Youth Programs

Current Youth Events

TSL's Kids Create workshops give children varied opportunities to see themselves as inventors, artists, and builders, and to experience the empowerment, learning and joy that come with that. The workshops allow children to build from their own imaginations, to explore materials, tools and concepts, and to creatively problem-solve. TSL’s Youth Programming Director, Bonnie Scott Jones, began leading Kids Create Workshops at TSL in the summer of 2010, and she has offered an array of workshops since then. All of the workshop are led by bright, caring, and enthusiastic educators, and each gives participants space, freedom and support to make things that are truly theirs, and that give them a sense of pride.

Registration: These workshops are FREE; participants are strongly encouraged to make a voluntary donation to TSL to keep these workshops going and open to all.  Registration is REQUIRED and workshop size is limited. Children may register for more than one workshop if space is available. 

 

Youth Program: Little Wings Music - Developing Musical Skills Through Joyful Play

Thursdays 2:30 - 3:15 Ten sessions for 3 ^1/2 - 5 year olds with an adult family member.

Enter into a magical, musical world! Songs, finger plays, nursery rhymes, instruments, scarves, puppets, beautiful books and great pieces of music from all over the world are a part of every lesson. Classes are engaging for the whole family and will keep you smiling all week. The activities in our Little Wings pre-school music class help develop a steady beat and singing voice, which are the foundation of all musical skills. Through joyful play, children will explore musical elements such as high/low, loud/soft, fast/slow as well as early music literacy. Besides being fun, the music used and performed in the class is carefully chosen to create a balance of different meters and modes to help develop your child's musical ear.
Pure joy, for adults and children!
10 classes, $120/child for the series, $60/sibling
$15 drop-in, classes are cumulative

Youth Program: Hands-On Summer Workshop: Science. Music. Art

This workshop is for kids ages 6-12. Neighborhood pick-up is available. (note: this workshop will be followed by a Kids Music Workshop, August 27-30).
Kids in the workshop will experiment with science and technology, create musical pieces, and explore art. Participants will be divided into older/younger age groups, and will have time for outdoor recreation as well as indoor activities. The workshop will provide hands-on opportunities to develop scientific understanding and creative expression.
Registration is REQUIRED, and program size is limited. To register or ask any questions about the TSL Kids Create, contact TSL Youth Program Director, Bonnie Scott Jones at TSL-Youth@timeandspace.org . This workshop is FREE; participants are strongly encouraged to make a donation to TSL to keep our workshops going and open to all.

Recent Youth Events

Youth Program: TSL Kids Create and Museum of Simple Machines Expo

During our most recent workshop, TSL kids explored levers and linkages and made their own mechanical creations. Join us between 11 am and noon on Saturday, March 17th at the TSL Youth Space, for a video screening of the kids and their machines in action, and a tour of our kid-created Museum of Simple Machines!

Refreshments will be served! All ages welcome! Please bring your family and friends.

To find out more about TSL youth programs or to register for the Spring 2011 TSL Kids Create,
email TSL-Youth@timeandspace.org or call (518) 822-8448.

Youth Program: Musical Masterpieces

Fridays 10:00 - 12:00 For curious kids age 6 and up. Students study great musical pieces and connect them to great works of visual art in books and from history, using creative movement and crafts. FREE! (Donations encouraged)

Youth Program: Little Wings Music - Developing Musical Skills Through Joyful Play

Fridays 3:00 - 3:45 Ten sessions for 3 ^1/2 - 5 year olds with an adult family member.

Enter into a magical, musical world! Songs, finger plays, nursery rhymes, instruments, scarves, puppets, beautiful books and great pieces of music from all over the world are a part of every lesson. Classes are engaging for the whole family and will keep you smiling all week. The activities in our Little Wings pre-school music class help develop a steady beat and singing voice, which are the foundation of all musical skills. Through joyful play, children will explore musical elements such as high/low, loud/soft, fast/slow as well as early music literacy. Besides being fun, the music used and performed in the class is carefully chosen to create a balance of different meters and modes to help develop your child's musical ear.
Pure joy, for adults and children!
10 classes, $120/child for the series, $60/sibling
No drop-ins, classes are cumulative

Youth Program: Kid's Create- Arts & Crafts with Revonda Smith

Revonda Smith and a group of 4 other adults supervise 4 - 6 year olds with crafting projects; Thursdays 4:00 - 6:00pm
Children in this workshop are encouraged to expand their creative impulses and to improve their dexterity using a variety of materials. The sessions also include times to sing and freely move around.

Youth Program: Young Adults Community Outreach Program

facilitated by Maria Boxill and the Community Outreach Committee. For ages: 18 and up; Thursdays 6:00 -8:00pm; from January 5.
This is a series of workshops to address artistic presentation and comportment including self-image, behavioral adaptation, and self-empowerment. The workshops also focus on tactical skills such as networking, setting up sound boards, lighting, and set building.
During October and November 2011, TSL sponsored three trips to NYC during which participants were given the opportunity to perform and have discussions with professional artists Nathaniel Pearson Jr. and Gemini.
On November 18, 2011, TSL sponsored a talent showcase at Savoia Hudson to share the progress achieved by the TSL YACOP participants with the community
On February 8, 2012, "Hudson's Finest" showcase takes place at TSL.

