Classes
African Cooking Classes
6-8 pm Mondays, Feb. 22, March 1 and March 8
Ages: Adult
Cost: $85/members, $120/non-members
Jamie McAfee with the Pine Bluff Country Club and chefs from his cooking classes will lead a series of cooking classes about foods from Africa. Did you know that most African-American foods have some basis in foods found in Africa? Jamie will share his immense culinary skills and knowledge about this subject. Don’t miss it!
“Take A Magic Carpet Ride”
Spring Break Scholars
1-4 pm Monday-Friday, March 22-26
Ages: K-6th grades
Cost:100/members all week
135/non-members (includes single membership)
25/class members
60/non-members (includes single membership)
Sign up Before March 17 and get an EXTRA $10 off full-week price!
Take a Magic Carpet Ride to a week’s worth of fun and enjoy exciting art and science projects at the Arts & Science Center during Spring Break 2010.
King for a Day: Take a Magic Carpet Ride on Monday and learn about the cultures of West Africa. Students will work together to create a throne and study the thrones found in Expressions of African Culture.
I Feel a Little Spacey: On Tuesday, the magic carpet will travel to space and learn about satellites. Even create a workable rocket and blow up a thing or two. Learn about telescopes and mirrors and enjoy the exhibit Illusion Confusion.
Life’s a Masquerade: This one’s for those theater buffs. On Wednesday learn how to create a character on stage by using masks, costumes, makeup and expressions. The kids will also learn about the exhibit, “Expressions of African Culture,” and the use of masks in African culture. Part of the class also will include “How to Audition.”
Lions, Crocodiles and Monkeys, Oh My!: Thursday we’ll take a magic carpet ride to an African Safari. Learn about animals in Africa as we look at camouflage, skills and abilities and use that knowledge to create a mask, poster or clay figure.
Nanotechnology: What’s the Big Deal?: Friday the magic carpet will fly into the world of the very tiny. Create a Mini Me. Enjoy fun Nano games and look forward to the exhibit on Nanotechnology opening in April at the Center.
Free Nano School Outreach
For area schools March 29-31 April 1-2
For Schools Only: Grades 3-5
Teachers, students: Call the Center and sign up for Arts & Science Center staff to visit with fun and free activities teaching about the world of Nanotechnology!
Free Nano Days!
2-4 pm Saturday, April 17
Ages: All!
Come enjoy a free, fun day at your Center and learn about the world of Nanotechnology. Build big balloon sculptures, create molecules with gloves!
Beginning Photography
5:30-7:30 pm Thursdays, April 15-May 20
Ages: Teen and Adult
Cost: 75/members, 110/non-members
Point and shoot,, digital and darkroom, to flash or not to flash. Learn this and more! Taught by award-winning photographer Eric Maynard, owner of Eric Maynard Photography and director of Delta Rivers Nature Center.
Tell-A-Tale Troupe Aladdin
9 am and 1 pm Monday, May 3
Ages: PreK-4th grades
Cost: 4/student and parent. Teachers Free!
The Tell-A-Tale Troupe brings its magic to our stage again with an adapted telling of Aladdin, written and acted for our younger patrons. Sign up your preschool or class today!
Free GPS Mapping Jefferson County
1-4 pm Saturday, May 15
Ages: All
Learn to geocache with helpers to guide you and take you on a treasure hunt to other sites within walking distance. Learn about longitude and latitude and enjoy the exhibit GPS Mapping Arkansas!
Put on Your Calendar!
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Summer Theatre Camp: June 7-18
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ARTshop: Swirls and Murals: June 21-25
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Summer Science Camp: July 12-16
The center, located at 701 Main St. in Pine Bluff, is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday and closed on Sunday. Support for the center is provided in part by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information, contact the center at (870) 536-3375 or visit the website at www.artssciencecenter.org.
For more information, to register a student or to inquire about financial aid (a copy of your W-2 form is required) please call 870-536-3375.
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