Cultural Pass for Middle School Age (12-13)
21C Museum • Age Range: 2-21 • Discipline: Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o 21c Louisville was founded in 2006 and is now one of nine 21c locations that make up a multi-venue museum dedicated to expanding access to contemporary art. Featuring a range of artists and artworks that have been presented at 21c locations, our Cultural Pass offerings provide activities for the whole family. Take a virtual scavenger hunt through 21c Cincinnati’s exhibition, "Dress Up, Speak Up: Regalia and Resistance"; play along and read a story about our iconic penguins; and learn more about different artists’ processes and build your own works of art with materials in your home. Come back and visit us again and again: new activities will be added throughout the summer! We look forward to hosting you.
Actors Theatre of Louisville • Age Range: 7-21 • Discipline: Theatre & Musical Theatre • Cultural Pass Offerings: o This instructional video is inspired by our annual production of Dracula. In it, we will provide instructions and tips for making stage-quality fake blood at home, using standard kitchen items. o This video is inspired by our production of ‘Are You There?’, part of the 44th Humana Festival of New American Plays. Part of that production centered on two scientists who had lost communication with the Mars rover, “Oppy.” Our props team fully designed and built a rover, that was able to move about the stage independently (remote controlled). In this video, two members of our props team will discuss the design and build process, as well as the trial and error that went into creating such a unique piece.
ArtEcoTech • Age Range: 1-21 • Discipline: Arts Education, Park, Forest, Garden • Cultural Pass Offerings: o The Cultural pass page will include a video of Naturalists and photographers identifying native plants and animals, teaching how to photograph nature, and a checklist of species. o Participants will be encouraged to identify and photograph their flora and fauna and upload those photos as a virtual exhibit. o The pieces could then be printed as an exhibit at some point. All this can be created in your home with a phone.
Arts Council of Southern Indiana and Arts Alliance Southern Indiana • Age Range: 1-21 • Discipline: Arts Education, Literature/Poetry • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Due to COVID-19, AASI’s in-person programs have been postponed or canceled. With the help of technology, we are still able to implement an altered version of Art on the Move to reach audiences. This includes artists doing 15- to 30- minute videos of Art Classes, Sing-a-long and story time which we are adding to our website and social media pages to maintain engagement every day. o
Asia Institute- Crane House • Age Range: 6-21 • Discipline: Arts Education, Ethnic • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Asia Institute - Crane House (AICH) will be offering virtual demonstrations on origami paper folding, which is often associated with Japanese culture. We will have hands-on activities for participants 6 and up.
BallotBox/Louisville Metro • Age Range: 9-21 • Discipline: Public Art and Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o BallotBox is a Louisville Visual Art exhibit for Louisville Metro Hall curated by Skylar Smith. BallotBox uses an intersectional lens to examine past and present voting rights and connections between this year's 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the 55th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act; and the presidential and state-wide elections. 2020 is a significant year for reflection on what a vote is worth, while also considering contemporary voter engagement and the monumental efforts in past decades to secure voting rights in the United States. Using art as a catalyst for community engagement, BallotBox will explore issues related to voting rights, democracy, and citizenship to inspire voter engagement and create a public dialog about how we can build a more equitable democracy. Cultural Pass participants can view artwork from the exhibition, answer questions from the artists, and participate in an online dialog about voting rights!
The Belle of Louisville Riverboats • Age Range: 6-21 • Discipline: Design, Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Museum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o The Belle of Louisville is the oldest Western rivers steamboat in the world! Eric is here to teach you how to make a paddlewheel boat of your very own, with supplies you probably already have at home. Make sure you test to see if your boat can float!
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest: Forest Giants in a Giant Forest • Age Range: 3-13 • Discpline: Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Park, Forest, Garden, Arboretum, Public Art • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Bernheim’s virtual offerings will include virtual hikes, and interactive activities. See what you can discover outside while staying healthy at home with nature-based activities that can be done at home, in your yard, while exploring your neighborhood, or anytime you’re outside. When Bernheim is able to open again, we will have activities that help you explore our 16,137 acres of nature.
Bourne- Schweitzer Gallery • Age Range: 1-20 • Discpline: Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o The gallery exhibits the work of local, regional and international artists. o The Cultural pass page will include videos from multiple artists, images of their work, talking about, or creating their work. o Participants will be encouraged to select an artist and an artwork and recreate that work and take a photograph o Participants can photograph the re-creation an upload it to our site as a virtual exhibit. o The pieces could then be printed as an exhibit at some point. o All this can be created with things and people that you have in your home and a phone.
