

6th – 8th graders
Join our series of FREE workshops.
Make friends and get creative together!
Join our series of FREE workshops.
Make friends and get creative together!
Learn from the pros:
Mixed Media Arts • Design for Humans
Journalism • Sculpture • Circuits
Mixed Media Arts • Design for Humans
Journalism • Sculpture • Circuits

Design Thinking, Arts Integration, and 21st Century Skills
The SEED Creativity Incubator was designed to instill participants with concepts, tools, and skillsets that they can apply throughout their school, home life, and future careers.
Foundational (Weeks 1-3) | Discovery (Weeks 4-7) | Design Thinking (Weeks 8-10) | |||||||
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 |
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Foundational workshops will give students an introduction to the design thinking process and instill core 21st century skills, focusing on collaboration, empathy, and ideation. |
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Discovery workshops are designed and led by guest educators from the community. These lessons offer students new perspectives and pathways, and give them the opportunity to apply their foundational skills on a variety of mediums and practices. |
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The Design Thinking workshops are a culminating project-based experience that will challenge students to ideate and create a prototype design for a real person over the course of three Saturdays. |
Locations and Dates
Our Winter/Spring session of SEED will take place at 3 separate library locations. Workshops will be on Saturdays from 9 AM – 12 PM. Register for the location that works best for you!
Billie Jean King Main Library | |||||||||
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Feb 25 | Mar 4 | Mar 11 | Mar 18 | Mar 25 | Apr 1 | Apr 15 | Apr 22 | Apr 29 | May 6 |
Mark Twain Neighborhood Library | |||||||||
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Mar 4 | Mar 11 | Mar 18 | Mar 25 | Apr 1 | Apr 15 | Apr 22 | Apr 29 | May 6 | May 13 |
Harte Neighborhood Library | |||||||||
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Mar 11 | Mar 18 | Mar 25 | Apr 1 | Apr 15 | Apr 22 | Apr 29 | May 6 | May 13 | May 20 |
Application Information
- Fill out the online application.
- Commitment Requirement: Participants will register for a 10-week series. We highly recommend for participants to attend as many of the workshops as possible to get the most out of the program. After 3 absences participant will be dropped from the session.