Posts Tagged ‘after school workshops’
LCRC Kinetic Painting with Robots Workshop
May 18, 2011
After making tiny vibrating robots from the head of a toothbrush, dipping it in paint and watching them spin on paper, I asked the kids if they were the artists or if the bots were. Mostly the answer was “It tickles!” In this final workshop for 6 to 8 year olds at the LCRC after [...]
2011 | Artengine | Tags: abstract expressionism, after school workshops, art robots, artengine, bristlebots, co-creation, kinetic art, kinetic painting, lcrc, ottawa, robotic art, robots
LCRC Homemade Papercraft Batteries Workshop
May 11, 2011
In front of a room of 25 astonished faces I dipped my finger into the brine and dabbed the last of the water onto the flower, the LED popping on and cries of “But but…where’s the battery?” echoing amid “Wait…what?” This workshop focused on understanding how a battery works by taking the traditional model of [...]
2011 | Artengine | Tags: after school workshops, alternate energy, artengine, clean energy, homemade battery, lcrc, LEDs, ottawa, paper battery, paper circuitry, papercraft, salt water powerComments (4)
LCRC LED Foldie and Pac-Man Tag Game Workshops
April 28, 2011
Amid screams and shouts the stamping feet of 25 kids jumping from line to line to avoid the ghosts chasing them, their hands cupped tightly around tiny cubes of light illuminated by LEDs, echos up to the rafters in the darkened gym. Gosh those kids were loud. This game was the culmination of a two [...]
2011 | Artengine | Tags: after school workshops, arcade games in real life, artengine, interactive, interactive art, large scale human video games, lcrc, LED foldies, LED-lit cubes, LEDs, ottawa, Pac-Man, pac-man tag game, paper circuitry, papercraft
LCRC Squishy Circuit Workshop
April 12, 2011
We’ve underestimated the potential use of energy emanating from 25 excited kids eating sugared playdoh. I reached this conclusion shortly after starting to talk about squishy circuits with a group of 6-8 year olds at the LCRC after school program. This project is part of Artengine’s community arts initiatives and is funded by the Community Foundation of Ottawa. [...]
