Santa Fe Children’s Museum,
Meow Wolf and CCA Santa Fe Present:

Plushtronic Zoo
D.I.Y. Tech Modding, Story-Building, and Remixing Stuffed Animals

At The Santa Fe Children’s Museum
February 25th, 26th and March 3rd, 4th
1:30pm - 3:00pm
$75 per child for all 4 sessions

(Santa Fe, NM)  The Santa Fe Children's Museum (SFCM) and Chimera, an education collaboration between the Center for Contemporary Arts and Meow Wolf, are pleased to announcePlushtronic Zoo, a 4-day workshop on basic electronics, narrative, and recreating old toys with new components.

In four 90-minute sessions, children ages 8-12 and up will learn the basics of battery-operated and low-voltage lights, motors, and audio components. Children will build their own basic circuits, install them in reconfigured plush toys, and develop brief biographies for their unique creations. Students will be guided through each step of the process by artists from Meow Wolf, creating personalized, one-of-a-kind toys. Plush toys will be provided or a child can bring along his or her favorite toy to recreate!

Plushtronic Zoo is $75 per child for all four sessions. Workshop fees cover all materials, and students will keep their finished projects. Registration for all four sessions is required.

To register: call 505.989.8359 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Registration starts on Monday, January 23. Workshop fee includes all-day free admission to the museum for the child registered in the workshop and one adult.

ABOUT CHIMERA
Chimera's mission is to introduce students to collaboration through artistic practice regardless of medium, skill level, or aesthetic, and to guide children in creating artworks that transcend individual abilities.

www.ccasantafe.org/outreach

ABOUT SFCM’s MOVERS AND MAKERS SERIES
SFCM’s partnership with Chimera launches its initiative to promote hands-on, do-it-yourself workshops. By using old and new technologies, children explore the mechanics of everyday objects, inventing and re-inventing their relationship to the modern world.

www.santafechildrensmuseum.org

The only fun greater than breaking a toy is re-making a better one!

Promo Info:
Chimera's Plushtronic Zoo is a hands-on, intensive workshop, accomplished in four 90-minute sessions. Each child enrolled in the workshop will produce one tech-modified stuffed animal, complete with personal biography, created from a mixture of new components and second-hand materials.

In this unique 4-day workshop, children will learn to:
safely disassemble small electronics and plush toys
construct a basic circuit to light an LED, run a motor, or generate audio
rebuild stuffed animals and create new ones
generate a simple artist book, telling the story of their new toy

Day 1:
On day 1, children will learn the workshop concepts, see demonstration pieces, and begin to assemble their own project kits: for the foundation of their project, they will choose stuffed animals to disassemble and remix, as well as fabric for creating custom work. They will also choose from a selection of tech components--some new, and some from within old toys and found electronics. Children will end the day in destruction, learning safe ways to take apart toys and small DC-powered electronics and recycling the parts.

Days 2-4:
On the remaining days of the workshop, children will work in small groups at one of three stations: tech/electronics, creature recreation, and story building. Each child will generate their own piece throughout the workshop, and group-work will enable them to learn and work more quickly, guided by multiple instructors and assisted by one another.

The intent of the workshop is to build each child's confidence and resourcefulness in the creation of new toys in a unique, multidisciplinary, and exciting way. The final product will be a tech-modified toy for each child, complete with biography, and the know-how to independently take-on similar projects in the future.

The only fun greater than breaking a toy is re-making a better one!

Sandra Napua
Chimera Program Director
Administrative Manager
Center for Contemporary Arts
1050 Old Pecos Trail
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
(505) 982 1338 x 108
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