Art and Science on the Go - Programs

Registration for our current program is closed. Please check back in late summer to register for our fall outreach program.

Why have winters changed in Michigan? How do you stabilize a damaged painting? Both climatologists and art conservators face questions about how to respond to changes both to and from the environment. Through a generous grant from the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation, Cranbrook Art and Science on the Go presents a free, cross-curricular program on how people in the arts and sciences recognize and respond to change.

During this one hour program, students will:

• Explore evidence of past rapid changes to Earth’s climate
• Find how resulting climate models can help determine the human impact on current climate
• Take on the role of art conservators to collect information and weigh risk in determining how to stabilize a work of art
• Interpret art as responses to environmental changes
• Find ways to respond to their findings through local solutions and means of expression

This one hour program is designed for students in grades 6-8 and is closely aligned with Michigan science, math and art GLCEs, Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. The program will only be offered February 2013 through May 2013 to northern lower-penninsula Michigan schools and spaces are limited. Programs are presented to groups no larger than 30 students at a time and can be repeated multiple times in a day.

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To register, please fill out our registration form or call 248-645-3133 or email asog@cranbrook.edu for further information.

Past Programs:

Reflect on This, an investigation of light, color and the creative process in the arts and sciences, was presented October 2012 - January 2013, thanks to a grant from The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation.

 During the 45-minute program, middle school students will:

• Practice techniques to help problem solve and think creatively
• Use hands on activities to explore the wave nature of light and how this understanding allows us to manipulate light and color
• Understand the steps of the creative process by building a simple light sculpture with provided materials
• Identify parallels between the next generation scientific practices and the creative process
• Explore the transmission, reflection, diffraction and refraction of light through use of the materials
• Use light to understand additive/subtractive color theory and how colors are perceived
• If time permits, examine the visual perception of our environment and how the eye and mind can be fooled

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Further Information

Cu in Michigan, Cranbrook Art and Science on the Go’s first outreach program, was presented for free to middle school students in northern Michigan from January - April, 2012, thanks to a grant from The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation.

During the 45-minute program, middle school students will experience

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Further Information, including GLCEs
Pre/Post activities

Two new programs will be developed every year. Check back for information on our next program in September 2013!