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Seed Creativity Incubator. Students working on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art,and math) activities hosted by the Library's SEED program.
6th – 8th graders
Join our series of FREE workshops.
Make friends and get creative together!

Learn from the pros:
Mixed Media Arts • Design for Humans
Journalism • Sculpture • Circuits
Scattered pile of stationery for creative activities like scissors, a sharpie, stickers, a pencil, and sticky notes.

Design Thinking, Arts Integration, and 21st Century Skills

The SEED Creativity Incubator was designed to instill participants with concepts, tools, and skillsets that they can apply throughout their school, home life, and future careers.




Foundational
(Weeks 1-3)
Discovery
(Weeks 4-7)
Design Thinking
(Weeks 8-10)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10

Bright blue and green house on a platform. Foundational workshops will give students an introduction to the design thinking process and instill core 21st century skills, focusing on collaboration, empathy, and ideation.
Profile of a person's head with a plant growing from it and a spotlight shining out from the eyes, symbolizing the process of discovery. Discovery workshops are designed and led by guest educators from the community. These lessons offer students new perspectives and pathways, and give them the opportunity to apply their foundational skills on a variety of mediums and practices.
Silhouette of a person standing with their arms stretched upward. They are standing in front of three circles. The Design Thinking workshops are a culminating project-based experience that will challenge students to ideate and create a prototype design for a real person over the course of three Saturdays.


Locations and Dates

Our Winter/Spring session of SEED will take place at 3 separate library locations. Workshops will be on Saturdays from 9 AM – 12 PM. Register for the location that works best for you!

Billie Jean King Main Library
Feb 25 Mar 4 Mar 11 Mar 18 Mar 25 Apr 1 Apr 15 Apr 22 Apr 29 May 6
Mark Twain Neighborhood Library
Mar 4 Mar 11 Mar 18 Mar 25 Apr 1 Apr 15 Apr 22 Apr 29 May 6 May 13
Harte Neighborhood Library
Mar 11 Mar 18 Mar 25 Apr 1 Apr 15 Apr 22 Apr 29 May 6 May 13 May 20


Application Information

Apply for SEED

Applications for the Winter/Spring session are now closed. Stay tuned for information about the next SEED session.

  • Fill out the online application.
  • Applications are open up until the start of each location. 
  • Commitment Requirement: Participants will register for a 10-week series. We highly recommend for participants to attend as many of the workshops as possible to get the most out of the program. After 3 absences participant will be dropped from the session.

Have Questions?

Contact

Gabriel Gaete

Seed Program Coordinator

gabriel.gaete@lbpl.org

(562) 570-6135

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