#arts_and_crafts
The Art(s) of Self Representation
Jamaica Center For Arts & Learning (JCAL) 164-04 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, United StatesThis class will introduce students to the art of self-representation by discussing culturally relevant masterworks, creating visual mind-maps of identity, exploring mixed media and painting, learning color mixing, drawing the human form (emphasizing faces), and producing a final project that…
Create Your Own Perfomance!
Jamaica Center For Arts & Learning (JCAL) 164-04 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, United StatesUsing all levels of ability, this group will explore how to collaborate, with team-building exercises designed to introduce social skills and communication supports. Then, through rap, rhythms, mask-making and short scripts, students will tell a story that highlights issues in…
Hands On History: Supreme Black History
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaHappy Black History Month! Come celebrate with us as we highlight Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme Court Justice and lawyer in the Brown v Board of Education court case (1954), and current Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson,…
Create & Chat with Julia D. Shaw
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaWe will be joined by the talented Julia D. Shaw to decorate flowerpots for the Spring! Using African print textiles, you and a child in your care will work together to create a beautiful, one-of-a-kind piece of art to take…
Hands-on History: Pet Alligators!
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaDid President John Quincy Adams REALLY have a pet alligator?? Rufus King was good friends with the 6th president of the United States and antislavery advocate, John Quincy Adams. He even visited Rufus and stayed in the guest room!…
Hands On History: King of the Jungle!
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaAugust 10th is National Lion Day! Join us for a scavenger hunt to find all the lions in King Manor. National Lion Day! Founding Father Rufus King loved lions so much that he made his family crest a lion's…