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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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Giving Tuesday: The Future Starts Now
To our STEMarts Community, As we reflect upon our year, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your ongoing support, which has been instrumental in our mission to nurture the next generation of dreamers, innovators, creators, and problem solvers through the fusion of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM). At STEMarts Lab we…
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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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How Standing Rock inspired a new STEAM youth curriculum
A visit to the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock has inspired a new STEAM curriculum for youth. Through a multicultural collaboration with indigenous educators, artists and particle physicists students will explore the correlations of indigenous cosmology to modern science through art and social practice. The curriculum will focus on our human connection to nature,…
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Building Capacity for STEAM: Americorps Project expands into 2017
Two years ago I joined artist Andrea Polli and the Social Media Workgroup (SMW) as an Americorps VISTA. “Did you know that President Kennedy introduced the idea of VISTA to Congress in 1963? Or that many of the best-known anti-poverty programs, including Head Start and Credit Unions, were expanded by VISTA members? VISTA has been…
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ARTAOS + TISA: Augmented Reality Mural at Ziggy’s Frozen Yogurt Shop
As part of TISA’s new STEAM Lab, Amber McCabe’s 8th grade class participated in an Augmented Reality (AR) Mural Work/Study Project providing real-world community focused learning of STEAM skills. AR is a live direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented (or supplemented) by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video,…
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Twirl’s Light Play in collaboration with TISA’s new STEAM Lab
We launched the new STEAM Lab at the Taos School of Integrated Arts with a series of Twirl workshops. Students from grades K-5 participated in Light Play, which allows them to play, explore and make discoveries with light. They learn how it bends, bounces and blends with the help of lenses and mirrors; along…
