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February Break Free Events for NYC Teens

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Who doesn’t love a four-day weekend?

Although the typical NYC mid-winter recess was cut a bit short to make up for days lost to Hurricane Sandy, Hive NYC members have two exciting events planned for teens over President’s Day Weekend.

These events will be fun AND give youth a chance to embrace their inner makers! Whether they want to make online games or rockin’ beats, play with soft circuits or vintage video games, teens will be learning and making something awesome. They’ll also meet other teens from across the city that share their interests and learn about opportunities to further explore the types of projects and programs they really care about.

Both events are FREE and open to youth ages 13-19. Registration is required and space is limited, so sign up today!

Saturday, Feb. 16th – 1pm-4pm

The Maker Space at the New York Hall of Science – Learning Lab Pop-Up

47-01 111th Street
Queens, NY 11368
Register here: http://learninglabspopup.eventbrite.com/

This is the first time the Maker Space at The New York Hall of Science is hosting and event where youth can dig into their interests, whether they be in music, film, coding, physical computing and more. There will be plenty of food, music, prizes and opportunities to:

  • Become a webmaker – create a webpage, make-your-own-meme, remix videos and more
  • Try out 3D printing with Makerbot
  • Make your own animated video
  • Participate in the Experimental Sound Project with World Up!

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Monday, Feb. 18th – 11am-4:30pm

Museum of the Moving Image – Level Up Teen Game Jam

36-01 35th Ave
Astoria, NY 11106
Register here: http://levelupgamejam.eventbrite.com/
This event for game lovers and future game designers is being held in conjunction with IndieCade East and the 2013 STEM Video Challenge. At this two-day event, teens will gain true gamer inspiration from IndieCade East and the Museum of the Moving Image special exhibition, SpaceWar! Video Games Blast Off! Then they’ll dive into creating their own online games with experts from Mozilla, E-Line Media, Institute of Play and others! Get ready to get your game on! NOTE: This is a two-day event and attendance is requested on both days.

Here’s hoping all students have an awesome and productive mid-winter break!

Hive NYC at World Maker Faire!

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This is re-posted from the Maker Education blog. We’ll be in the Young Makers Tent all weekend with a bunch of our members hosting fun activities and leading some exciting workshops.

Under one tent, you can remix t-shirts, create your own podcasts, make paper circuits, break commercials, measure the air quality using your mobile device and meet a bunch of cool teen makers.  Explore, create and share with Hive Learning Network NYC in the Young Makers Tent!

Hive Learning Network NYC (aka Hive NYC) is a coalition of 40 non-profit organizations-museums, libraries, media and others-that work together to develop programs that promote interest-driven learning and the creative use of digital media and technology for youth.

This weekend, educators and teens from more than ten Hive NYC member 
organizations will be running activities that demonstrate the collaborative 
nature of the network and the  innovative (mainly after school) 
programs offered to youth across the city.

  • Remix Fashion with Dream Yard
  • Try some simple cut and tie techniques to upcycle t-shirts and give them a whole new life!
  • DIY Podcasts with WNYC’s Radio Rookies
  • Gain some basic interviewing skills and record your own short interview.
  • Collect, Construct, Change with New York Hall of Science
  • Collect some environmental data on-site with cool, mobile Aircasting probes.
  • Curiosity Machine: Flat Balls and Shrimp Catapults with Iridescent
  • Build a 3D ball out of 2D parts, or a catapult inspired by mantis shrimp.
  • Break a Commercial with The LAMP
  • Go behind the scenes of how and why commercials are created, then ’talk back’ to the big media messages telling you how to dress, what to eat and so much more.
  • Sample U! a Living Remix Redux with WorldUP
  • It’s an audio laboratory where you are the instrument! Use your voice and the sounds around you to create an improvised song.
  • Himalayan Fashion with Rubin Museum of Art
  • Silkscreen and add embellishments to tote bags and clothing using Himalayan designs, plus ake namka thread crosses to add to your designs!
  • World’s Faire 2.0 with REV-
  • Teens will demo an interactive mobile scavenger hunt they created that investigates how the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fairs in Queens shaped the region’s geography and future.
  • Filmmaking Workshop with American Museum of Natural History and Reel Works Teen Filmmaking
  • Teens teaching teens how to shoot and edit video footage from the grounds at Maker Faire.
  • BOXES (Building Open Expandable Systems) with Parsons The New School for Design
  • Make basic paper circuits, then transform them into sound and light boxes.
  • Books in the Digital Age with Brooklyn Public Library
  • These aren’t your grandma’s book reviews - use picture, video and animation apps and software to create book reviews and web comics.
  • Maker Bingo and Youth-Made Legacy Projects with MOUSE Corps
  • Pick up your Maker Bingo worksheet and enter to win prizes based on how many activities and demos you participate in. May the best maker win!
  • Become a Webmaker with Mozilla Thimble
  • Make your own meme, create a web-based “how to,” remix websites and play in the web arcade.
In 2011, Hive NYC won a Make Magazine Editor’s Choice Blue Ribbon at Maker Faire,
so be sure to stop by and check us out! You can also follow along on Twitter
(@hivelearningnyc and #hivebuzz) or Facebook (facebook.com/hivelearningnyc).

