Walt Pourier, Creative Director of Nakota Designs, and Executive Director of the Strong Hold Society is Oglala Lakota, from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Walt’s focus – through his art and design and through the many creative movements he supports – is to share messages of hope, inspiration, and healthy way of life […]
Kelly Holmes, Mnicoujou Lakota from the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota, calls herself an inspirational storyteller, in hopes to strengthen connections to culture and identity by inspiring and empowering readers while sharing stories with the world. Kelly is the founder and President of Native Max New Media, an award-winning global multimedia brand with a
Age Group: High-school and up Materials: writing materials, basic music understanding This is a relatively advanced presentation on two aspects of music for musical theater: establishing the world of the story, and transitions between scenes. Examples from popular musical theater are used to demonstrate concepts. One can perform the assignments without actually composing music, as
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Age Group: Middle-school and up Materials: For this tutorial you will want to have a computer with some sort of audio recording and editing software. There are some free versions of software available, but this demonstration uses GarageBand on a mac. Without getting too specific in features and advanced digital recording techniques, this tutorial demonstrates
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Age Group: Elementary school Materials: Space to move and at least one other participant or adult facilitator Connecting music to emotion, and then to a story, is the subject of this video. Starting with the basic elements of music and working towards how it affects emotion and how emotions are expressed, participants will be guided
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Age Group: High school and up Materials: various used fabric you might have, glue or sewing materials, a way to take pictures, outdoor plant materials, flexible modeling paste, paints This video explores how to use materials with different personal, family, or social significance to add a new depth to storytelling through visual arts practice. The
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Age Group: Middle-school and up, for both visually impaired and sighted participants Materials: modeling clay, preferably several colors Coming from an emphasis on tactile art projects for the visually impaired, this tutorial works well for a range of students and abilities. A discussion of mandalas in art is followed by a practical exercise in making
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Age Group: High school and up Materials: Paper (thicker is better, but simple printer paper will suffice), Tape (regular scotch tape works well!), Cardboard (a cereal box or any other rigid surface will work), Alternative/Additional supplies (not necessary for the class, but could be great materials to work with… you never know!): string, push pins,
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Age Group: Middle-school and up Materials: This workshop assumes that the participant is already engaged in making movies in some form and has those resources at their disposal. Rather than a direct tutorial, this video explores elements and techniques of experimental film-making, starting with what experimental film-making is. Through lots of examples this makes clear
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Age Group: Elementary school Materials: colored pencils or markers and paper, room to moveThrough the Color Wheel Project, T2 Dance Company has created a 30-minute lesson for elementary students demonstrating some techniques used to transform visual art works on paper into physical dance movements. Students are guided through a series of fun activities that allows
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