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Happy National Urban Beekeeping Day! Did you know there are active and thriving beehives on the roof of the Kennedy Center?! National center for the performing arts and honey production! How sweet is that! 🐝🎻

Happy Earth Day! We have some lesson plans that will help your students appreciate the many wonders of our planet in arts-informed ways. Topics include recycling, weather, butterflies, sunflowers, trees, and more! 💚 🌎 💙 http://ow.ly/vTvT50IPmlJ

It's Major League Baseball opening day! Step up to the plate for a baseball-themed, interactive, gamified orchestral learning experience like no other. Swing for the fences with our interactive! https://www.kennedy-center.org/perfectpitch

New episode! | Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems: VARIANT EDITION

New episode! | Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems: VARIANT EDITION Mo welcomes you into his studio at home and guides you through drawing activities using one of his favorite characters as inspiration!

Featured Resources: Black History

Black History is American History. And our history is reflected back to us through our artists and the art they create.

Featured Resources: Black History Black History is American History. And our history is captured and reflected back to us through our artists and the art they create. The arts raise awareness, uplift spirits, challenge systems, and effect change.

Painting: The Art of Self Expression

Happy Friday and Happy Birthday to American painter Jackson Po***ck! This is a great opportunity to explore abstract expressionism and, more broadly, the different elements of art and technique that go into painting. We're taking this moment to highlight our K-2 lesson "Painting: The Art of Self Expression."

Have you tried this lesson with your students? Do you have any other favorite lessons or activities you're using in the classroom to explore painting and self expression? Let us know! https://bit.ly/33XKRu0

Painting: The Art of Self Expression In this K-2 lesson, students will explore elements of art and different artists' techniques to create various styles of paintings. Students will interpret  art and describe styles by using key vocabulary terms when discussing paintings.

The Skeleton of a Scary Story

Happy Birthday Edgar Allan Poe! This spooky writer was born on this day in 1809, and although he was mostly known as a literary critic during his time, he is now best remembered for macabre classics such as The Pit and the Pendulum, The Cask of Amontillado, and the Masque of the Red Death - just to name a few. If you're looking for a resource to explore more about scary stories and storytelling, check out The Skeleton of a Scary Story, which gets into the guts of what makes a narrative so spooky!

https://bit.ly/3nEDJtc

The Skeleton of a Scary Story What gives a scary story its boo factor? Learn about the tricks you can use to rattle readers.

Today is the birthday of Zora Neale Hurston, born in 1891. In addition to being an incredibly accomplished author, anthropologist, and filmmaker, Zora was a central figure in the which you can teach your students about with our lesson plan "Musical Harlem" http://ow.ly/rUqm50HpEgt

Featured Resources: Winter Holiday Traditions

Featured Resources: Winter Holiday Traditions Though the weather outside may not yet be frightful, winter is coming. And with it, the possibility that virtual learning has made snow days a thing of the past. So we've collected some great winter-themed digital resources for you and your students.

Calls to Artistic Action | Kennedy Center

Calls to Artistic Action | Kennedy Center Madeleine L’Engle remains best-known for her Wrinkle in Time Trilogy (or Time Quintet). The author’s style grew from participating in different literary and performing art opportunities. Learn how different types of art played a role in L’Engle’s writing development and discover some of L’...

Featured Resources: Winter Holiday Traditions

Our featured resources focus on: Winter Holiday Traditions

Though the weather outside may not yet be frightful, winter is coming. And with it, the possibility that virtual learning has made snow days a thing of the past. So just in case, we've collected some great winter-themed digital resources for you and your students.

Featured Resources: Winter Holiday Traditions Though the weather outside may not yet be frightful, Winter is coming. And with it, the possibility that virtual learning has made snow days a thing of the past. So we've collected some great Winter-themed digital resources for you and your students.

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Worldbuilding

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Worldbuilding In this 6-8 lesson, students will explore the intersection of science fiction and fantasy from the works of Madeleine L’Engle’s, A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy. Students will create an original character, thing, ability, and/or place using worldbuilding elements. Students will choose between dramatiz...

During its final week of streaming, make sure to check out the Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences production of kennedy-center.org/awindinthedoor (2nd story in the trilogy by Madeleine L’Engle) & while you’re at it, our “Sci-Fi & Fantasy WorldBuilding” lesson plan kennedy-center.org/worldbuilding, “Meet Madeleine L’Engle,” kennedy-center.org/meetmadeleine, and “Calls to Artistic Action” kennedy-center.org/artisticaction articles.

