DIY: Light Up Postcards
As part of 2019 Kids Euro Festival, Spanish visual and new media artist Elena Juárez will conduct a workshop where participants will create interactive light up postcards with conductive ink pens.
DIY: Light Up Postcards
- On Saturday, November 2 from 9:30 am to 11 am.
- On Saturday, November 2 from 11:30 am to 1 pm.
In this workshop, children (ages 8-12) will learn the basics about electronic circuits while drawing a funny robot. They will create their own interactive postcard with bareconductive and conductive ink pens.
About Elena Juárez
The workshop is directed by Elena Juárez, visual artist and teacher resident in Madrid. She has been developing workshops on new technologies, tinkering, DIY and creative programming for more than 4 years in different educational centers. She is currently teaching new technologies at the European Design Institute in Madrid.
About Kids Euro Festival
Kids Euro Festival is one of the largest performing arts festivals for children in America, bringing Europe’s most talented children’s entertainers to the D.C. metro area each fall for two weeks of free performances, concerts, workshops, movies, storytelling, puppetry, dance, magic, and cinema. With programs both for the general public and for school groups, more than 10,000 D.C.-area children and their families enjoy Kids Euro Festival programs each year.
Venue
Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, 2801 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
Admission
Free, RSVP required
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Credits
Presented by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C., in collaboration with Kids Euro Festival. Photo courtesy of Elena Juárez
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