Red Star Studios Programs for Girl Scouts
GIRL SCOUT BADGE WORKSHOPS:
Earn badge requirements while having fun! Seven new workshops taught by experienced art educators are now available. Create art projects at Red Star’s teaching studio, tour contemporary art exhibition at Belger Arts Center, and more! All clay projects created and decorated in studio will be fired and ready for pick up within one week. Please allow two hours for each workshop.
Location: Belger Arts Center-Red Star Studios, 2100 Walnut Street, Kansas City, MO 64108
Cost: $25/participant/workshop; no cost for adult chaperones
Age: 5 through 17 years old
Group Size: Minimum of five scouts, maximum of 20. One adult chaperone per 10 participants is required
Registration: Contact Youth Education Coordinator at
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or at 816-474-7316. One week advance notice is required.
  
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2D ART BADGE WORKSHOP
Create a 2D work of art using a variety of media
Learn the elements and principles of design
Tour an art gallery and learn about a variety of art
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GAME DESIGN BADGE WORKSHOP
Discuss different types of games
Learn vocabulary of game design
Develop instructions, game pieces, and a game board using a variety of media
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POTTERY BADGE WORKSHOP
Learn about the history of ceramics
Create a wheel thrown piece of pottery
Tour the studio and learn about firing a kiln
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GARDEN BADGE WORKSHOP
Discuss how plants are discovered, grow, and multiply
Invent a new plant species and make a clay model of it
Tour the studio and learn about firing a kiln
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DESIGN IT WORKSHOP
Learn about the design of functional ceramics
Design and create a wheel-thrown work of pottery
Tour the studio and learn about firing a kiln
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ENTREPRENEUR WORKSHOP
Meet women art entrepreneurs and tour artist studios
Learn about art entrepreneurship and careers in the arts
Workshop Location: Belger Crane Yard Studios, 2011 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64108
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FINANCIAL LITERACY BADGE WORKSHOP
Learn about spending and saving money
Create a piggy bank out of clay
Learn about careers in the arts
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FREE TOURS AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES
You Schedule It!
All Ages
Red Star Studios offers free hands-on activities to troops in conjunction with free tours of Belger Arts Center contemporary art exhibitions. Each hands-on clay activity references themes, concepts and/or artist processes included in the exhibitions. Please allow 30 minutes for the tour and 30 minutes for the hands-on activity.
Cost per girl: Free
Cost per adult: Free as a chaperon
How to Register: To schedule your troop for a stand-alone tour or one that includes a hands-on activity, contact Youth Education Coordinator at
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or at 816-474-3250 at least one week before the requested date.
Location:
Red Star Studios/Belger Arts Center
2100 Walnut St.
Kansas City, MO 64108
GIRLS TRY-IT WORKSHOPS
All Ages
Have some fun trying your hand at the potter's wheel. We'll make a few things using basic hand- building techniques too. You take home the experience, we recycle the clay. Please allow for an hour and a half for the full experience. This workshop also includes a tour of the Belger Arts Center galleries!
Cost per girl: $15
Minimum scout participants: 5
Cost per adult: Free as a chaperon
How to Register: To schedule your troop for the Open House, contact Youth Education Coordinator at
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or at 816-474-7316. Deadline 1 week before the event.
GIRLS KEEP-IT WORKSHOPS
All Ages
Groups get a tour of the exhibitions upstairs, participate in the hands-on downstairs and spend time on the Wheel. Similar to the Try-It workshop, but students decorate their wheel projects and Red Star staff fires them for a later pick-up. Please allow for an hour and 45 minutes per visit for the full experience.
Cost per girl: $25
Minimum scout participants: 5
Cost per adult: Free as a chaperon
How to Register: To schedule your troop for the Open House, contact Youth Education Coordinator at
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
or at 816-474-7316. Deadline 1 week before the event.
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