Pyramid offers unique educational programs in which professional artists bring the arts of papermaking, printmaking, and the book to K-12 classrooms and other educational venues throughout Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC:

K-12 Educational Programs

• Papermaking in the Schools
  Master papermakers bring papermaking to K-12 classrooms throughout the Washington, DC metro area. The rich history of papermaking and its roots in Asian and Western cultures come alive in hands-on workshops in which students learn how to make various kinds of paper and teachers discover ways to integrate the history and process of hand-made paper into classroom curriculum.
  
  
• Making Connections Program for High School Students
  Making Connections brings aspiring young artists from high schools in Washington, DC and Maryland together with professional artists in an intensive five-day learning experience at the Pyramid Atlantic studios. Now in its eighth year, Making Connections allows high school students to explore writing and image making with master teachers through papermaking, printmaking, and book arts. Fifteen full-scholarship students experiment with various printmaking processes, make a series of prints, develop and complete written pieces, completing a hand-bound book during the week. The program culminates with an exhibition of student work and a public presentation.
  
  
• Professional Development for Teachers
  Making Connections: Reading as Process, Art as Content is a professional development program accredited by the Maryland State Department of Education that provides teachers with six required reading credits. The twelve-day studio program is taught by professional artists and educators and concentrates on the incorporation of reading and writing in the studio classroom through hand papermaking, printmaking, digital media, and book arts.

To schedule a workshop or develop a special program, at your school or at Pyramid Atlantic, contact us.