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Everyone should experience the fun and creativity of Stop Motion Animation, and here is your chance. Participants will be introduced to Stop Motion Animation with puppets using clay, wire, and colored paper as a form of personal expression. This form of film and media art will be familiar to fans of King Kong, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Gumby...

Explore a place where traditional and digital media come together and where the magic of animation becomes delightfully accessible. We will animate a variety of forms starting with an old fashion thaumatrope, then build expressive puppets with 2D and 3D materials.  Students will build puppets from card stock, wire, cloth and clay and then develop...

Dive into the exciting world of digital art by creating your own video game! We will explore the many elements of a video game including interactive storytelling, animation, strategy and computer programming with the help of game design programs like Scratch Jr. on the RAC's iPads. Yes, children as young as 5 can do this!

Dive into the exciting world of digital creativity by making your own video game! We will explore the many elements of a video game including interactive storytelling, animation, strategy and computer programming with the help of game design programs like Scratch and Hopscotch on iPad. Required supplies for this program: All materials provided by...

Everything has to start somewhere, and this week we're taking food all the way to the beginning (or at least as far back as we can without finding a cow to milk.) We're making butter from cream, jam from fruit, grinding our own flour and making our own cheese. It's a wonderful chance to see how food is made. We'll even make s'mores from homemade marshmallows...

Everything has to start somewhere, and this week we're taking food all the way to the beginning (or at least as far back as we can without finding a cow to milk.) We're making butter from cream, jam from fruit, grinding our own flour and making our own cheese. It's a wonderful chance to see how food is made. We'll even make s'mores from homemade marshmallows...

Like a board game, a roll of dice will help decide what direction our character go, bringing a little chance to Stop Motion Animation. This form of film and media art is familiar to fans of King Kong, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Gumby and Pokey, and Wallis and Gromit. Today’s new technology takes this once painstaking art form and makes it a...

This workshop will lead families through different animation activities they can expand on or re-create at home! Participants will be introduced to animation concepts and styles like Pixelation, Stop Motion Animation, and character building using general art supplies and upcycled household materials. This creative exploration workshop is an exciting...

Five sentences stories bring life to clay, wire, and colored paper using Stop Motion Animation.This form of film and media art is familiar to fans of King Kong, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Gumby and Pokey, and Wallis and Gromit. Today’s new technology takes this once painstaking art form and makes it a delight for enthusiasts young and old. Students...

This three hour introduction to doing Stop Motion Animations on an iPad will give you just the spark you need to do animation on your own. You will be introduced to Stop Motion Animation using clay, wire, and colored paper as a form of personal expression. This form of film and media art will be familiar to fans of King Kong, The Nightmare Before Christmas,...

Have you ever wondered how 3D printers work, or how designers use technology to create new things? In this class, you'll learn how designers and artists use 3D modeling software (CAD programs) to turn their ideas into physical realities like art, cars, jewelry, buildings, toys, tools and more!  Using the online program Tinkercad, you will learn...

Explore a place where traditional and digital media come together and where the magic of animation becomes delightfully accessible. We will animate a variety of forms starting with an old fashion thaumatrope, then build expressive puppets with two and three dimensional materials. Students will build puppets from card stock, wire, cloth and clay and...

Explore a place where traditional and digital media come together and where the magic of animation becomes delightfully accessible. We will animate a variety of forms starting with an old fashion thaumatrope, then build expressive puppets with two and three dimensional materials.  Students will build puppets from card stock, wire, cloth and clay...