A remix of our annual Arts After Hours event, Arts DURING hours is a week-long event designed to help you work on your creative skills with local artists. We have selected five local arts groups to curate arts activities that will spark your imagination and build skills. Each video contains an activity you can do from the office with your team or by yourself from your home office. Block off a portion of your lunch hour and take a break with the arts to refresh your mind and body!
In this video, star operatic soprano Leah Partridge teaches you how to use simple tools you have at home – a straw and a glass of water – to engage breath flow for talking and singing. Leah performed the title role of Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor with Eugene Opera in 2015. To lean more about the Eugene Opera visit www.eugeneopera.org.
ZOOMING OUT: a spoken word poetry template
This mad libs style poetry activity invites you to play with how you describe your space, and your place in it. Through the sharing of specific details and imaginative metaphors, we explore several levels of “local.” To learn more about Art City visit www.artcityeugene.com.
Creative Coding with Harmonic Laboratory
John Park from Harmonic Laboratory presents a short lesson on creative coding. Learn a few basic coding fundamentals and some of the logic behind our algorithmic art. You will even be able to create and export your own art by the end of the video. To lean more about Harmonic Laboratory visit www.harmoniclab.org.
Drumming at Your Desk with Music Education & Performing Artists Association (MEPAA)
Need to release some stress? Or simply want to tap into your inner rock star? Matrisha Armitage from Music Education & Performing Artists Association (MEPAA) will teach you simple steps for drumming at your desk. In this activity, you will learn the basic beat behind three songs that will have your toes tapping. To learn more about MEPAA visit www.mepaa.org.
DIY Choreography with #instaballet
Learn how to create a new dance with some simple choreographic tools. No dance experience required! #instaballet’s Artistic Director, Antonio Anacan, and dancer, Sophia MacMillan, will teach you some choreography basics that you can try yourself. This short, fun activity includes an easy warm-up that can be done right at your desk or at your kitchen table, a simple movement phrase, and a short and easy choreographic exercise so you can create your own dance. You will find yourself making new dances during your lunch breaks in no time! To learn more about #instaballet visit www.instaballet.org.
Participate and Win
We have a fun contest for folks who want to share their creativity. Take a picture or video of you or your colleagues doing one of the activities and post it to Facebook or Instagram, and you will be entered to win a $100 gift card to Marley’s Monsters. Make sure to tag the ABAE in your post and use the hashtag #ArtsDuringHours.
Thanks to our presenting sponsor:
