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Summer @AMP: STEAM

This five-day, tech-art program for kids 7–11, in partnership with CT STEM Academy, is all about hands-on fun. Kids will experiment, invent, and reimagine their creations using cutting-edge technology and art material at AMP’s art-enriched indoor and outdoor campus. Kids will: Dive into the imaginative fun of creative engineering. Get tactile with tech: Ozobots, Lego, NASA resources, and UBTECH Robotics. Work as a team, individually, and in pairs on special projects. Design, construct, and launch their own rockets. Engage in…

when

July 8, 2024 @ 8:30 am - 3:00 pm

where

90 Whiting St
Winsted, 06098 United States

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This five-day, tech-art program for kids 7–11, in partnership with CT STEM Academy, is all about hands-on fun. Kids will experiment, invent, and reimagine their creations using cutting-edge technology and art material at AMP’s art-enriched indoor and outdoor campus. Kids will:

  • Dive into the imaginative fun of creative engineering.
  • Get tactile with tech: Ozobots, Lego, NASA resources, and UBTECH Robotics.
  • Work as a team, individually, and in pairs on special projects.
  • Design, construct, and launch their own rockets.
  • Engage in a kid-friendly process that teaches Research & Development skills.
  • Get cracking with coding—on screen and off. 
  • Gain an appreciation of structured models and thinking outside of the box.
  • Build real robots and imaginative landscapes for them to play in.
  • Stage a friendly robot competition—and root for their favorites.

Along the way, they’ll make friends, gain new insights, and develop science, math, art, and engineering aptitudes that spark lifelong innovation. No experience is necessary.

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Day Trip to Hill-Stead Museum

Take a day trip with us to discover Hill-Stead Museum, the 1901 Colonial Revival-style house designed by pioneering female architect Theodate Pope Riddle, and home to a magnificent collection of Impressionist masterpieces by Monet, Degas, Manet, Whistler and Cassatt; captivating Japanese woodblock prints; and superb decorative arts, all in an intimate setting. A chartered bus will take us from the Stamford Museum & Nature Center to Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, CT, where we will enjoy a docent-led 90 minute private…

Stamford Museum & Nature Center

Art in Focus: “Albrecht Dürer, Adam and Eve,” 1504

We’re kicking off our fall Art in Focus series with this engraving of Adam and Eve by Albrecht Dürer! One of the artist’s most celebrated engravings, it’s got something for everyone. Theory of the four humors? Check! “Ideal” human proportions? Check! Incredibly detailed animals? Double-check! Join us at 12 noon on Thursday, September 19 in the galleries for an informal conversation about this work, led by Curator of Education Michelle DiMarzo, PhD (if you’re looking for the virtual program, click…

Bellermine Hall – Fairfield University

Virtual Art in Focus: “Albrecht Dürer, Adam and Eve,” 1504

We’re kicking off our fall Art in Focus series with this engraving of Adam and Eve by Albrecht Dürer! One of the artist’s most celebrated engravings, it’s got something for everyone. Theory of the four humors? Check! “Ideal” human proportions? Check! Incredibly detailed animals? Double-check! Join us at 1pm on Thursday, September 19 on thequicklive.com for an informal conversation about this work, led by Curator of Education Michelle DiMarzo, PhD (if you’re looking for the in-person program, click here). The…

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