Kindle your students’ creativity with hands-on arts workshops in drawing, painting, clay, sculpture, drama, music, and dance. Combine multiple workshops together or mix in a visit to our galleries, sculpture field, or theatre for young audiences to design a day of unique arts experiences tailored to your group.
You can view our menu of options below and fill out this form to request a customized field trip quote: Field Trip Request Form
Price: Workshops are priced at $5.50 per student/ per workshop unless otherwise indicated on the menu of options below.
Funding Support: Title 1 schools receive a discounted rate of $4.00 per student. Funding assistance, for organizations that serve a high population of youth eligible for free or reduced lunch, is also available. To request funding assistance, please fill out this form: Funding Assistance Form.
To request a workshop for your group of students, please fill out the form below.
*Specialty Workshop: additional $1 per student charge
Award winning performance Artist Lorenzo J. Ramirez, Artistic Director of Grupo Folklórico Sabor Latino, takes students on a journey back to ancient Mexico to experience the traditions, history and splendor of the Azteca people. Presented in full elaborate ceremonial uniform with natural instruments, Lorenzo provides participants with an engaging, interactive and educational experience of this unique indigenous culture.
*Specialty Workshop: additional $1 per student charge
Participants learn the “alphabet” of African hand drums forming basic sounds to create the language of drums. Participants practice playing traditional African rhythm patterns and learn about the use of these sounds and instruments in different African cultures.
With no set, no costumes and no props, students learn pantomime skills in order to convey meaning through gesture and expression alone.
This workshop supports Essential Skill-building in: informed risk taking, innovation, and critical thinking.
Utilizing a unique array of materials, and with guidance from a theatre professional, students are given a scenic prompt for which they must devise, from concept to completion, a stage-worthy prop.
This workshop supports Essential Skill-building in: problem solving, innovation, and awareness.
In this workshop drama and literacy come together as students create and perform short scenes based on well known poems. Youth explore pace, characterization, gesture, emotion, space, and energy to engage with and reimagine simple text. As students work together in groups, they learn about teamwork, the creative dramatic process, and how to engage more completely with literature.
“All the world’s a stage!” Participants explore Shakespeare’s world in this acting workshop that combines literature with the performing arts. Fun tongue twisters from Hamlet, fairy scenes from A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, and acting games give participants a brief look at this famous playwright. Discover creative Shakespearean phrases and ease the understanding of Shakespeare’s dialogue through a trivia game and original comedic radio play based on six of Shakespeare’s works.
Learn how actors create those stage and scene battles without pain! Students learn the simple terms and techniques for hand-to-hand stage combat, as well as introductory fencing techniques.
Participants take part in a variety of theatre and improvisation games. From partner improvs to group improvs, everyone gets a chance to play. Students develop self-confidence, learn about comic timing, and strengthen cooperation and listening skills.
*Specialty Workshop: additional $1 per student charge
Students learn about the origins of the Dragon Boat Festival and sculpt their own Dragon Boats from clay.
*Specialty Workshop: additional $1 per student charge
In this workshop students explore the anatomy, physiology and life cycle of frogs and create their own frog inspired vessel.
Using jumbo sheets of paper, students learn point perspective and use their newfound skills to create larger than life character illustrations.
Traditional Panamanian fabric Molas, patterned rectangular panels of sewn brightly colored fabrics and applique, inspire this collage project. Using cut and paste layering techniques, students design their own bold, colorful paper Molas.
Taking inspiration from textile based paintings created by the Senufo people of the northern Ivory Coast, students explore the symbolization of natural elements and repetitive pattern design as they create their own stylized mud paintings on cloth.
Colorado’s amazing landscapes and land formations are the foundation of this unique take on collage. In this workshop students tear and paste in layers to create colorful layered images inspired by our natural landscape.
This vibrant and energetic performance, based on the drumming traditions of West Africa, takes its audience on a rhythmic journey from Africa to the New World and back. The dynamics of the music gives the ensemble its name. “Kusogea” is a word in Ki-Swahili that means “to move.” “Nobi'' is a word indigenous to the world that means “people.” Kusogea Nobi moves people—it is virtually impossible to remain still during this performance!
* $550 flat fee - Grades K-8
The sound of an authentic Taiko drum leads this exploration through Japanese culture. Costumes, Japanese folktales, percussion instruments, and the booming Taiko drum come together to immerse students in ancient Japanese art forms.
* $350 flat fee - Grades K-12
Yesterado is a one-hour-long performance featuring a light-hearted glimpse at Colorado history. Real-life traveling entertainers Jack Langrishe and Marietta Ravel are reimagined as a sort of goofy, time-travel welcome wagon committee, taking you back in time and giving you a glimpse of Colorado in the 1890s. To deepen your students’ learning, please ask about accompanying workshops that complement Yesterado.
* $400 flat fee - Grades 2-6
Special matinee performances specifically for middle and high school students are held on Thursdays at 10:30 am. The rate is $14 per student and chaperone with teachers free of charge.
Additionally, school groups can attend evening performances of these productions with arrangements through our Education department. Tickets are $14 per student for plays in the Black Box, and $18 for musicals in the Main Stage Theatre.
Please fill out the form below to connect with Julie Payne, Theatre Education Coordinator, to book a student matinee for your middle or high school!
Theatre Field Trip Request Form
2022-2023 Student Matinees:
The River Bride, by by Marisela Treviño Orta
October 13, 20, 27, and Nov. 3 - all at 10:30 am.
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
March 30, April 6, and Tuesday, April 18 - all at 10:30 am.
The Book Club Play, by Karen Zacarías.
April 13, 20 - all at 10:30 am.