A Curious Summer

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BUSINESS IS CLOSED

BUSINESS IS CLOSED

Acurious.org provides one-of-a-kind workshops driven by the curiosity of your child. We aim to induce wonder and spark enthusiasm for the everyday world around us. We consider play, the mysterious work of the child, to be an advanced and sophisticated endeavor, profoundly central to a child’s individual development and theories about the world. Our workshops encourage discovery through free play, tinkering, and imagination. Our workshops include: STITCH: During this week's workshop we will imagine, design and construct a range of projects out of fabric. We'll start with a studio full of sewing machines and piled high with textiles. We'll be joined by tailors and designers (including Michael Swaine and Beatrix) who will guide us, inspire us and take us behind the scenes at factories and boutiques (like the S.H. Frank & Co House of Leather). We'll see how making things out of cloth requires us to think like architects, painters, and sculptors. Deconstructing old clothes, we'll see how they are made before turning them into something new. SHELTER: This week we will design shelters out of natural materials that keep us warm and dry in different wild landscapes of San Francisco. We start with a visit to an Ohlone hut in the heart of the Mission. Throughout the week we will gain inspiration and technique from different cultures around the world as we explore the relationship natural buildings have with their local ecology. We'll enlist the help of architects and engineers, and master knot-tying and lashing. We'll observe local wildlife, and see how they build their homes. STOP MOTION: This two-week workshop will be an odyssey through light, time and image. On our first day, we'll turn the STudio into a giant camera, and begin to experiment with high-speed photography and long exposures. We'll go on photography expeditions and uncover secrets of the city. LABYRINTH: Beginning with a mountain of cardboard and other materials, we will transform our studio into a labyrinth filled with secret passageways, hidden treasures, and other creations that emerge from our imaginations. We'll work with pulleys, levers, and kinetic energy to make booby traps and mechanical surprises. To learn more, please visit: http://acurious.org