ARTS CURRICULUM COORDINATOR & TEACHER SCHOOL: Taos Integrated School of the Arts (TISA) STEMarts LAB: BIO: Megan Bowers Avina is a Level II, visual arts endorsed teacher and Arts Curriculum Coordinator at the Taos Integrated School of the Arts (TISA). Megan obtained her B.A. in New York City from Parsons School of Design and a…
As pat of my Americorps VISTA service and partnership with Explora and 516 ARTS,event: Habitat, Exploring Climate Change through the Arts, I will present a hands-on workshop offering students the opportunity to use projection art and their imaginations to explore climate impacts on diverse ecosystems and allow that to inspire and inform their ideas. Using…
Taos Middle School was one of 166,726,959 schools around the world that participated in the national week-long Hour of Code event, designed to get the whole world dedicating one hour to learning code using their fun and easy tutorials. Launched in 2013, Code.org® is a non-profit dedicated to expanding access to computer science, and increasing…
Congratulations to all the students that participated in the Projecting Particles STEMarts LAB sponsored by The Harwood Museum of Art Teen Engagement Program, Los Alamos National Laboratory and ATLAS at CERN. The workshop kicked off with a live virtual tour of the ATLAS control room at CERN led by physicist, Dr. Steven Goldfarb, courtesy of…
This morning at 7am students from Taos High School led by biology teacher Carla Chavez, and four teen-leads from Taos Academy participated in a live virtual tour of CERN in Geneva Switzerland. CERN is the home of the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest particle accelerator. This was the kick-off for the Projecting Particles…
BREAKING NEWS: “In the midst of the biggest shakeup of federal education law in over a decade, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) successfully added an amendment today to the rewrite of the nation’s Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) legislation that will integrate the arts into STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math)…Read more This is…
Art Meets Science at Cafe Scientifique Agnes Chavez is an artist, educator and Co-Director of The PASEO. She is also an Americorp VISTA, whose mission is to ‘Help Build Capacity for STEAM Education in New Mexico. Agnes is out spreading the word about the power of art and science for social change. Her interactive presentation takes…
After coming down from the buzz and excitement of The PASEO which took place on September 25,26, we are ready to do some Pop-Ups to keep the momentum going! Mark your calendars for THIS SATURDAY October 24th from 10am-7pm at the Oo-oonah Art Center on Taos Pueblo for the Halloween Kids Carnival. Oo-oonah Art Center…
Paseo Bilingue Bilingual writer/journalists David Perez and Teresita Dovalpage will be working with students at Taos International School to guide them as they interview Paseo artists and audience in English and Spanish. They will produce written and multi media products that will be shared via newspaper, blog, and social media. Students will appear on the…
In this collaboration we partnered with 516 Arts and Andrea Polli/University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. We developed STEM+ Arts educational materials and designed exciting art, science and technology youth programs for 6-12th grade students and teachers as part of Education Day of the ISEA2012: Machine Wilderness event September 23, 2012 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.…
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