Students learn how to blend colors, design compositions and use brush stroke techniques to complete finished products independently. Students learn how to use the Chinese brush stroke method of watercolor painting to produce flower and landscape paintings. Students learn the art, structure, and theory of poetry to begin or finish works, and interact with local and national poets. 5-13 Participants learn the basic principles of stage presence, dramatic techniques and styles through a series of interactive exercises. The culmination of the program is a participants-produced stage production.
Students learn the fundamentals of how to play the instrument.
Students must have their own guitar. 3-13 Participants learn that not all stories are written in books, what the different ways are to tell stories, such as plays, mime, dance, and using everyday items for props. 13-18 Teens learn the art of poetry slamming, a form of nontraditional poetic expression that informs, educates, and entertains. Poets will present before a live audience. Presentations will be recorded.