Carnegie Center for Art and History: • Age Range: 5-18 • Discipline: Arts Education, Museum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o The Carnegie Center offers interactive options for children of all ages, featuring a unique combination of art and history. Middle schoolers can "choose your own adventure" based on the current art exhibition. Kids in grades K-5 can become a "Home History Detective" with a simple project and art activity that investigates family heirlooms. Children of all ages can create art at home with recorded tutorials by our museum educators, using common art materials. Families in need may request free materials and instructions by mail or for pick-up beginning June 15 by emailing [email protected].
Commonwealth Theatre Center • Age Range: 13-21 • Discipline: Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Art & Selfie-Awareness § An artistic and introspective experience designed for teens and young adults to process creatively during tense times. Video offering a calming guided meditation, a selfie acting project about Emotional Literacy and a visual art project.
Commonwealth Theatre Center • Age Range: 9-14 • Discipline: Arts Education, Literature, Poetry • Cultural Pass Offerings: o There's More to the Story: Creating a Character Monologue § The story doesn't have to end when the book is finished! Learn how to create and perform a monologue through the viewpoint of your favorite characters.
Conrad-Caldwell House Museum • Age Range: 0-6; 7-21 • Discipline: Historic Buildings, Landmarks Literature/Poetry/Writing, Fashion Design, Museum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Join us for Storytime with Nanny. The Caldwell's nanny will read a book written during the Conrad-Caldwell period (1850-1940) and we will follow it up with an easy to make craft with supplies you should have on hand at home. New story each month! (ages 0-6) o Join us for a look at how the changing fashions of women's clothes mirrored the changes in women's roles and rights from the Civil War to the 1920's. We will take a closer look at some great dresses that the Conrad-Caldwell House has but few get a chance to see as well as discuss how the changes in fashion affected women. (ages 7-21)
Discovery Center Experience • Age Range: 3-14 • Discipline: Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Museum, Park, Forest, Garden, Arboretum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o The Discovery Center will host three Cultural Pass activities that are both educational and entertaining and that will engage the mind through our interactive museum, park properties, and historical properties. These offerings will be fun for the whole family!
The Falls of the Ohio Foundation • Age Range: 3-21 • Discipline: Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Museum, Park, Forest, Garden, Arboretum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Located on the banks of the Ohio River in Clarksville, IN is the Falls of the Ohio State Park. It includes ~165 acres of land and lies within the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area. The Lewis & Clark expedition started and ended at the Falls of the Ohio and is a designated stop on the National Historic Lewis & Clark Trail. John James Audubon spent several years sketching over 200 bird species while living in the area. The deck overlooks the 390 million- year-old fossil beds. o We will be offering the following fun and educational activities; o Movie describing the history of the area o Bird identification activity o Butterfly identification and origami art project o Cruisin' the Devonian Sea
Farmington Historic Plantation • Age Range: 5-21 • Discpline: Folk & Traditional Arts, Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Museum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Explore Farmington Historic Plantation to learn about the lives of the people on a nineteenth century Kentucky hemp operation. Learn about the importance of hemp agriculture to the Commonwealth and the nation. Explore the lives of the Speed family and almost 70 enslaved people who the worked the fields, gardens, cared for livestock. Explore the plantation Abraham Lincoln visited in 1841 and learn about his friendship with Joshua Speed's family. We will show you how primary source evidence, including archeology, letters, documents, and family stories tell the Farmington story.
The Filson Historical Society • Age Range: 4-14 • Discipline: Arts Education, Fashion, Folk and Historical Arts • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Patterns and instructions for making paper dolls o Coloring sheets made from historical photographs and posters o Virtual puzzles based on historical images from our collections o "How to" videos for projects at home
Flamenco Louisville • Age Range: 5-21 • Discipline: Dance Ethnic Music- Instrumental • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Join us for a multi-media trip to Andalucia, the southern region of Spain known for Moorish architecture, olive groves, horses, sherry, wine and FLAMENCO. You'll experience the sights and sounds of Seville, Jerez, Cadiz and Granada with performances of the music, singing and dance associated with those cities that make up the "Cradle of Flamenco." § Be transported across the ocean for immersion in a new culture, enjoying authentic performances of flamenco along the way. Learn how to participate with rhythmic hand claps (palmas), Spanish words of encouragement (jaleos), movement of the hands and arms (braceo) and stomping your feet (zapateado). A teacher guide is available for preparation or follow up.
