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Discover SPACE[AR]T in the Sky@PASEO
Discover SpaceART in the Sky! STEMarts Lab invites you to explore our interactive Augmented Reality Sky Hunt. Visit each of our six AR stations, point your phone to the sky, and discover our Space[AR]T — artist and student-created animated models that appear in the sky and land in front of you. Each art piece explores our relationship to…
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Hiring! Paid space Youth Internships
STEMarts Lab is offering paid internship opportunities for Taos students ages 17-24 to join our STEAM Youth in Space program (Taos Chapter) as assistants and creators. Students will work with STEMarts team of artists and scientists to help with development of the curriculum and design of the ‘place-based space’ multimedia projects such as space tours…
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Getting Ready!
We are gearing up for the VR Live Painting station at Invent Event! Artist, Izumi Yokoyama and the STEMarts Ambassadors rehearsed at UNM Taos HIVE on Saturday. We are all looking forward to sharing the virtual reality experience with the Invent Event kids!
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Jacob Torres, Space Botanist@Taos Community Foundation
STEMarts Lab is thrilled to be partnering with TCA to curate a space-themed Science on the Screen evening. Space Botanist, Jacob Pepperseed Torres, is a native Northern New Mexican from Española who worked with the NASA plant science team to grow NM Chile in space during Plant Habitat (PH)-04. In discussing a movie to complement…
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Spaceport, NASA, Black Holes and Augmented Reality Art!
On Saturday, March 9, 2024, students participating in the third STEMarts Youth Bootcamp at the UNM Taos HIVE enjoyed a special treat as they welcomed guests from Spaceport (Charles Hurley), NASA (Arwen Hubbard), and LANL (Dr. Nicole Lloyd-Ronning, astrophysicist) to explore the wonders of space science. Following this inspiring morning session, the students spent the…
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Forging ahead into the new year
As we eagerly step into a new and promising year, we extend our warmest wishes to each and every one of you. Happy New Year!
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Space Messengers@Balloon Museum Thank you!!
It was a magical experience for our whole team of artists, scientists, student ambassadors and our partners. Check out our photo recap that captures the special moments and provides a glimpse of the Space Messengers immersive Mixed Reality installation that is traveling throughout New Mexico and around the world. Stay tuned to catch us in…
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STEMarts Apprentices Explore the Universe!
Announcing our new STEMarts Apprenticeship program, designed for women/girls from Northern New Mexico (ages 14-20) and launched in 2022 thanks to a 2-yr Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation Education Enrichment grant. Congratulations to our winners! Amelia Martinez, Dominique Vigil, Feliciana Gonzales, Megan Odom and Svetlana Backhaus. We also welcomed and congratulate Jade Rael as this…
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STEMarts International
Why International? The COVID pandemic has deeply affected our educational institutions and how we relate to each other. Students and teachers have been required to work/study from home in isolation which created an urgent need for innovative ways to interact, teach and learn online. Travel bans and heightened health security measures led to cancellations of…
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What happens when a physicist from CERN, a Lakota water protector, a Tewa educator and a new media artist meet with 26 Taos fourth and fifth graders?
Perhaps, opposing worldviews will converge to create a new balance in the universe! Reposted from Janet Webb, Beyondtaos.com Taos, NM, April 2017 “Lakota Cosmology Meets Particle Physics” is a youth workshop at Taos Integrated School for the Arts (TISA) organized by their new STEAM Lab@TISA coordinator, artist-educator, Agnes Chavez. On Monday, April 10, students from Megan Bowers Avina’s TISA classroom…