Imagination Celebration of Fort Worth
Introducing a Three-Year Thematic Series...
"Art of Exploration"
Vision: The Art of Exploration will introduce young people to inspiring explorers and creators who will spark their
desire to reach their potential. To explore and understand the world we live in has been the motivating force for the
growth of human culture. The Art of Exploration plans to use the examples of individuals to ignite that questing spirit in
young people to reach beyond the ordinary to experience the extraordinary. Individuals and programs have been selected
in the thematic categories of Earth, Sea, Air and Space, Humanity, and Creativity.
Program: The Art of Exploration will be a three-year program piloting in Fort Worth, Texas, and Monterrey, Mexico,
that will interface between the public schools and cultural institutions of both cities. Programs will connect with all
disciplines in the arts, humanities and sciences. We anticipate this program reaching 80,000 young people from
kindergarten through university, teachers and families as well as a general audience in the two cities. Some students will
be touched in a broad sense through multiple programs, and others will be participants in a more focused and in-depth
study series throughout the year.
Leaders: The program is created by a team led by Ginger Head, Director of Imagination Celebration of Fort Worth
and Milbry Polk, director of Wings WorldQuest and produced and implemented by ICFW and by Talentum of Monterrey,
Mexico, under the Leadership of Patricia Navarro, Lucy Sada de Hermisillio, and Linda Sada de Rosenwieg and a team
from the schools and cultural institutions. Special note: Talentum was adapted from the Imagination Celebration Model in
the year 2001 through the assistance of a Chairman's Extraordinary Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
There continues to be a continual and beautiful "learning partnership" between Imagination Celebration and Talentum.
Components: The Art of Exploration includes teacher training; creation of supplementary curriculum material;
guest presenters including artists, creators, scientists; interactive workshops; exhibits, a film series, performing arts
programs, exhibitions of related student works; classroom resources including books, films and student "Imaginotes"; and
assignments in reading, technology, journaling, history, story telling, theatrical presentations, inventions, and art works
connected to the programs in which students participate. The Art of Exploration program will be offered to the public
through special events, lectures, film series, and exhibitions.