School Residencies

Looking for a program to engage your students in creativity and process art?  Now. Make. Art. has you covered!

By focusing on process art experiences rather than the product, students not only get the proven benefits found with art making, but build confidence, problem solving, and independent thinking. These programs are designed to help students in dreaming and envisioning the future, something desperately needed in our current world.

We’ve worked with a number of schools and organizations in the Twin Cities to provide engaging process based art programs for students. We can base programming off our existing popular events or dream up something just for you!

All residencies will be tailored to your school and needs.  Residencies allow teaching artists the opportunity to build deeper relationships with students.

Residences can be:

  • Focused on one single grade or multiple grades

  • Based on one central theme that develops over multiple visits or unique experiences each visit

  • Varied in length from 1 day to multiple weeks

  • Designed for ages 3 and up

Programming can include:

  • CLAY CITY- Students envision what kind of community they want to make and each classroom adds their creations to a larger collective city.

  • The NEST- Students explore the story of a migrating, mysterious Creature that’s come to their school. Through art and storytelling, students help build the Creature’s nest, explore identity, and create a welcoming space.

  • Cardboard Invention Convention- Students engage in a design-thinking framework creating cardboard solutions to big & small problems

Sample schedule 1- CLAY CITY:
3 visits with selected classrooms

  • Visit 1- Collaborative brainstorm and sketching around what our larger city can look like

  • Visit 2- Students work with clay to build their creations

  • Visit 3- Students finalize their pieces and begin adding them to the collective city

Sample schedule 2- The NEST:
3 visits with selected classrooms

  • Visit 1- Introduce students to the story of a migrating Creature and create collective maps exploring students community.

  • Visit 2- Use clues from the Creature to explore identity and build a Creature profile to help understand how we can help the Creature.

  • Visit 3- Create artwork to help the Creature finish their NEST and feel welcome.

Sample schedule 3- Cardboard Invention Convention:
4 visits with selected classrooms

  • Visit 1- Students learn about the design process and discuss historical inventions while beginning to brainstorm what they’d like to invent.

  • Visit 2- Students sketch their inventions and start prototyping their creation

  • Visit 3- Students work on bringing their ideas to life through cardboard

  • Visit 4- Students finalize inventions and hold a Convention to share their work