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Explore Space thru VR
STEMarts Teen Bootcamp@HIVE Our pilot STEMarts Teen Bootcamp took place at UNM-Taos HIVE on February 18, 2023 and was a huge success. Twelve students between the ages of 13 and 19 attended. Students were visited by Avatar Astrophysicist, Dr. Andrea Albert to learn about dark matter and to ask questions about the universe. Bryce Kennedy,…
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Space Bear
September 16, 2022. Congratulations to all the collaborators that made possible the ‘Space Bear’ installation at the Imagine Children’s Museum for The PASEO Festival. Special thanks to: Tracy Jaramillo and Taylor Etchemendy for inviting STEMarts Lab to work with the Imagine staff, and to the artists, Amy Pilling and Pneuhaus. STEMarts Apprentices, Megan Odom and…
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STEMarts Bootcamps@UNM-HIVE
Starting in January we will begin a series of four hands-on STEMarts Bootcamps designed to introduce participants to science concepts about the universe and exciting new digital technologies that allow us to reimagine our relationship to earth and space through our unique and diverse perspectives. The STEMarts Bootcamp is a full day in-person workshop sponsored…
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Space Messengers international youth exchange: Guadalajara- Santa Fe
Congratulations to the 65 students and 6 teachers that completed the artist-led Space Messengers 7-week spring virtual workshop connecting a classroom in Guadalajara with two classrooms in Santa Fe. Students explored the universe through guest speakers in the fields of particle physics, astrophysics, space law, Lakota cosmology, media arts and philosophy. Teachers implemented our space-themed…
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ESSS in Oeiras, Portugal receive VR Training for Space Messengers
As part of the SAP Lab Residency organized by SAP Lab Director, Dr. Catarina Pombo Nabais, at the University of Lisbon, Faculty of Science. Agnes Chavez, STEMarts Lab founder, visited Escola Secundaria Sebastiao e Silva in Oeiras Portugal to start training students in VR technologies. This group of 25 7th-12th graders included students that…
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Artist Talk: Empowering Youth through Art, Science & Technology
As part of my Artist Residency at the SAP (science, art, philosophy) Lab at the University of Lisbon Philosophy of Science, I am doing a series of presentations to share my research and work. Yesterday I presented to computer science students and members of the public. Thank you to Dr. Catarina Pombo Nabais, SAP Lab…
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SAP Lab International Residency IV
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STEMarts Highlights 2019-2021
STEMarts International We created STEMarts International, an international youth exchange program that facilitates communication and collaboration between youth leaders around the world through the STEMarts Curriculum Tool platform. The goal is to encourage intercultural respect, creative expression and scientific literacy as students collaborate on a sci-art installation that is presented at festivals in the partner…
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STEMarts Apprentice Feliciana Gonzales-Mitchell: Stories from Vadito
STEMarts Apprentice, Feliciana Gonzales-Mitchell, shares stories from her community of Vadito, near Peñasco in Taos County. This month she talks about how the largest fire recorded in NM history is about 40 miles from her home. 30 families of refugees from Mora, Chacon and Las Vegas are being housed in her school gym at Peñasco…
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Lowrider Design Challenge
STEMarts Lab is excited to partner with Seco Live to create the Lowrider Design Challenge which complements the Low ‘N Slow exhibit, produced by Seco Live, a 501c3 building community through creativity in the little village of Arroyo Seco, New Mexico. This project is made possible with thanks to our sponsors, The Taos Revolt Giving Fund@Revolt…
