Come create a Ndebele inspired home! This African tribe creates gorgeous murals on their houses. You can build your own architectural home from cardboard and paint it mimicking the intricate geometrical patterns of the Ndebele tribe.

Ten session of hands-on music making with Crane professor and experienced early childhood music educator, Heather Wheeler.

Are you ready to travel the world and meet animals from all walks of life? In collaboration with SUNY Potsdam’s Biology Department and Animal Room, we’ll be learning where these beautiful creatures come from and what their life is like in the wild!

In this class, children will learn to sew using a variety of hand sewing techniques. Participants will use their sewing skills to create an original "sock monster" animal. This class is taught by artist Romi Sebald of Cranberry Brook Designs.

Take a guess at what type of food each animal eats! This is an interactive guessing game!

Combining Art and tech is a no-brainer for up and coming contemporary 21st century artists! Come explore how professional artists combine art with technology, then develop your own art using technology as a tool! We’ll explore animation, projections, 3-D printing, and take a field trip to Clarkson’s digital arts studio, including Virtual Reality!

For kids walking to age 5, with a caregiver. A mix of movement, music, and stories based in yoga. Class starts with an “om” and ends with a craft. Fun for both kids and adults. Yoga with Sarah Scafidi-McGuire. Caregivers stay with children during the program.

Come learn by doing as we explore the art of knitting! We’ll start with the basics and work our way up, creating a project to take home after, even if it's still a work in progress.

Are you ready to set loose in the world of Dr. Seuss? Come explore theater and set-design and delve into Dr. Seuss themed rhymes and skits. We will take a trip to SUNY Potsdam’s Theater Department to meet with professional set-designers and take a behind the scenes look at the world of performance. We’ll create […]

Create your own rivers, lakes, and mountains in the Adirondacks and see how pollution can affect humans and wildlife.

Learn about contemporary artist Kara Walker. We will learn about her artistic vision and history-filled paper narratives. You’ll create your own silhouette cutout as you use our program room walls! This is going to be one BIG silhouette story!

Ten session of hands-on music making with Crane professor and experienced early childhood music educator, Heather Wheeler.

Are you ready to travel the world and meet animals from all walks of life? In collaboration with SUNY Potsdam’s Biology Department and Animal Room, we’ll be learning where these beautiful creatures come from and what their life is like in the wild!

In this class, children will learn to sew using a variety of hand sewing techniques. Participants will use their sewing skills to create an original "sock monster" animal. This class is taught by artist Romi Sebald of Cranberry Brook Designs.

What do spider webs do and how do they work? Learn more about the science of spider webs by becoming an itsy-bitsy spider and making your own web!

Combining Art and tech is a no-brainer for up and coming contemporary 21st century artists! Come explore how professional artists combine art with technology, then develop your own art using technology as a tool! We’ll explore animation, projections, 3-D printing, and take a field trip to Clarkson’s digital arts studio, including Virtual Reality!

Cocoa and Cookies Event with children's book author Kiley Frank on Saturday, February 8th from 11am until noon. Kiley will read from her new book "Tomorrow is Waiting" and lead visitors in a fun poetry writing activity. Signed copies of the book will be for sale and cocoa and cookies will be served. Join us […]

Kiley will read from her new book "Tomorrow is Waiting" and lead visitors in a fun poetry writing activity. Signed copies of the book will be for sale and cocoa and cookies will be served. Join us for a cozy Saturday afternoon family activity! Praise for Tomorrow is Waiting, “This inspiring picture book soars with beauty […]

Explore the power of artistic appropriation. Use mass-produced images from popular culture to create your own personal masterpiece. Contemporary artist Wangetchi Mutu reclaims images for her mythological collages. Learn about Mutu's creations and create your own Mutu-like masterpiece.

Ten session of hands-on music making with Crane professor and experienced early childhood music educator, Heather Wheeler.

Are you ready to travel the world and meet animals from all walks of life? In collaboration with SUNY Potsdam’s Biology Department and Animal Room, we’ll be learning where these beautiful creatures come from and what their life is like in the wild!

In this class, children will learn to sew using a variety of hand sewing techniques. Participants will use their sewing skills to create an original "sock monster" animal. This class is taught by artist Romi Sebald of Cranberry Brook Designs.

Experiment with baking soda and vinegar to create fizzing paint! Use your fizzing paint to create a painting to take home. It's always a blast when art meets science!

Combining Art and tech is a no-brainer for up and coming contemporary 21st century artists! Come explore how professional artists combine art with technology, then develop your own art using technology as a tool! We’ll explore animation, projections, 3-D printing, and take a field trip to Clarkson’s digital arts studio, including Virtual Reality!

