Join educators at the New Museum Los Gatos to tour the Terra Firma exhibit and learn more about our relationship to land. Participate in a fun art activity after the exhibition tour in the Museum's MakerSpace.
Did you know Los Gatos has an Art Museum? Learn about the Muwekma Ohlone and other exhibits with our friends over at NUMU. They will bring over some of the hidden museum items that aren't on display. This event will conclude over at the Museum for those who want to join in on a tour.
Organized in collaboration with the Los Gatos Library, join NUMU educators at the New Museum of Los Gatos to tour the exhibition Reclamation: Art and Culture of the Muwekma Ohlone and learn more about our region's First People. Participate in a fun activity after the exhibition tour!
Organized in collaboration with the Los Gatos Library, join NUMU educators as they walk us through artist Marie Cameron’s show, “Critical Masses, A Very Low Tide,” which presents views of human impact on our delicate ecosystem. After the gallery viewing, we will create artworks of our own in the Museum’s Makerspace based on the theme of protecting our oceans and our planet.
Get to know both the New Museum of Los Gatos and the Los Gatos Library in this fun event. We will discover the art of college together by admiring picture book illustrations that employ the use of collage, by touring the Museum's art exhibitions, and finally, making our own collage art in the Museum's lounge.
Every Saturday and Sunday from 12pm-4pm check out what we're building, making, and creating in our Open Studio hours! NUMU's Open Studio offers visitors of all ages a hands-on opportunity to explore, discover and create.
Wear Your Sculpture: Decorate 3D masks with paper sculptures, paint, flowers, and feathers, inspired by our Arcadia fundraiser and the work of San Francisco floral designer, Flower Couture.
Learn how to make a short stop-motion movie using LEGO bricks/minifigures or Minecraft blocks/minifigures. Then create background scenery, storyboards, gain experience using cameras and have fun being a director!
About the Instructor: Learn to Discover's passion is to bring high-quality technology education to students from pre-Kindergarten through and beyond beyond Grade 12. Our main focus areas are STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), design skills, and art, and may be expanded to other areas as demand and market research dictates.
Explore circuitry and conductivity through handwriting and printing. Using conductive paint, thread, soldering irons and more we will bring your writing to life!
About the Instructor: Sam King is a maker educator, STEAM education consultant, curriculum developer, and all around MacGyver with duct tape and cardboard! When not busy making things with her boys, Sam can be found running, reading, and coaching soccer!
Draw a piano with a pencil and then play it! Play music with water and a paintbrush! Play drums with cyborg-fruits! This class is all about the magic. An ideal learning environment to inspire and introduce young learners to the fascinating world of electronics!
We'll start with the fundamentals of electricity and electronics. Each student will assemble their circuit and design their own musical instrument. We'll then have a mini-contest for the best performance. Students will be able to take home their projects. Check out the video!
Code Hobbits: Schools are over-crowded and under-funded. Without technological enrichment at a foundational level, our children will not be able to keep up with the pace of progress. They will need to understand the language of machines as intimately as they do reading and writing in a traditional context.
With our carefully crafted curriculum and deeply trained instructors, we provide a foundation on which your child can develop strong logic and reasoning skills to succeed in their academic and professional career.
Students will learn about the world of marine biology and what it is like to be a marine biologists. They will use microscopes, magnifying glasses and other tools to learn about our oceans.
Learn to Discover's passion is to bring high-quality technology education to students from pre-Kindergarten through and beyond beyond Grade 12. These students might be in public schools, private schools and/or homeschools. Our main focus areas are STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), design skills, and art, and may be expanded to other areas as demand and market research dictates.
In an age of selfies design and build a 3D self portrait using recycled materials. Explore construction, molding and composition basics with cardboard, plastics, fabrics and more in the quest to create your 3D selfie!
Sam King is a maker educator, STEAM education consultant, curriculum developer, and all around MacGyver with duct tape and cardboard! When not busy making things with her boys, Sam can be found running, reading, and coaching soccer!
Inspired by our current exhibition, More Than Your Selfie , join us for an afternoon of Shadow Puppet Theater. Create your own self-portrait shadow puppets and props with mixed media. Then you, along with your siblings, families, and friends, will tell us your story, staged in our shadow puppet theater! All ages welcome, all children under 7 must be accompanied by an adult. Family groups encouraged, create a story together.
Elizabeth Greer has been working with elementary and middle school students for over 15 years. She is a long-time member and past president of the Art Docents of Los Gatos. An active Maker, Elizabeth explores the intersection of art and technology in classes like rockets, digital art and photography, and LED artworks.
Pre-registration is not required for drop-in workshops, but feel free to pay in advance via Paypal. Please select which workshop you will be attending here, no registration form submission is required.
Kids, and those young at heart, will explore hands-on art stations, crafts, and live art demos all in celebration of EARTH DAY. Experience the rich talent and diversity of local artists and instructors and explore New Museum Los Gatos, bringing art, innovation, history, and Bay Area Stories to the wide audience of Silicon Valley.
Located at New Museum Los Gatos and the Los Gatos Town Plaza
Students will fun learning how to program by using the Scratch programming language, developed at MIT. Students will be introduced to programming concepts, event-driven programming techniques, language syntax, and more.
Learn to Discover's passion is to bring high-quality technology education to students from pre-Kindergarten through and beyond beyond Grade 12. Our main focus areas are STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), design skills, and art, and may be expanded to other areas as demand and market research dictates.Space is limited and reservations are required. Pre-registration, limited to 10 students, ages 7 and up. Cost for this workshop: $40.00. Supplies and admission to NUMU are included in the workshop fee. To make your reservation, please fill out the registration form below, or contact the NUMU administrative offices at 408-354-2646.
