Explore Drama with Sarah Winfield 

Each daily workshop will explore a different aspect of using theatre skills to explore how drama helps you expand your ability to improvise, accept the unexpected and turn it to your advantage, and use your body and voice to assist in delivering your message. This class is fun and participatory, so wear clothes you can move in! 

Folk Dance with Michelle Gallardo 

Dancing in a circle is a metaphor for a community of peers, where all are connected to each other. Everyone is equally important, and we all move together, each doing the same steps with their own unique style. There is something healing about dancing in a circle and embodying traditions from different cultures. During these workshops, we will move together, learning some traditional dances from around the world.  

Gardening: Exercising the Will with Steve Payne 

Join us on our school farm as we explore the importance of service through agriculture while contemplating the mysteries of the Will. In this workshop we will look at different facets of the Will and put ourselves to work with varying outdoor activities. A garden-based curriculum discussion will be covered as well. 

Ironworks: Sand and Fire with Chris McFee 

Join the ironworks to celebrate the sands of the Pacific Ring of Fire and learn from cultures that have mastered their use. 

Stained Glass with Ari Magruder 

Learn the basics of creating beautiful stained-glass panels in this studio class. Participants will choose, cut, grind, and foil glass as they work together on a group project.

Pastel Landscapes with Doug Morkner-Brown 

Enjoy three relaxing sessions exploring fundamental to advanced topics in pastel painting. 

Music with Christiana Quick-Cleveland 

Day 1:  Cultivating the Voice for Melody 

Drawing from the exercises of Madame Werbeck-Svardstrom, we will work to deepen the breathing and refine the quality of the singing voice. This is essentially the task in Grades 1 through 3.  We will look at adult and children's singing exercises and discuss strategies for the classroom. 

Day 2:  Tuning the Ear for Harmony 

With rounds and improvisation, we will challenge the ear's ability to discriminate between tones sounding simultaneously, heightening our awareness of harmonic interval. This is essentially the task in Grades 3 - 5.  

Day 3:  Revitalizing with Rhythm 

Using our hands and feet, we will seek our personal "grounding"; enabling our connection to the underlying heartbeat in music-making and the joyful social experience of "moving as one".  This is essentially the task in Grades 5 - 8.  

Explore AI and Poetry with Alison Davis 

Inspired by the Crocker Museum's current exhibit Am I AI?  by Alexander Reben, this poetry workshop will explore artificial intelligence and human creativity in ways that emphasize curiosity, play, and imagination. Participants will engage their own artistic impulses to examine the ways in which tools can lead to shifts in consciousness and open new paths of inquiry. 

Recommended materials: smart phone/laptop, blank paper, writing utensils of various thickness (i.e. ballpoint pen, Sharpie magnum, block crayon, colored pencil) 

Early Childhood Craft with Margarita Hawk 

This workshop will cover a developmental Spring craft for a Kindergarten class.