Imagination in Motion

"Imagination in Motion" is Kentuck's brand new early education initiative for children aged 6 months to 5 years. Combining visual art, storytelling, music, and movement, this program will immerse children and their parents in several different art forms in one class, allowing for creative exploration while developing language, reading, motor, and spatial reasoning skills. Aprons will be provided for adult participants, but children should dress for mess! This class meets weekly on Wednesday mornings from 10:30am-11:15am at Kentuck at Queen City, 1901 Jack Warner Parkway, Tuscaloosa. Pre-registration is required. EXCITING UPDATES: Thanks to a generous grant from the Community Foundation of West Alabama, Imagination in Motion will move to a pay-what-you-can ticketing model from July 2, 2025. Registration is still required, as classes are strictly limited to 10 students. Additionally, from July 2 2025, the class time will change to 9:00am-9:45am on Wednesdays. Upcoming dates: May 2025 - 10:30-11:45am: May 28 June 2025 - 10:30-11:45am: June 4 June 25 July 2025 - 9:00-9:45am: July 2 July 9 July 23 July 30 August 2025 - 9:00-9:45am: August 6 August 13 August 20 August 27 There is a maximum of 10 child participants per session. Registration includes both the child and their parent or caregiver. Each parent or caregiver must attend and participate with their child for the full session. This class is intended for children aged from 6 months to 5 years. Children ages 5 and up can participate in Kentuck's Kids Studios on Saturdays and in After School Art on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. About the instructor: Samantha Wolf is an Australian-born, US-based composer, sound designer, and arts educator. Her music has been performed and broadcast around the world, including by the Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, Bang on a Can, Elision, Rubiks, Ensemble Offspring, the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music, Elm Shakespeare Company, the Australian National Academy of Music, the Sydney Opera House, and the South Bend Museum of Art, among many others. Samantha holds undergraduate degrees in Music Composition from the Queensland and Melbourne Conservatoriums, and two Masters degrees from the Yale School of Music, where she was a President's Public Service Fellow and the recipient of the prestigious Ezra Ladermann Prize. In addition to teaching at Kentuck, she is Co-Artistic Director of the University of Alabama Contemporary Ensemble, and faculty at The Walden School in Dublin, New Hampshire. This workshop is made possible in part by support from the Community Foundation of West Alabama and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.