Kansas Children's Discovery Center (5)
Kansas Children's Discovery Center in Topeka, Kansas
Written by Jennifer MarshKansas Children's Discovery Center in Topeka, Kansas
National Youth Art Month Exhibit: March 1 - 31, 2012
Reception: March 2
Press Release: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fKNNlbAhFCM0mbaHNmPxHhWmX6AAtk3chQlZKVfHmMA/edit
View images of the artwork, installation and reception at http://www.flickr.com/photos/thedreamrocket/sets/72157627614457311/

Location:
Kansas Children's Discovery Center, 4400 SW 10th Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66604
Museum Contact Person: Margaret Hennessy-Springe, Phone: 785-783-8300 x 107
Website: http://www.kansasdiscovery.org
Participants:
All Saints Catholic High School from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (1 of 6)
Girl Scout Troop 424 from Pensacola, Florida
Gaffney Elementary School from New Britain, CT
North Roebuck Elementary School from Pelham, Al
Junior Girl Scout Troop 99 from Navarre, Florida
Girl Scout Troop 424 from Pensacola, Florida
Silvia Piza – Tandlich and Friends from Costa Rica
Kleinman Family in Pacific Palisades, CA
Riverton El. School Culture Club 3rd-5th graders in Huntsville, Alabama
Junior Girl Scout Troop 254 from Pensacola, Florida
Girl Scout Troop 348 from Pensacola, Florida
Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama - Troop 478 in Huntsville, Alabama
Ashley Inman from Huntsville, Alabama
Created by Silas Redding from Lawrence, Kansas with Free State High School
Alex Heiman and Emily Charbonneau from Winchester, KS with Jefferson County North High School
Girl Scout Troop 1047 from Monticello, KY
Brownie Troop #1024 from the Girl Scouts Kentucky's Wilderness Road Council from Florence, KY
Brownie Girl Scout Troop 214 from Frakes, KY
Girl Scout Troop 1749 from Woodridge, IL
Girl Scout Troop #41280 from Bethel, Ohio
Walnut Springs Middle School in Westerville, Ohio “Cancer! Life is Everything!"
Walnut Springs Middle School in Westerville, Ohio “If we work together we can find a Cure!”
Walnut Springs Middle School in Westerville, Ohio “Clean Up the Earth”
Walnut Springs Middle School in Westerville, Ohio “Fight the Fight, Find the Cure”
Walnut Springs Middle School in Westerville, Ohio “Family and Together”
Walnut Springs Middle School in Westerville, Ohio
Girl Scout Troop 1327 and Joyce Justice from Aurora, Colorado
Girl Scout Troop 33101 and Kayitah Nacori Vargas from Oakland, CA
Solis Family from Fremont, CA
Girl Scout Troop 273 from Breda, IA
Isabel Waring from Huntsville, Alabama
Girl Scout Troop 1047 from Monticello, KY
Girl Scout Troop 1256 (2nd Grade Brownies) “Friends”
Latham, New York
Bethel Girl Scout Troop 48001 of Girl Scouts of Western Ohio
Villa Madonna Academy Pack 775 Tiger Cubs from Cincinnati, Ohio
Babylon Village Girl Scout Troop 360 with the Girl Scouts of Suffolk County in Babylon, New York
Cub Scouts Pack 196 Den 6, with Shawnna Malott in Bethel, Ohio
Kristen Smith, Kyle Smith, and Cameron Kaercher from Latham, NY
Girl Scout Troop 2150 with the Arizona Cactus Pine Council
Native and Nature Ways Summer Camp in Birmingham, Alabama
With the Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve
Girl Scout Troop 1256 (2nd Grade Brownies) “Be Yourself, Be Amazing” from Latham, New York
Girl Scout Troop 1543 from Prestonsburg, Kentucky
Girl Scout Troop 774 from Panama City Beach, FL
Girl Scout Troop 273 from Breda, IA
Girl Scout Troop 20969 from Palm Beach County, FL
Bethel Girl Scout Troop 49192 of Girl Scouts of Western Ohio
Huntertown Girl Scout troop #1273 and Leader Liz Pitcher from Versailles, KY
Girl Scout Troop 1245 from Erlanger, KY
Antonio and Julia Smith-Plata (family project) from Payson, AZ
Girl Scout Troop 3522 from Mansfield, Texas
Brownies Troop 3523 from Mansfield, Texas
3rd Grade Brownie Girl Scout Troop 11299 with St. Pius X School in Toledo, Ohio
Girl Scout Troop 30036 from New Baltimore, Michigan
Walnut Springs Middle School in Westerville, Ohio “Blastoff to your Dreams!”
Shari Garrett-Miller from Hoover, Alabama
Girl Scout Troop 424 from Pensacola, Florida
Girl Scout Troop 448 from Navanne, Florida
Girl Scout Troop 119 from Manchester, KY
Girl Scout Troop 325 from Pensacola, Florida
Residents of the Pennswood Village/Woolman House–SkilleCare Unit in Newtown, PA
Clara W. Smith from Newtown, PA
Girl Scout Troop 1256 (2nd Grade Brownies) from Latham, NY
Girl Scout Troop 1256 (2nd Grade Brownies) from Latham, NY #2
Girl Scout Troop 33101 & Kayitah Nacori Vargas from Oakland, CA
Girl Scout Troop 5393 & Deborah Dennis from Staten Island, NY
Art studio of Chigins, Creative group and students from Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
Girl Scout Troop 1208 from Friendship, Maine
Girl Scout Troup 460 from Nortonville, KY
JBS Deaf Services Group from Pelham, Al
Girl Scouts of Holy Name from Brooklyn, NY
Girl Scout Troup 460 from Nortonville, KY
Girl Scouts of Kentucky's Wilderness Road Council Troop #1213 from Georgetown, KY
Caroline Martin from Huntsville, Alabama
Girl Scout Troop 1616 from Modesto, CA
Sullfolk County Girl Scouts Troop 3153 from Islip, New York
Daisy Troop 1584, Caroline & Ann Kazee from Lexington, KY
Girl Scout Troop 1087 and Lori Angel from Lexington, KY
Girl Scout Troop 733 from Laurenceburg, KY
Girl Scout Troop 733 from Laurenceburg, KY #2
Girl Scout Troop 271 & Clays Mill Elementary School in Lexington, KY
Girl Scout Troop 920 from Bay Shore, New York
Girl Scout Junior Troop 134 & Lisa Davis from Adams, TN
Santos Family from Fremont, CA
Girl Scout Troop 742 from Frankfort, KY
Girl Scout Troop 254 from Gulf Breeze, Florida
Naomi Weidner from Albany, OR
The Montessori School of Huntsville, Alabama
LaFazio and Mundo Lindo after School Art Program from San Diego, CA
University of Huddersfield & All Saints Catholic High School in Huddersfield, England
Eve Gage from Monterey, CA
Huntsville Museum of Art and Girls Inc with Laura Smith in Huntsville, AL
Huntsville Museum of Art and Girls Inc, with coordinator Laura Smith from Huntsville, Alabama
Students at the University of Maine in Houlton, ME
Nancy Sheppard & Keeley Stooksbury from Huntsville, Alabama
Perry Lowell Bent from Framingham, MA
Girl Scouts of Maine Troop 710 from Greenville, ME
Caitlin Aubushon from Grand Island, Nebraska
Rainbow Elementary School in Madison, Alabama
Ruth O'Lill from Virginia Beach
Monte Sano Elementary School from Huntsville, Alabama
Girl Scout Troop from Richmond, KY
Related Video

