Creative Connections: Creating A Rainbow School

About this episode

This episode features a discussion between educators Nikki Klinger and Lauren Grund about a collaborative salmon art project involving a whole school.

This episode is being released as part of Creative Constellations: MoNA's Youth Education Programs, an exhibition at MoNA that highlights the museum's youth programming. You'll hear from two educators, Nikki Klinger and Lauren Grund, about how they came together to involve a whole school in a salmon art project - one that showcases the creativity of each student. This conversation between Nikki and Lauren highlights the collaboration between educators and the impact it has on schools and communities. You can read more about this exhibition on our website: https://www.monamuseum.org/outside-in-creative-constellations

People in this episode

Guests: Nikki Klinger, Lauren Grund

Topics covered

• youth education
• art collaboration
• community impact
• school projects
• creativity

Keywords

• youth programming
• art education
• collaboration
• MoNA
• exhibition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Museum of Northwest Art

Books & works: salmon art project

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