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Natalia Anciso is a Chicana-Tejana visual artist, educator and Rio Grande Valley native. Her work focuses primarily around identity. Art integration and social justice are paramount to her work as an urban educator.
https://www.nataliaanciso.com/ || https://www.instagram.com/nataliaanciso/
She will lead the first #OpenStudio Art and Design badge workshop on September 6th at 4 pm.
You will learn about being an artist and make your own art. Bring paper, a black pen and any color medium of your choice (colored pencils, crayons, watercolors, etc.). Create your own artworks to complete the Daisy, Brownie or Junior Art and Design badges.
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Salma Arastu explores stories that celebrate the earth and women through paintings, sculpture, calligraphy and poetry. Her work, inspired by her Indian heritage and Islamic spirituality, expresses the universality of humanity.
https://salmaarastu.com/ || https://onenessprojects.org/ || https://www.instagram.com/salmaarastu/ || https://www.linkedin.com/in/salmaarastu/
She will lead the #OpenStudio Art and Design badge workshop on September 13th at 4 pm.
You will learn about being an artist and make your own art. Bring paper, a black pen and any color medium of your choice (colored pencils, crayons, watercolors, etc.). Create your own artwork to complete the Daisy, Brownie or Junior Art and Design badges.
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Alyssarhaye Graciano is a fiber artist and designer. She teaches fiber workshops in both English and Spanish and has written a book on Chunky Knits. Currently, she is the Visual Arts Director at MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana.
https://www.blacksheepmade.com/ || https://www.instagram.com/blacksheepmade/ || https://www.linkedin.com/in/agraciano/
She will lead the #OpenStudio Craft and Tinker badge on September 20th at 4 pm.
You will learn about being a fiber artist and designer, crafting for form, fit and function and will learn a basic knitting technique. You will need yarn and scissors. Use what you learn to complete the Daisy, Brownie or Junior Craft and Tinker badges.
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Suhita Shirodkar is an urban sketcher, visual journalist and illustrator. She leads sketching trips to locations in India and USA. Currently, she is the Creative Ambassador for the City of San José.
http://www.suhitasketch.com/ || https://sketchaway.wordpress.com/ || https://www.instagram.com/SuhitaSketch/ || https://www.linkedin.com/in/suhita/
She will lead the #OpenStudio Art and Design badge workshop on September 27th at 4 pm.
Before the workshop, take a walk around your neighborhood, a local park, or even your backyard or street and collect "treasures" from the natural world that catch your attention such as leaves, twigs, stones, seedpods, etc. We will look closely at our collection to sketch them and get to know them better in our session.
Bring paper, eraser, 2 sharpened pencils, a black pen, any color medium of your choice (colored pencils, crayons, watercolors, etc.) and your collection of treasures (3 to 5 items). Create artwork to complete the Daisy, Brownie or Junior Art and Design badges.
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The members of VEX Robotics Team 20484A are Ambassador Girl Scouts. In 2023, the team earned a Design award and an Excellence award in the regional VEX Robotics final competition. Catherine and Sofie, two members of the team, will host this session.
https://www.youtube.com/@arcsrobotics5316/videos
Catherine and Sofie, Ambassador Girl Scouts will lead the #OpenStudio Create and Innovate badge workshop on October 11th at 4 pm.
You will learn about VEX Robotics and the design thinking process to create designs for others. Bring paper and pencil to write down your ideas. Use what you learn in the session to complete the Daisy, Brownie or Junior Create and Innovate badges.
p.s. Don't miss this article on Eileen Yun and Robotics Troop20484A that she is helping lead!
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Rupa Chaturvedi is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in the tech industry, having worked at companies like Amazon, Google, Uber, and unicorn startups like Sentient Technologies. Throughout her career, she has focused on designing products in emerging technologies, including Computer Vision, AI/ML, AR/VR, and Conversational & Voice Interfaces.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rupachaturvedi/ || https://www.rupa.photography/about || https://designleadersedge.com/ || https://www.mirajraceclub.org/
She will lead the #OpenStudio Create and Innovate badge workshop on October 18 at 4 pm.
You will learn about the design thinking process to create designs for others. Bring paper and pencil to write down your ideas. Use what you learn to complete the Daisy, Brownie or Junior Create and Innovate badges.
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Yoon C Han is an interaction designer, multimedia artist, and researcher. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in Graphic Design at the Department of Design in the San Jose State University, and SIGGRAPH 2023 Art Gallery Chair.
http://yoonchunghan.com/portfolio/ || https://www.facebook.com/yoonchunghan || https://twitter.com/hanryss || https://www.instagram.com/artofyoonhan/ || https://vimeo.com/user794713 || http://www.linkedin.com/in/yoonchunghan
She will lead the #OpenStudio Junior Create and Innovate badge workshop on October 25th at 4 pm.
This workshop is best for 4th grade and older. Use what you learn to create designs for others to complete the Junior Create and Innovate badge.
You will learn about the design thinking process and how to create digital art using p5.js to generate simple and fun designs right away by typing and editing simple codes. Before the workshop, you will need to follow simple steps to install the program and be ready to use p5.js.
