December 22 – The Cambridge El STEAM Network has awarded a Collaboration Grant to People’s Sculpture Racing (PSR) and Maude Morgan Arts. This is a Cambridge Science Festival collaboration supporting Maud Morgan Arts’ sculpture building workshop during its April vacation camp (April 19-22). The workshop will be introduced in a free workshop by PSR Racer Kim Bernard (10:30-noon), and then taught by PSR Racer Mitch Ryerson. Youth will race their work at the Community Race at Danehy Park on April 23.
Description of Kim Bernard’s Workshop: “Cardboard Automata: Mechanical Toys”
Using rough and ready materials to create small kinetic sculptures that bounce, bob, spin, wiggle and wobble, Artist Kim Bernard will lead this playful hands-on workshop and introduce makers to the various ways of bringing motion into 3-D design. Parents and their kids will work side by side to build simple mechanisms such as cams and levers and linkages. REGISTRATION
About the El STEAM Network (EL STEAM: Extended Learning Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math):
The Cambridge EL STEAM Network’s purpose is to bring people, providers, and projects together, pool resources, and collaboratively increase access to, awareness of, and quality across Expanded Learning STEAM opportunities available to Cambridge’s young people.
About Maud Morgan Arts
Maud Morgan Arts, a dynamic new community arts center named in honor of the noted artist and community resident Maud Morgan (1903-1999), offers a wide range of programs for all ages. Here you can engage with some of Boston’s finest artists in studios purposely designed for ceramics, printmaking, drawing and painting, and sculpture.