Children's Workshops at Barker Park Recreation Center

Dates and times:

April 1

10am-12pm & 1pm-3pm

(Up to 50 kids, 1st-6th grade)

April 7, 10, 14, 16

3:30pm-5:30pm

(Up to 25 kids, 1st-6th grade)

The first instructor will be Dave Herzig from the Minnesota Kite Society on April 1. He has a project that he has done with children many times in which they each make and "fly" a sled kite. The kites will be made from materials that correspond with Wishes for the Sky's goals for a waste-free event.

Ashley from Public Art Saint Paul and Kathleen will be working with the kids on April 7 and 10. One session will be focused on wishing, using storytelling as a taking off point.  Ashley and Kathleen will bring along Wishes for the Sky kites for each child to write a wish.  The other session will be focused on scrolls.  For this session, Ashley and Kathleen will bring along one of Shen Pei's scrolls from Wishes for the Sky and will guide the children in creating their own scrolls.

On April 14 Lynn Hoffman from Eureka Recycling will be doing an activity related to worm composting.

Aki will wrap up the residency on April 16 by working with children to make wind chimes--these chimes will be hung in the House to Touch the Wind.

Kathleen flies a Dave Herzig kite.