Open Source KOKO Creative Kids Program
Soap Box '13 Registration Now Open
The Legendary Soap Box Derby is Just Six Months Away!
Registration Now Open
Weeks open for enrollment
July 15th – 19th
July 22nd – 26th
July 29th – August 2nd
August 5th- August 9th
In Open Source Gallery’s Soup Box Camp, children ages 7 to 15 learn to construct functional, eco-friendly soap box racers out of recycled materials. Under the strict supervision of our watchful counselors, campers are introduced to a variety of tools, from the basic nails, hammers, and hand saws to drills, screws and power sanders. We will be encouraging the campers to plan their design on paper with sketches, notes, and calculations and to think out of the box! Time will be spent outside collecting found objects and additional building materials, and the cars will be tested at each stage of their construction in front of the gallery and in the playground down the block. During their lunch hour, the kids will to be brought down to the playground to eat and to either have free play or continue working on their cars, depending on their progress.
The workshop has received rave reviews over the past 5 years from publications such as Brooklyn Independent Television, Daily News (a 2-page spread!), Popular Mechanics, Park Slope Courier, and Brooklyn Paper, to name a few.
The culmination of the workshop is the annual soap box derby on 17th street .
17th Street between 5th and 6th Ave, South Slope
All participants, families, and friends are invited to come to the derby, and everybody is welcome to participate!
The Derby will be held August 11.
Register Here : http://open-source-gallery.org/koko/sign-up/
Additional Information
12 spots a weeks
Price: $390
Aftercare (1-3pm): $15 per day
In addition to the Soap Box Camp, there will be a two week workshop led by the much loved Hubert Dobler which will be science oriented. More details to come at a later date.
Open Source Gallery
306 17th St. Brooklyn, NY 11215
closest trains: R Train Prospect Ave, F Train 4th Ave
opensoucegallery.org
contact [at] opensourcegallery.org
(646) 279-3969; (718) 207-9235
