Fritz Horstman, Education Director at the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation and recent author of Interacting with Color will join us to start a week of color. Learn color relativity, gradients, and illusions of transparency to help us build <...
The Sun, a bright shining star, holds everything together in our solar system. The earth, moon, and planets live together circling this shining star, but what lies beyond the sun? The night sky is filled with billions of stars that make up their own so...
A summer favorite returns with new projects and a return to some of our favorites. This week we are building a Design Engineer’s toolbox. How do you know which material to use? Delve into the intricacies of 5 types of materials:
Viajemos por América Latina: un viaje de miles de kilómetros en tan solo una semana. Exploraremos el maravilloso país de Puerto Rico y abrazaremos un poco de su cultura. Navegaremos las aguas de esta querida nación caribeña.
Rising from the wadi Hadramount—a riverbed in eastern Yemen that is dry most of the year and flows during the rainy season—is the ancient city of Shibam. Located in a sparsely populated region of Yemen, Shibam is regarded as “The oldest skyscrape...
Rome has left a legacy that has captured the minds and imaginations of many. Most enduring may be the amazing feats of architecture and engineering that Rome spread throughout its empire. Many can still be seen today. At the center of these engineering...
Humans have always recognized electricity in lightning bolts and fur that crackles when stroked. However, the practical uses of electricity—circuits—have been discovered mostly from Eli Whitney's time to the present in simple experiments and creati...
Convene your troop and perform your original score. Before we get there we will create our instruments for the concluding performance of this summer camp.
During this week-long camp, campers will create instruments ranging from wooden whistles ...
Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
- Water Rat, Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Gramme 1908
Throughout history, it was customary for a shipb...
Physics is all around us and involves everything from the sun and moon to rainbows and electricity. We will explore the everyday and the more unusual aspects of physics. The week will consist of asking questions, making observations, testing, recording...
The Mill River is a perfect site to emulate the thoughtful treatment of light, water, and atmosphere, and mood that the Dutch Landscape painters were able to capture “en plein air.”
We will study and explore the works and styles of ...