The Food Literacy Project • Age Range: 6-21 • Discipline: Garden, Forest, Plants • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Our Food Literacy Project team will walk you through how to take a soil sample from your own back yard or container garden. Join us on a journey to learn more about the soil that nurtures your favorite plants!
Frazier History Museum • Age Range: 2-12 • Discipline: Arts Education, Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Museum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o We will be sharing a variety of educational activities based on our museum's physical and virtual exhibits, including Celebrating the Sounds of Kentucky, our Great Louisville.
Guru Vandana Academy • Age Range: 5-21 • Discipline: Dance, Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o A series of videos that invite you into the world of Indian dance and storytelling. These captivating choreographies will be complete with description and background so you can experience and learn about an ancient Indian dance from the comfort of your own home!
Halo ArtSeed Community Gallery • Age Range: 1-21 • Discipline: Visual Arts and Design, Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o The cultural pass page will include a video that teaches the principles of photography. o There will be instructions to create a vanitas still-life. o Participants can photograph the still-life an upload it to our site as a virtual exhibit. o The pieces could then be printed as an exhibit at some point. o All this can be created with things you have in your home and a phone.
Harrison County Public Library • Age Range: 0-21 • Discipline: Library • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Summer Reading Program for all ages - Imagine Your Story o May 26-July 31 o Login through Beanstack https://harrisonco.beanstack.org
Historic Old Louisville Walking Tour • Age Range: 5-21 • Discipline: Historic Buildings • Cultural Pass Offerings: o The virtual walking tour of Historic Old Louisville is a 20- minute film on the architecture and history of Louisville's oldest preservation district. Children will learn fun facts about the people who lived in these unique houses, the world's fair in 1883-1887, Thomas Edison's new electric lightbulb, and the whimsical elements incorporated into the facades. There are coloring pages of the houses and word searches linked to the film. Older students will learn about the varied architectural styles, the architects and the captains of industry who had them built. More sophisticated word searches, crossword puzzles and coloring sheets of these magnificent mansions are found in activity links.
Kentucky Derby Museum • Age Range: 8-21 (option 1), 10-21 (option 2), 1-21(option 3) • Discipline: Literature, Historic Buildings, Parks and Gardens • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Option 1 § African-Americans in Racing - Told In Five Artifacts § African Americans played a prominent role in the success of the Kentucky Derby. Fifteen of the first twenty-eight jockeys to win the race were black. We’ve selected five artifacts from the Kentucky Derby Museum collection to tell five stories of contributions made by black horsemen. § We will follow the virtual program with a writing prompt – “Jimmy Winkfield was the last black jockey to win the Kentucky Derby in 1902. What do you think are the reasons for this?” o Option 2 § Derby Road Trippin’: A Driving tour of Louisville’s Derby Landmarks § Take a driving tour around our city and visit five historic landmarks associated with the history of the Kentucky Derby. § You’ll need a trusted adult to provide transportation and GPS is recommended. § During the tour, practice your photography to take creative pictures of each site. o Option 3 § Born to Run: A Physical Education Program for K-12 § Description: Students will learn about the daily workouts of a Thoroughbred Racehorse and will participate in fun, engaging physical activities that mimic the workout of a horse and jockey. § All you’ll need is either a bed sheet or beach towel!
Kentucky Science Center • Age Range: 8-21 • Discipline: Museum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Join us for content that lets you Do science at home!
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft (KMAC) • Age Range: 0-18 • Disciplines: Museum, Visual Arts, Fashion Design • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Join us for a Virtual Field Trip to KMAC Museum! The Virtual Field Trip slideshow will take us through an exhibition called Heavy Lifting, featuring six paintings by the contemporary artist Summer Wheat. The field trip includes videos where we talk about the way Summer creates her paintings and the types of imagery she uses in her work. We will ask questions and look for answers in the details of her paintings. We also have a writing and drawing activity for you to do at home, inspired by Summer Wheat: Heavy Lifting! o Join us for a Virtual Field Trip to KMAC Museum! The Virtual Field Trip slideshow takes a look at fashion designs created by the artist Wende Cudmore. Wende made these designs over the past six years as part of KMAC Couture, an annual fashion show hosted by KMAC! You can get a close look at Wende's designs and her unusual materials through pictures and videos. We will learn about the ways that art and fashion are connected, ask questions, and get creative with a writing and drawing activity. We also have tips for creating your own mood board at home, using inspiration from whatever is around you! o Get introduced to artist Julie Baldyga with a KMAC activity sheet! Julie's oil pastel work shoes heavenly bodies as she imagines them. Read about her work and follow along with an activity that will help you create your own portrait of paradise!