His Legacy: My Dream 2012
Dr. Martin Luther King Day Celebrations
At the Kansas Children's Discovery Center
Topeka, Kansas
Monday January 16, 2012 12 - 1pm
Kansas Children's Discovery Center, Janury 7, 2012
Written by Jennifer MarshKansas Children's Discovery Center, Saturday January 7, 2012
Images taken by Andrea Etzel at the Kansas Children's Discovery Center during our Saturday Dream Rocket Workshop on January 7, 2012.
Theme: "Dream To the Stars and Beyond"
Thank you Margaret Hennessey-Springe for all of your hard work in organizing this and all the other fun things going on over the coming months.
Print a Poster "Dream To the Stars and Beyond"
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3VmmD_bi9xPOTM0ODk3NTktYmI2NC00NzJkLWFiMmEtZWIxYWE4ZDJhZGY1




Open to the Public: Kansas Children's Discovery Center & the Dream Rocket Project today from 2-5 (Saturday)
Written by Jennifer MarshDream Rocket Art Making Workshops (Open to the Public)
When: January 7 and 14 , 2012
Time: 2 PM - 5 PM
Location:
Kansas Children's Discovery Center
4400 SW 10th Avenue
Topeka, Kansas 66604
Museum Contact Person: Margaret Hennessy-Springe
Phone: 785-783-8300 x 107
Website: http://www.kansasdiscovery.org/
Description:
Join staff and volunteers as they create artwork to be included in the international 'Dream Rocket' Project and also be exhibited in the museum during National Youth Art Month in March 2012.
National Youth ART Month! Lets Celebrate with a show at the Kansas Children's Discovery Center
Written by Jennifer MarshNational Youth Art Month! Let's Celebrate.....
Kansas Children's Discovery Center Show in Topeka, Kansas
Youth Art Exhibit: March 1 - 31, 2012 (National Youth Art Month Event)
Reception: March 2
Youth Artwork Due: February 15, 2012 (Postmarked Deadline)

Sign up to participate at www.thedreamrocket.com
Print a flyer at https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B6ouG5UjKDlkNjY0NTZmOTctMTYzMC00YTAyLWFkMzAtOTU4YTcxMWU0YTAz&hl=en
Location:
Kansas Children's Discovery Center, 4400 SW 10th Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66604
Museum Contact Person: Margaret Hennessy-Springe, Phone: 785-783-8300 x 107
Website: http://www.kansasdiscovery.org/
Other Events along the way:
Dream Rocket Art Making Workshops (Open to the Public)
January 7 and 14 , 2012, Time: 2 PM - 5 PM, Location: Kansas Children's Discovery Center
Description:
Join staff and volunteers as they create artwork to be included in the international 'Dream Rocket' Project and also be exhibited in the museum during National Youth Art Month in March 2012.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Event
Monday January 16, 2012, Time: 10 AM - 5 PM, Location: Kansas Children's Discovery Center
Description:
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Day
His Legacy, My Dream - All Day, Special programs and celebration.
Other News....
Thank you! Kansas Children's Discovery Center in Topeka, Kansas for participating in the Dream Rocket Project!
We have your museum signed up to submit...... 4 Dream Theme Panels during workshop events on January 7 and January 14.
Another 6 panels in conjunction with your the Boys & Girls Club of Topeka and your Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Event on January 16, 2012.
Lastly, we have your museum down for submitting 2 panels in conjunction with workshops at the Kansas Historical Museum's event "Kansas Day" from 9:00am - 3:00pm and January 27, 2012.
Thank you so much!
Related Video
print a flyer
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