TAPIGAMI is the art of applying imagination to masking tape. Created and developed over the last 10 years by Sacramento Artist Danny Scheible. TAPIGAMI uses the inexpensive and accessible material of tape to create complex and fantastical sculptures. Students will learn the basic techniques of creating TAPIGAMI sculptures, while turning the strangers around them into friends. TAPIGAMI classes are designed to be fun, interactive and social.
Danny Scheible created Tapigami as his primary artform while studying contemporary and fine art at the University of California, Santa Cruz. A native of Sacramento, Danny returned home to spread his new art form across the globe from his studio, now based in Curtis Park, and has watched as Tapigami has spread across California, the corners of the United States, and as far away as classrooms in South Africa.
Space is limited and reservations are required. Pre-registration, limited to 20 participants, all ages. Supplies and admission to NUMU are included in the workshop fee. To make your reservation, please fill out the registration form below, or contact the NUMU administrative offices at 408-354-2646.
Inspired by our current exhibition, More Than Your Selfie, you will create your own shadow selfie’s! Participants will create a silhouette self-portrait, and then use collage and their own drawings to fill their self-portrait in with the colors and imagery that represent their likes, dislikes, and all other aspects of what makes them unique! Drop-in anytime between 1pm and 4pm, no registration required. All ages welcome, all children under 7 must be accompanied by an adult.
Elizabeth Greer has been working with elementary and middle school students for over 15 years. She is a long-time member and past president of the Art Docents of Los Gatos. An active Maker, Elizabeth enjoys exploring the intersection of art, science and technology with students while creating projects like rockets, digital art and photography, and LED artworks in classes at NUMU and the Los Gatos Recreation Department.
Pre-registration is not required for drop-in workshops, but feel free to pay in advance via Paypal. Please select which workshop you will be attending here, no registration form submission is required.
Students will learn a variety of computer art programs similar to what a graphic artist might use. They will digitally paint with watercolors & oils, and draw with pencils, pastels, and charcoal... all on a computer.
Space is limited and reservations are required. Pre-registration, limited to 10 students, ages 7 and up. Cost for this workshop: FREE. Supplies and admission to NUMU are included in the workshop fee. To make your reservation, please fill out the registration form below, or contact the NUMU administrative offices at 408-354-2646.
Create your own cardboard castle!! We will provide most of the building materials. Please bring a cardboard box (about the size of a case of copy paper) and 4 empty paper towel rolls for the towers.
Pick from several different galactic paper airplane designs. May the force be with you!
Explore several super sleuth skills such as decoding messages, fingerprinting and the art of disguise!
Students will design and program their own video games. Students will explore the art of planning the game, programming it, learn some basic terminology, and practice problem-solving and critical thinking skills. They will then share and play each other's games.
Space is limited and reservations are required. Pre-registration, limited to 10 students, ages 7 and up. Cost for this workshop: $40.00. Supplies and admission to NUMU are included in the workshop fee. To make your reservation, please fill out the registration form below, or contact the NUMU administrative offices at 408-354-2646.
This class is now FULL. Please email education@numulosgatos.org to be added to the wait list. Thank You.
Students will learn to make a short stop-motion movie using Lego bricks and mini figures. They will make a background scenery, storyboards, gain experience using USB cameras, and have fun being a director.
Space is limited and reservations are required. Pre-registration, limited to 10 students, ages 7 and up. Cost for this workshop: $40.00. Supplies and admission to NUMU are included in the workshop fee. To make your reservation, please fill out the registration form below, or contact the NUMU administrative offices at 408-354-2646.
This is a fun and exciting drawing class where students will start with warm ups concentrating on composition and lay out, character introduction, color theory, speech balloons and lettering, drawing expressions and basic drawing anatomy (especially how to draw hands). Price includes all art supplies, handouts, student folders, plastic comic pages, color copying and lamination of character cards. This class is designed for the student who is interested in designing characters which will later be incorporated into their own comic book.
These workshops are taught by professional cartoonists, animators and illustrations from Kids Creative Adventures.
Travel back in time and discover fascinating and amazing wonders of our world. Each week you will learn about seven wonders through games, puzzles and exciting projects.
These workshops are taught by instructors from Kids Creative Adventures.
Parents join their children to light up the holidays by making ornaments that actually light up! Our paper ornaments will incorporate LEDs and electric gel paint to create circuits to illuminate our artistic creations. Families welcome, no pre-registration required. Ages 7 and under must be accompanied by a parent. $15 materials fee. If you would like to create additional ornaments there will be a $10 materials fee.
Build and program a variety of "smaller" LEGO ® creations, to jumpstart your imagination. These are not just robots! You will build and program a spider, a roller coaster, a remote control vehicle, and more. Taught by Elizabeth Greer.
Every thursday, September 17 - November 19. Space is limited and reservations are required. Pre-registration, limited to 10 students, ages 7 and up. Cost for this workshop: $25.00 per class, come and join! Supplies and admission to NUMU are included in the workshop fee. To make your reservation, please fill out the registration form below, or contact the NUMU administrative offices at 408-354-2646.
Build and program a variety of "smaller" LEGO ® creations, to jumpstart your imagination. These are not just robots! You will build and program a spider, a roller coaster, a remote control vehicle, and more. Taught by Elizabeth Greer.
Every thursday, September 17 - November 19. Space is limited and reservations are required. Pre-registration, limited to 10 students, ages 7 and up. Cost for this workshop: $25.00 per class, come and join! Supplies and admission to NUMU are included in the workshop fee. To make your reservation, please fill out the registration form below, or contact the NUMU administrative offices at 408-354-2646.
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