The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles offers a number of opportunities to engage youth in educational, art-making activities. Participation in our in-school educational outreach program for second and fifth grades helps teachers meet California state content standards in visual arts, mathematics and social studies. Our on-site Kids Create program celebrates the rich cultural diversity of the Bay Area with stories, crafts and folk traditions from around the world. Arts Express, produced by the Office of Cultural Affairs for the City of San Jose, provides visual and performing arts experiences for students in grades 4-12.
Kids Create is a multicultural arts program for elementary school children. Kids Create provides a fun and lively forum for kids to be exposed to the art and folk traditions of other cultures and then to put their knowledge to work with a hands-on art project. An important program for a multi-cultural city like San Jose, it promotes an understanding of the traditions of the many cultures in our community. Kids Create helps San Jose parents fill the gap in arts education that exists due to budget cuts in the public schools. Each Kids Create program includes a story, a discussion of an art or folk tradition and then an art project.
Kids Create is free to children aged 5-10; accompanying adults pay museum admission. The program runs from 2:00-3:00pm the first Sunday of each month. Reservations are required. For more information or reservations call 408-971-0323 x14.
Download the 2007-2008 Kids Create Calendar
October 7, 2007
Stories in Stitches: Hmong Story Cloth Embroidery
November 4, 2007
Starry Inspiration: Native American-inspired snippet quilt
December 2, 2007
A Nifty Gift: Japanese Temari Balls
January 6, 2008
Finding Freedom: African American fabric collage
February 3, 2008
The Silk Sensation: History of Chinese silk – tie-dye a silk scarf
March 2, 2008
Animals of the Amazon: Feather Masks
April 6, 2008
Real Recycling: A Yiddish story of transformation – reusing fabric for fun and function
May 4, 2008
Pixelated Pictures: Weaving the wonders of the world
June 1, 2008
Secrets of Spinning: Spinning yarn the African way – with a modern twist
July 6, 2008
Getting Knitting: World knitted folk traditions – an introduction to knitting
August 3, 2008
Showy Shadows: Javanese Shadow Puppets
September 7, 2008
A Carpet Caper: Middle Eastern Carpet Weaving
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