Design Lab at the Idea Studio

A nationwide collaboration funded by an AAE Grant closing the opportunity/resource gap with arts-integrated STEAM Programming
Our mission is to empower young innovators to think differently about themselves and their world
What is Design Lab?
Design Lab at the Idea Studio is part of a nationwide collaboration intended to deliver high quality, equitable, and engaging arts integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math (STEAM) Programming to traditionally repressed / ignored populations of 3rd-5th graders in the Fond du Lac School District. Read more here.
To learn more about the history of the Design Lab, click here.
Design Lab in Action!
Fall 2023
Fall Design Lab sessions at the Idea Studio will be a FREE series of 10 workshops, 5 of which center on the concept of Design Thinking, and the rest will be Arts integrated STEM workshops presented by local community artists related to solving a real world problem. Workshops will be held on Satuday mornings in the months of September, October, November, and December.
Dates will be as follows:
September 16, 2023
September 23, 2023
September 30, 2023
October 7, 2023
October 21, 2023
October 28, 2023
November 11, 2023
November 18, 2023
December 2, 2023
December 9, 2023
Each session will start at 8:45am and will end at 11:45am. Students can be dropped off at the library as early as 8:30am.
We will be serving traditionally repressed / ignored students in the Fond du Lac School District who are in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade with a particular focus on students who identify as coming from low income households.
Join here: https://bit.ly/designlabapplication
To see more about previous sessions