Kentucky Shakespeare, Inc. • Age Range: 4-21 • Discipline: Theatre and Musical Theatre, Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Kentucky Shakespeare is delighted to offer a digital performance of our 2-Actor HAMLET for young audiences. The production toured in person to schools during the school year and to the Louisville Free Public Library system with our annual Shakespeare in the Libraries tour. We’re now offering it here, digitally, for our Cultural Pass families for the first time! Shakespeare’s most famous play follows Prince Hamlet as he returns home to discover “something’s rotten in the state of Denmark.” Our fun and fast-paced two- actor production for young audiences highlights self-worth, relationship dynamics, the consequences of acting on vengeance, and finding help in times of isolation or vulnerability. We also include a link to an accompanying guide with specific pre and post-performance activities.
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft (KMAC) • Age Range: 0-18 • Disciplines: Museum, Visual Arts, Fashion Design, Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Join us for a Virtual Field Trip to KMAC Museum! The Virtual Field Trip slideshow will take us through an exhibition called Heavy Lifting, featuring six paintings by the contemporary artist Summer Wheat. The field trip includes videos where we talk about the way Summer creates her paintings and the types of imagery she uses in her work. We will ask questions and look for answers in the details of her paintings. We also have a writing and drawing activity for you to do at home, inspired by Summer Wheat: Heavy Lifting! o Join us for a Virtual Field Trip to KMAC Museum! The Virtual Field Trip slideshow takes a look at fashion designs created by the artist Wende Cudmore. Wende made these designs over the past six years as part of KMAC Couture, an annual fashion show hosted by KMAC! You can get a close look at Wende's designs and her unusual materials through pictures and videos. We will learn about the ways that art and fashion are connected, ask questions, and get creative with a writing and drawing activity. We also have tips for creating your own mood board at home, using inspiration from whatever is around you! o Get introduced to artist Julie Baldyga with a KMAC activity sheet! Julie's oil pastel work shoes heavenly bodies as she imagines them. Read about her work and follow along with an activity that will help you create your own portrait of paradise!
Looking for Lillith Theatre Company • Age Range: 5-21 • Discipline: Visual Arts, Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o This summer is the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote!! Did you know that Louisville women worked along side national leaders like Ida B. Wells and Susan B Anthony to help get women the right to vote? Did you know the suffragists used both performing and visual arts in their movement for change? Join Looking for Lilith Theatre Company as we engage in the art forms of the movement to learn about our local suffragists.
Locust Grove • Age Range: 0-20 • Discipline: Culinary Arts, Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Park, Forest, Garden, Arboretum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Hands-on activities that explore and interpret daily life in the early 19th century.
Louisville Children’s Museum • Age Range: 2-12 • Discipline: Culinary Arts, Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Museum, Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Come choose your own adventure with Louisville Children's Museum! We'll explore Louisville through a lens of imagination, creativity and tactile learning through our four part Listen.Learn.Create series. Choose one adventure at a time or come back for all four as we investigate the rich history, landmarks, and influences of Pioneers and the Wilderness Trail, Native Americans in Kentucky, the Ohio River, and important Kentuckians. Each of the four lessons will include hands-on learning through a main activity, scavenger hunt picture clues you can find around Louisville with your family to promote further investigation, and supplemental activities where you can learn more. Come grow with us!
Little Loomhouse • Age Range: 6-21 • Discipline: Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o We will be doing a three-part offering with some bonus downloadable pages related to our history. o I. Weaving o We will be doing a video on weaving in our studio with instructions on how to make a paper plate weaving. We will also have picture instructions below the video for both paper plate weaving and cardboard weaving. o II. Fabric Collage o We will be doing a video and instructions on fabric collage at home. We will also include picture instructions below the video. o III. Nature Walk o We will be doing a video of the grounds and guiding viewers on how to create a weaving from found nature pieces. o Bonus: o picture seek n find, and coloring pages based on the history of The Little Loomhouse.
The Louisville Academy of Music • Age Range: 5-21 • Discipline: Music- Instrumental, Vocal (Choral/Opera), Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o COMPOSE YOURSELF! § We will be talking about what a composer does and how kids can compose too! We will have an accessible composition activity (using non-traditional notation) for kids to complete and share with us. 5 submissions will be performed and recorded by LAM faculty! o We will have videos from our composition faculty as well as links to outside learning resources.
The Louisville Ballet • Age Range: 0-12 • Discipline: Dance, Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Louisville Ballet's virtual Cultural Pass Program welcomes you to the world of dance from the comfort of your home! Follow along with instructors from Louisville Ballet and The Louisville Ballet School as you explore different dance and craft activities.
The Louisville Ballet School • Age Range: 3 mo-12 yr • Discipline: Dance • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Virtual creative movement and dance activities for ages 3 months-12 years old.
Louisville Children’s Film Festival • Age Range: 8-14 • Discipline: Arts Education, Film/Video/Radio/TV Production, Theatre & Musical Theatre • Cultural Pass Offerings: o This cultural pass experience will have a film component where kids can watch a film on their own time. There will then be a hands-on project to complete and classroom materials for teachers. We hope to have a zoom "check-in" at multiple points during the summer for discussion, team- building, and sharing of student work.
The Louisville Chorus • Age Range: 3-21 • Discipline: Music- Vocal (Choral, Opera), Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: LOUISVILLE CHORUS—SINGING For AMERICA o A Video incorporating— o * An LC Video documentary primarily related to "Fanfare for the 4th—Musical Visions of America", the event the students will not get to witness in person this season. o * Notes from the Music Director about the Power of Music and a typical season of programming and heavily varied music o * The power and value of "singing" as expressed by a few singers in the Chorus o * Then leading to the "Fanfare for the 4th" documentary—a taste and exact sampling of what the students would have experienced "live".
The Louisville Civic Orchestra • Age Range: 3-21 • Discipline: Music- Instrumental • Cultural Pass Offerings: o A tour through the orchestra, showcasing different instrument sections, and interviews with musicians. As a bonus, a live recording of one of our past concerts.
Louisville Youth Choir • Age Range: 5-18 • Discipline: Music- Instrumental and Vocal (Choral/Opera), Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Louisville Youth Choir is offering two options: o OPTION 1: LYC is excited for you to explore different MUSICAL STYLES with our LYC teaching artist, Margareth Miguel. o OPTION 2: LYC is excited for you to explore A SONG IS BORN created by LYC's Artistic/Executive Director, Terri Foster.
Louisville Nature Center • Age Range: 4-14 • Discipline: Parks, Gardens • Cultural Pass Offerings: o While the Louisville Nature Center is closed to the public, our 2 miles of trail and sensory garden remain open - and we continue to facilitate outdoor learning! After watching our brief video demonstrations, we encourage your family to get outside. Discover the natural world with fun and simple activities!
Louisville Youth Orchestra • Age Range: 8-13 • Discipline: Music- Instrumental, Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Mr. Doug Elmore, Music Director of the Louisville Youth Orchestra, and a group of the young instrumentalists from the Symphony Orchestra, the flagship ensemble of the LYO, will lead elementary and middle school aged students through a series of listening experiences and virtual conversations among the performers about the elements of music: melody, harmony, rhythm; and how these elements are combined to create music. The video experience will include solo performances, improvisations, and a “virtual ensemble”, where the individual performances will be edited into a group piece, overcoming the distances between them. The musicians will also talk about their similarities and differences, and how the art of music-making brings people together, celebrates both their differences and their similarities, and challenges us as to people to aspire to a stronger sense of community.
Louisville Visual Art (LVA) • Age Range: 3-21 • Discipline: Visual Arts • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Create a bookmark with Louisville Visual Art to go with your summer reading books! Make monsters or mermaids, cows or kittens, your brothers and sisters, or maybe the characters in your book. We are using paper and origami with some imagination to keep that place in your book before you go to sleep at night, or take a walk with your family. (For ages 7 & up, or 3 & up with help.)
Louisville Water Tower • Age Range: 5-21 • Discipline: Museum, Historic Buildings • Cultural Pass Offerings: Did you know we never get new water? It’s true, what you use for washing hands, cooking dinner and staying hydrated has been around for millions of years! Join Louisville Water Tower Park staff on a Cultural Pass adventure through the Water Cycle. Using our WaterWorks Museum as the backdrop, visitors will learn cool facts and complete activities designed to help them become water scientists
Muhammad Ali Center • Age Range: 10-21 • Discipline: Literature, Poetry, Writing • Cultural Pass Offerings: o What is your "Red Bike Moment?" When Muhammad Ali— then Cassius Marcellus Clay—was twelve years old, a thief stole his new red Schwinn bicycle outside of the annual Louisville Home Show. Yet, this moment of loss transformed into opportunity of great significance in Ali's life. Through this offering, students will find out how Ali’s stolen bike became a catalyst for his boxing career and set him on the pathway to discover his purpose in life at an early age. Students will discover their own "Red Bike Moments" and will utilize Ali’s story as motivation for positive thought and action.
Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind • Age Range: 6-18 • Discipline: Museum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o We will offer a braille writing demonstration and then offer braille writing activities via our Braillebug page.
Portland Museum • Age Range: 1-21 • Discipline: Museum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Explore Louisville's river heritage through permanently- displayed dioramas, life-sized mannequins, automated soundtrack, video documentaries, and an animatronic Captain Mary Miller -- with Cultural Pass 2020, we will be making all of this available online for the first time!
Riverside, the Farnsley-Moremen Landing • Age Range: 6-21 • Discipline: Museum, Landmarks • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Take a virtual tour of the 1837 Farnsley-Moremen House and hear from archaeologists and historians about how we use evidence to tell the stories of people who lived on this farm long ago. Enjoy some engaging and fun activities to learn how to be a "history detective."
Sacred Heart School for the Arts • Age Range: 4-13 • Discipline: Dance, Visual Arts, Puppetry • Cultural Pass Offerings: o SHSA will have three activity options to choose from that will allow students to choose which discipline they are most interested in: a Visual Art Project, A Puppet Show and A New Dance to learn. Students do not have to complete all three activities.
Speed Art Museum • Age Range: 11-13 • Discipline: Visual Arts, Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Still Life § In this activity, geared toward ages 11-13, children will be asked to look at a still life from the Speed’s collection and consider questions related to what they see. For example, what hidden symbolism might be discovered in the different flowers used in an arrangement? They will then watch an art-making video that teaches them how to press flowers and make their own still life arrangements.
Squallis Puppeteers • Age Range: 0-12 • Discipline: Theatre and Musical Theatre, Puppetry, Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o "Tale of a Tricky Fox" is a tabletop puppet show based on a book by Jim Aylesworth and is performed by Nora Christensen. Learn and laugh along with this trickster tale featuring animal and human hand puppets and plenty of hijinks and life lessons. If you like this story, try reading the book- what is similar and what is different from the puppet show? You can read a book and turn it into a puppet show too, give it a try with what you have at home. This recording includes short pre and post show information, total running time about 28 minutes. Please email any comments, suggestions or reviews so we can hear back from our audience at [email protected].
Squallis Puppeteers • Age Range: 0-12 • Discipline: Music- Instrumental Puppetry, Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o "Ferdinand the Bull" is a recording of a Live performance featuring Sara Callaway from Louisville Academy of Music and Shawn Hennessey of Squallis Puppeteers. This performance is based on the book by Munro Leaf with music composed by Alan Ridout. Sara narrates the story and plays the violin while Shawn performs the suitcase-sized, table-top puppet show. If you like this story, try reading the book- what is similar and what is different from the puppet show? You can read books and turn them into puppet shows too, give it a try with what you have at home. Total running time is about 15 minutes. Please email any comments, suggestions or reviews so we can hear back from our audience at [email protected].
Waterfront Botanical Gardens • Age Range: 5-18 • Discipline: Gardens, Parks, Folk and Traditional Arts • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Join Waterfront Botanical Gardens as we explore the east Asian art form of bonsai. Cultural pass holders will learn about the history of bonsai, view examples from our collection, create a bonsai craft, and be inspired to write a garden themed haiku.
Young Authors Greenhouse • Age Range: 6-18 • Discipline: Literature/Poetry/Writing, Public Art, Visual Arts, Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Petals and Poetry o Seeking and Creating Hope o A poetry and art program for students to share and document their thoughts and feelings—all submissions will be considered for publication in a book about the experiences of our city’s young people during the pandemic. o Students will embark on a journey of discovery, joy, and gratitude. Students will search for fallen petals and nature to create a collage that reflects their thoughts and feelings. After the collages are created, students will then turn to poetry and write odes, celebratory poems that give thanks. We encourage the poets to write odes to healthcare workers, teachers, grocery workers, friends, family, or anyone who is on their mind right now! Students will then use their collages to inspire their writing and describe the person using Golden Details—sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch, alliteration, simile, personification, and metaphor—sharing hope and kindness while we are Healthy at Home.