⚾️⚾️ Bring the WORLD SERIES to the CLASSROOM! Check out PERFECT PITCH, an interactive learning tool, and THE ART OF BASEBALL lesson plan. Now you just have to cue up "Take Me Out to the Ball Game!" as students enter the classroom! ⚾️⚾️
INTERACTIVE TOOL: http://ow.ly/Qk6C50GyxTx
THE ART OF BASEBALL LESSON PLAN: https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/lessons-and-activities/lessons/3-5/the-art-of-baseball/

Featured Resources: Fall Holiday Traditions

Our new featured resources focus on: Fall Holiday Traditions

As leaves change and temperatures chill, the season brings opportunities to participate in diverse cultural celebrations. The arts are an excellent way to explore these fall holiday traditions from Halloween (October 31), to El Día de los Mu***os (November 2), to Diwali (November 4).

Featured Resources: Fall Holiday Traditions As leaves change and temperatures chill, the season brings opportunities to participate in diverse cultural celebrations. The arts are an excellent way to explore these Fall holiday traditions from Diwali (October 26), to Halloween (October 31), to El Día de los Mu***os (November 2).

Happy Birthday Arthur Miller who once said that other than a doctor saving someone’s life, “writing a worthy play was the most important thing a human being could do.” Meet the artist through one of his most important works. https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/media-and-interactives/media/theater/arthur-miller--death-of-a-salesman/

Featured Resources: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month was established by the US government in 1988 and is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 (a date range that encapsulates independence day celebrations for multiple countries throughout Central and South America). National Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to acknowledge, celebrate, and learn more about the different histories and identities of Hispanic and Latinx Americans and their contributions to identity and culture in the United States. Our featured collection of digital resources fosters multiculturalism with opportunities to self-reflect, explore, and participate in community building through the arts.

Featured Resources: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month Explore visual artists, music, and dance through important artists of the Spanish-speaking world

Featured Resources: Folklore for Grades 3-5

Featured Resources: Folklore for Grades 3-5 This collection of resources fuses common folklore themes with theater, math, science, and culture. We think this is a great way to naturally add dynamic ELA and Arts strategies to your teaching toolkit as your students become Cryptozoologists and legends of the past.

Calling artists ages 14–26! Submit an original portrait of President John F. Kennedy for a chance at a $500 prize & having your artwork displayed in The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for its season. Submit by July 31 ➡ bit.ly/JFKportraits

Calling artists ages 14–26! 🎨✏🖼

Submit an original portrait of President John F. Kennedy for a chance at a $500 prize & having your artwork displayed in the Kennedy Center for its season.



Submit by July 31 ➡ bit.ly/JFKportraits

Registration is now open for four The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Kennedy Center Office of VSA and Accessibility online courses. Each course offers a deep dive into different aspects of special education, arts education, and inclusive accessible practices. Learn more and register at http://ow.ly/yAu550F5E7K
• Introduction to the Arts and Special Education
• Differentiated Instruction In and Through the Arts
• Making the Special Education-Arts Education Connection
• Universal Design for Learning and the Arts

Today is the 104th birthday of John F. Kennedy! Check out the JFK Creative Portraits art contest!

Happy birthday to President John F. Kennedy—born 104 years ago! 🎉

To celebrate this occasion during our 50th Anniversary season, we invite young artists ages 14–26 living in the United States to reflect on the legacy of our nation's 35th president by submitting an original portrait of him as part of our JFK Creative Portraits art contest. 🖼

Ten works will be selected for display in a digital gallery, and one winner will receiving a $500 prize and have their portrait displayed in our Hall of States during our season. 😍

Submissions are open June 1–July 31, 2021! Details ➡ bit.ly/JFKportraits

Come on in for a National Symphony Orchestra Young People's Concert! 🎻🎶💡

The Kennedy Center is your community and home for music, theater, dance, opera, storytelling, poetry, and more from all over the world. This digital concert takes you on a tour of the Center with the spoken-word poetry of Kwame Alexander and an inspiring variety of classical music performed by the NSO & Music Director Gianandrea Noseda. 🎼

In Russian, Chinese, Ghanaian, French, and English: Dobró požálovat´, Huān yíng, Akwaaba, Bienvenue, and Welcome! 🎉

Learning resources for this concert will be available at kennedy-center.org/ypc 📚

Three new activities [that you can do at home!] added to the collection covering and education — and many more on the way. Come be a part of the fun and learning! https://www.kennedy-center.org/TeachingArtistsPresent 🎶 💃🏻 🎭

It was on this day 90 years ago that the was officially adopted as the of the United States. Learn all about the at https://www.kennedy-center.org/starspangledbanner!