Youth Program: TSL Community Outreach Committee - NYC Poetry Night and Open Mic

A POETRY SLAM in NYC was the first event envisioned and realized by the newly formed TSL Community Outreach Committee. Eighteen young people ages 20 - 24 travelled to Manhattan to enjoy and take part in "The Inspired Word Presents Uphook Press NYC Poetry Night and Open Mic" at One and One NY hosted by Gemini from Def Jam Poetry. With trips to other events and places, TSL aims to expand the horizons of this group of Hudson young people.

Youth Program: TSL Kids Create - Outdoor Shelter Building Workshop

Shelter Building Workshop 2011 from Bonnie Jones on Vimeo.

A workshop for 7 - 11 year olds. Participants will use natural and traditional building materials to construct simple shelters. Projects may include a lean-to, fort, or small cabin. Children will gain experience with building materials and hand tools, and will collaborate on project planning and "work site" safety.

To register or ask any questions about Kids Create workshops, please email Bonnie Scott Jones, TSL Youth Program Director, at TSL-Youth@timeandspace.org.

Youth Program: TSL Kid's Create Design and Build Session II: Toy Theaters

Lead by TSL Youth Program Director, Bonnie Scott Jones, The TSL Kids Create Series has included City Build, Waterfront Model Making and Making Moving Toys.
This Spring's Workshops are:
I. Design and Build Bridges
II. Toy Theaters.

Toy Theaters Workshop will consist of 5 classes: April 30, May 7, 14, 21, June 4 (no class Memorial Day Weekend).
10:00am - noon
In this workshop, children will design and build their own toy theaters. Toy theaters are tiny, table-top puppet theaters first used in the early 1800s. Participants will develop characters, settings, and story lines, and will build theaters, scenery, and stick puppets from cardboard and paper. Registration is Required The workshops are free and class size is limited to 10 participants. Children may register for one session: they will be placed on a waiting list for the second session if they are interested in both. Participants are strongly encouraged to make a voluntary donation to TSL to keep these workshops going and open to all.

To register or ask any questions about the TSL Kids Create, contact TSL Youth Program Director, Bonnie Scott Jones at TSL-Youth@timeandspace.org or call TSL at (518) 822-8448

Youth Program: Making Moving Toys - Automata

Untitled from Bonnie Jones on Vimeo.

TSL Kids Create Winter workshop - Making Moving Toys led by TSL Youth Program leaders, Bonnie Scott Jones and Ryder Cooley. For two hours, over seven Saturdays from January 15 with the last workshop on February 26. This was a free program. Donations of funds, materials, or time are always welcome.

In this workshop, kids explored simple principles of mechanical movement, and used them to make their own hand-operated moving toys. Each child started with a cardboard frame to support a dowel (shaft) and added foam shapes (cams) to create simple movements such as up and down, round and round. The kids then created figures and scenes for their moving toys, using a variety of materials, such as cardboard, modeling clay, fabric, and buttons.

Youth Program: Community Build

A summer project for young people ages 7 to 10 meeting July 19th thru August 20th; every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10am to 1pm. Admission is free. All contributions are welcome. The workshop will be facilitated with the help of TSL staff, interns, parents, and young teachers.

Community Build includes hands-on construction of an imagined community complete with buildings, streets, trees, open space, etc. Beginning with cardboard houses, the participants will expand their neighborhood space by space using glue, wood, paint, and other materials to create a community complete with roads, rivers, mountains, fields, farms, cities, and streets.

Materials have been contributed by the Members of TSL. In addition, the project is made possible, in part, with funds from the Sidney and Beatrice Albert Foundation, the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, the Lewart Family Charitable Trust, the Rheinstrom Hill Community Foundation, the Jewish Communal Fund, Stewart's Foundation, and the United Way of Columbia & Greene Counties.

Renovation of the TSL Youth Space has been made possible, in part, with an appropriation from then Congressman / now Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.

Kingston Freeman Article

Youth Program: Shakespeare Lab: A Three Week Intensive for Young Adults

Under the direction of Linda Mussmann and Claudia Bruce Ages: 15 to 20 Shakespeare's "King Lear" gets the "Mussmann Treatment" in this workshop created especially for teens. Scripts are developed by Linda and refined on the spot with input from the ensemble cast. Linda and Claudia have worked in theater, creating original performance works, for over 36 years. This workshop is a unique opportunity to work with professional artists who are known for their creative implementation of theater techniques for the 20th and 21st centuries. The workshop covers avant-garde theater techniques: movement, voice, text and script development, lighting and set design, basic ensemble work. Students must be open to experimental ways of working and be willing to move, speak, and adapt to daily changes and new ideas. The workshop is designed to be rigorous - and fun.