We’ll also be facilitating the following workshops in the Education Cafe:

Saturday, 11:00-11:30 Hive Learning Network: Innovation through Collaboration – Examples from Hive, a collaborative learning network around innovation, informal learning and MacArthur’s Connected Learning Principals. Project demos.

Saturday, 1:00-2:00 BOXES with Parsons The New School for Design – Are you a teacher, mentor, maker, hacker, who wants to learn more about integrating physical computing and soft circuits? BOXES is a platform for educators to to engage their students in computational thinking literacies through craft.

Saturday, 5:30-6:30 C3 Citizen STEM – Imagine having a set of digital tools that will allow you to record environmental data. Join NYSCI, HabitatMap, & Sonoma Tech as we share these tools and help you develop action plans ranging from T-shirt designs to PSA’s!

Sunday, 1:00-1:45 Remix Fashion – Ever thought about remixing an old t-shirt? Now you can! Hive Fashion and DreamYard will lead this hands-on workshop to teach you simple ways to turn those old shirts into a cool, new look.

DreamYard Fashion Week in the Bronx

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The new Hive Fashion initiative and DreamYard are an obvious fit! (No pun intended.) DreamYard has offered free out-of-school arts programming for years in the Bronx, but never before in fashion. We’re not sure what took us so long because the Bronx has been a fashion incubator for generations – from b-boy and hip hop style to current fashion bloggers like Street Etiquette. The people of the Bronx are constantly remixing fashion to make it their own and, in turn, inspiring fashion designers around the world.

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This week is Fashion Week at DreamYard, which includes a five-day workshop at the DreamYard Art Center for teens and a culminating fashion show on August 10th. Fifteen participants will be working with two educators: Moriah Carlson, designer for Feral Childe, and Cydney Gray, a DIY fashion expert. The participants will spend the first three days learning about style and fashion and the last two days creating looks for the fashion show.

The Fashion Week workshop was developed using DreamYard’s Out of School Programs’ core values: Empower, Create, and Connect. Participants will learn to think critically about fashion and style, develop skills to create their own looks, and share their creations with their family, friends and the community at a fashion show. A theme throughout the week is the fashion cycle, in which trends flow between high fashion (think Dior and Chanel), consumable (think H&M and Target), and DIY (think Etsy and cutting up your old t-shirts). We usually look to high fashion to set trends, but often it’s more of a back and forth. Young people are starting trends all the time through experimenting with new styles that eventually inspire high fashion. (For example, look back at Marc Jacob’s collection in 1993, which was inspired by the young “grunge” rock scene in Seattle.)

Each of the first three days of the Fashion Week workshop explores a question from DreamYard’s Out of School Programs’ Framework. Day One’s question is “Who do you admire?” Participants will look at high fashion designs for inspiration, break down what a trend is, and create their first fashion items. On Day Two, participants will focus on the question “What do you see?” The idea is to allow them to explore why designers make certain design choices and how fashion blogging helps inspire and develop trends. Day Three asks the participants “What do you want to say?” Participants will continue learning DIY design techniques like basic sewing and pattern printing, as well as develop a sense of their own style and start to plan for the final fashion show. Participants will have two additional days to work together to create looks that will be showcased on Friday afternoon.

Overall, the goal of Fashion Week at DreamYard is to empower the young people who participate to look for inspiration around them and begin designing today with what they have available to them. After five days of inspiration, creation, and sharing, they will present their work with a sense of their own style and an idea of what they want to say through what they wear.

We hope you will join us tomorrow, Friday, August 10th at 4pm at the DreamYard Art Center (1085 Washington Ave @ 166th St, Bronx) for our fashion show to check out some of NYC’s hottest young designers! You can also follow the teens’ progress on our tumblr: dreamyardfashion.tumblr.com