussion to explore what each participant has learned and how to utilize that tool to understand and cope with our feelings and emotions.

This is a series of integrative art workshops about the art of native people from different cultures and how they used weaving for different purposes in their culture. The intention of this workshop is to create a safe space for participants to learn about the origins of art and to honor the native tribes that lived or traveled through this land before us. Participants will explore the origin of Native American Lakota people and Native tribes from Mexico, the Wixarika people and their cosmovision of the world. Participants will create a weaving piece, Ojo de Dios (origin from Mexico) and Dreamcatchers (which originates from The Lakota Nation from United States).  Participants will have the opportunity to learn native songs in the closing circle where we will reflect and share our experience on what was learned and how knowing the historical context of art can help participants gain a deeper understanding of the world around a us.

Plein air sketching is an age-old exercise in capturing the world around us. Using wet and dry media, young artists will participate in learning to depict natural and man-made elements of our environment, creating a visual diary of day-to-day life. Visual arts are integrated with SEL concepts in this workshop.

This is an art project and community campaign by Sarah Gish whose goal is to inspire everyone around the world to light a fire to their own passions and to create connections among people. This is a project that has changed countless lives as Sarah has worked with therapists, teens in recovery, children of all ages, homeless citizens, senior citizens, the City of Houston, and many more groups. She can create a special workshop or series of art classes inspired by that project for your group that will help people (children or adults) connect to themselves through creativity and new ways of thinking.

Labyrinths are an ancient design that kids or adults will get to explore as a tool for meditation, creativity, and calming down. Artist and certified labyrinth facilitator Sarah Gish will lead participants as they either walk a 20’ x 20’ portable labyrinth or use individual finger labyrinths. If desired and there is time, the kids can then create their own finger labyrinth or other art inspired by labyrinths to take home. This program fulfills TEKS fine arts requirements by using creativity to nurture and develop the whole child and by connecting visual art to everyday life and personal stories. Program length: 1 hour (labyrinth walk only) or 2 hours (labyrinth walk + art-making)

Weaving and creating Mandalas is a creative and beautiful journey.

Immerse yourself in the world of mandalas with Cindy, explore different weaving techniques to create them and benefit from this psycho-emotional process. Creating mandalas allows participants to express emotions through colors, shapes, and the combinations they employ. This process opens the channels of intuition, perception and active meditation. This energy is expressed through colors, radiant circular magic connecting us with

our being. Participants will create a weaving piece (Ojo de Dios) following the ancient technique. Projects are customized for each working group, their focus and grade level will be tailored to the needs of the group.

Meditation and healing music is part of our class.

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Participants must be able to physically tie a knot.

This workshop includes different weaving techniques and materials, which are inspired by different styles of mandalas, shapes and sacred geometry. 

Each participant will create their own project, decorate and harmonize spaces, wall art decoration, mobiles, string art mandalas, dreamcatcher, woven and hand-painted tapestries. In this style of healing art our emotions and feelings will be reflected in our design. Each participant is left with a physical representation of themselves. Meditation techniques and healing music are part of our class. At the end of each experience healthy dialogue and comments will be shared to enrich the experience.