For kids walking to age 5, with a caregiver. A mix of movement, music, and stories based in yoga. Class starts with an “om” and ends with a craft. Fun for both kids and adults. Yoga with Sarah Scafidi-McGuire. Caregivers stay with children during the program.

Are you ready to set loose in the world of Dr. Seuss? Come explore theater and set-design and delve into Dr. Seuss themed rhymes and skits. We will take a trip to SUNY Potsdam’s Theater Department to meet with professional set-designers and take a behind the scenes look at the world of performance. We’ll create […]

Chemistry explores states of matter, including liquids, solids, and gasses and how different materials are made up of atoms and molecules. Come explore how materials act under different conditions to form new substances. Join Clarkson SWE to explore these concepts through making slime!

How does your heart feel after Valentine’s Day? Let’s explore the science of this muscular organ. We’ll make some new hearts in case yours was broken, and if you need some more room in your heart, now you’ll have two!

Come explore the world of classical music through dance and painting! We will be using the sounds we hear and our body movements to create an all-original painting. Featuring composers such as Stravinsky, Crumb, and Grieg.

Are you ready for an out-of-this world adventure? We’re going to explore the otherworldly beauty of alien planets and cosmic phenomena and discover the incredible potential of extremophiles on earth. We’ll experiment with the radiation in our own backyards and see how other worlds weather the storms of cosmic radiation. Finally, we’ll collaborate on an […]

Are you ready for an out-of-this world adventure? We’re going to explore the otherworldly beauty of alien planets and cosmic phenomena and discover the incredible potential of extremophiles on earth. We’ll experiment with the radiation in our own backyards and see how other worlds weather the storms of cosmic radiation. Finally, we’ll collaborate on an […]

Are you ready for an out-of-this world adventure? We’re going to explore the otherworldly beauty of alien planets and cosmic phenomena and discover the incredible potential of extremophiles on earth. We’ll experiment with the radiation in our own backyards and see how other worlds weather the storms of cosmic radiation. Finally, we’ll collaborate on an […]

Are you ready for an out-of-this world adventure? We’re going to explore the otherworldly beauty of alien planets and cosmic phenomena and discover the incredible potential of extremophiles on earth. We’ll experiment with the radiation in our own backyards and see how other worlds weather the storms of cosmic radiation. Finally, we’ll collaborate on an […]

Are you ready for an out-of-this world adventure? We’re going to explore the otherworldly beauty of alien planets and cosmic phenomena and discover the incredible potential of extremophiles on earth. We’ll experiment with the radiation in our own backyards and see how other worlds weather the storms of cosmic radiation. Finally, we’ll collaborate on an […]

Have you ever wondered what makes your voice sound the way it does? Everyone's is different, but why? Explore the muscles that create your unique voice!

Gregory Hodge creates illusionary abstractions by experimenting with paint strokes on different surfaces. Come paint larger-than-life brush strokes, cut them out and suspend them from the ceiling! We will create a large art installation that is Hodge inspired.

Ten session of hands-on music making with Crane professor and experienced early childhood music educator, Heather Wheeler.

Are you ready to travel the world and meet animals from all walks of life? In collaboration with SUNY Potsdam’s Biology Department and Animal Room, we’ll be learning where these beautiful creatures come from and what their life is like in the wild!

In this class, children will learn to sew using a variety of hand sewing techniques. Participants will use their sewing skills to create an original "sock monster" animal. This class is taught by artist Romi Sebald of Cranberry Brook Designs.

Come mix up some ooey-gooey slime that we will use as a canvas for our art project! You will draw on your slime and watch your drawing morph before your eyes! Stretch your drawing as you learn about non-Newtonian fluids!

Combining Art and tech is a no-brainer for up and coming contemporary 21st century artists! Come explore how professional artists combine art with technology, then develop your own art using technology as a tool! We’ll explore animation, projections, 3-D printing, and take a field trip to Clarkson’s digital arts studio, including Virtual Reality!

For kids walking to age 5, with a caregiver. A mix of movement, music, and stories based in yoga. Class starts with an “om” and ends with a craft. Fun for both kids and adults. Yoga with Sarah Scafidi-McGuire. Caregivers stay with children during the program.

Come learn by doing as we explore the art of knitting! We’ll start with the basics and work our way up, creating a project to take home after, even if it's still a work in progress.

Are you ready to set loose in the world of Dr. Seuss? Come explore theater and set-design and delve into Dr. Seuss themed rhymes and skits. We will take a trip to SUNY Potsdam’s Theater Department to meet with professional set-designers and take a behind the scenes look at the world of performance. We’ll create […]

How does nuclear power work? What is background radiation, and what does it look like? Join us as we explore the atomic realm and experiment with radiation safely!