NOTE THIS EVENT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED
Date(s): Friday, August 16, 2024
Time: 2:00pm-5:00pm
Venue: Ypsilanti District Library - Superior
Jump to Event Details
Kids ages 5 & up, express yourself, make art, learn rhythms and explore the world at Summer of HeART with Youth Arts Alliance. This free eight-week series invites you to try new things with YAA teaching artists and community partners. All supplies and a snack provided. No sessions July 3-5. Made possible in part by the United Way of Southeast Michigan, the Barnes & Thornburg Racial and Social Justice Foundation, University of Michigan Center for World Performance Studies and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services – Washtenaw County.
Each day’s activities will be different. The lineup is offered by YAA Teaching Artists & community partners:
- Theater workshops led by Dana Pittman and Josh McDaniel.
- Sculpture, print-making, papermaking, ceramics, and paper mache with Anna Schwartz.
- Music and songwriting workshops with Kyle Love.
- Congolese hand drumming along and dance instruction with members of the Bichini Bia Congo Dance Theater Company every Friday afternoon.
- Science Savvy Kids Club workshops led by Tamara Tucker-Ibarisha the following Thursdays:
- June 27: Human Body Boot Camp: Explorations in Anatomy and Physiology
- July 25: All Creatures Great and Small: Investigations in Organismal Biology
- August 15: Potions and Poisons: Fun with Liquid Science and Chemistry
To read more about YAA and Summer of HeART, see youthartsalliance.org.
- Date(s): Friday, August 16, 2024
- Time: 2:00pm-5:00pm
- Cost: Free
- Event Website
- Organizer: Ypsilanti District Library
- Organizer Phone: Not Provided
- Organizer Email: Not Provided
Venue: Ypsilanti District Library - Superior
Address: 1900 Harris Rd, Ypsilanti
Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be cancelled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, or we can make mistakes.
