STEAM Aligned

Sara Hanson is a public artist and cast metal sculptor who brings accessible, customized, and hands-on arts learning experiences to learners of all ages and skill levels. She has worked in many different community and classroom settings. Her portable sculpture foundry allows participants to engage in the entire cast metal process from start to finish [...]

Sandy Spieler is a sculptor, painter, graphic artist, performer, director, teacher, activist, and perpetual student. Her work includes tiny puppet shows, main stage productions, public art commissions, streetscape designs, residencies/collaborations in communities, schools and universities locally, nationally and internationally. She is passionate about work For the Water and the reparation of our world, and constantly [...]

Experience the dance, music, and culture of India with Ragamala Dance Company, and enrich multiple areas of your curriculum—dance, music, world cultures, diversity—with this nationally renowned ensemble! Ragamala Dance Company is driven by the artistic vision of mother-daughters Ranee Ramaswamy, Aparna Ramaswamy, and Ashwini Ramaswamy. By creating original, multi-disciplinary dance works rooted in the South [...]

Lisa Arnold believes that art changes people and people change the world. She encourages her students to engage with themselves and the diverse world around them by using their life experiences to create art and art experiences to create their lives. Her main goal is to empower students by honing their visual, technical, and poetic [...]

Kevin is an award-winning author and storyteller, using stories to entertain, educate and inspire children and adults for more than a decade. Based in Rochester, Minnesota, Kevin has traveled the Midwest performing at schools, libraries, preschools and community events. Energetic and dynamic, Kevin’s stories grab his audiences and leave them wanting to hear and learn [...]

Not currently booking in person programs. Kelley Meister works as a teaching artist with COMPAS, and at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Kelley teaches stop-motion animation, documentary and narrative filmmaking, digital photography, computer game design, creative circuitry, photographic printmaking, and other technology-infused arts. Kelley’s teaching philosophy is rooted in inquiry, exploration, and process. Merging new [...]

Karla is a choreographer, performer, literary artist, and arts educator. After obtaining teaching credentials, she worked as a NYC high school language arts teacher by day and a performer by night. During this time, she used movement and theater arts techniques to enhance the learning process in her classroom. The positive results she witnessed affirmed [...]