Imagine, Create and Communicate
EDUCATION
The Carnegie’s Education Department provides creative opportunities for children to hone their critical thinking toolkit, persevere through uncertainty and build foundational communication skills. Our programming reaches inside classrooms and onsite in our Eva G. Farris Education Center.
Creative Process and the Arts, Our Education Programming Encourages:
- Hands-on discovery and development of creativity
- Collaboration and communication through the arts
- Creative decision-making
- Social emotion learning
- Critical thinking
IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING
The Carnegie In-School programming sends teaching artists into Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati classrooms to facilitate arts integration workshops and residencies. These programs are tailored to each school’s needs, timeframe and goals.
Arts Integration Workshops and Residencies
Our arts integration workshops and residences bring arts integration directly into Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati classrooms. Each program combines elements of performing or visual arts that encourages students to convey their comprehension of non-art content areas like Science, Social Studies, History and English.
By integrating art content into these subjects our programs develop student creativity, critical thinking, perseverance, communication and pride. Our workshops and residencies create space for K-8 students to:
Covington Independent Schools Partnership
Since 2012, The Carnegie has provided in-school arts programming to all five elementary schools in the Covington Independent Public Schools. This partnership offers students opportunities to explore visual arts, music, dance and theatre aligned with the National Core Arts Standards. Additionally, The Carnegie offers professional development sessions and prepared lesson plans to teachers as a resource for integrating the arts into their classrooms.
OFF-SITE PROGRAMMING
The Carnegie’s Out-of-School-Time programming invites students to discover and create outside of the classroom: before school, after school, on weekends and during the summer.
On-the-Go Arts Enrichment: After School and Summer
We provide arts enrichment workshops on-the-go and in collaboration with our community.
Each on-the-go enrichment program is designed to provide students with an opportunity to explore and discover visual arts, film, dance, theatre, creative writing, music and more.
ON-SITE PROGRAMMING
Camp Carnegie
Available for students ages 7 to 13, Camp Carnegie is a weeklong day camp that features performance, hands-on art making, character design, costume construction, dramatic exercises, story writing, brainstorming, team building, problem solving –and a great deal of fun!
The week-long summer theater camps culminate with a live performance in The Carnegie’s Otto M. Budig Theatre.
Camp Carnegie alumni are invited to continue growing and creating with The Carnegie as youth volunteers. These students become role models and leaders as they assist and guide campers.
Children's Musical
The Carnegie’s Children’s Musical helps students hone performance skills and experiment with creative decisions. Students ages 8 to 18 are encouraged to audition for our annual, fully produced musical performed in The Carnegie’s Otto M. Buding Theatre.