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Have a daughter whose school ends in June? Ease into summer with us at CJ Pop-Up Camp at The Brooklyn Artists Gym…! Continue reading
This weekend, thirteen girls joined us for our Field Trip to Makeville, a professional woodworking studio in Gowanus. The studio owner, Robyn, led the girls in a two-hour workshop to create their own mini brownstone boxes from scratch. There was a quick introduction, and within five minutes, these girls were using the vices, saws, measuring tools – it was amazing! Continue reading
Our collaborative sketchbooks are bound and ready for their official submission into the Sketchbook Project 2012. Continue reading
…This event got our wheels turning. The December (create) and April (visit) dates for The Sketchbook Project could book-end a winter Field Trip Series, with different events for January, March and April. I had a quite a few criteria for this first line-up of trips: 1) they push the boundaries of what girls may have already tired; 2) offer a private, shared experience for girls to build community; 3) range in location, interest and cost; 4) give a snapshot of what Curious Jane is all about… Continue reading
Laura P., age 10, is one of our Brooklyn Curious Jane girls. In this post, she shares her experience with a unique after-school activity that she’s been participating in for years: Irish Step Dancing! Continue reading
For us, the real start to the new year is October. In October, after-school gets into full swing, and we start getting involved in events to stay connected to families during the year. There are a couple of events coming up this month that we’re getting ready for:
October 15 and 16- DIY Fashion Weekend Workshop: Costume Creations
October 29- Ghouls and Gourds at Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
October is also when we start tackling our giant list of things to do before camp next year! Most people don’t realize what all needs to happen in order for camp to work successfully, and that running a summer program truly is a year-round endeavor. Securing locations for 2012, refining the curriculum, and updating our website are just a few of the things on our plate for fall… Continue reading
The girls in the Curious Jane Jr. Story Arts class at Berkeley Carroll are making pretty amazing progress on the stories they’re creating this week. This is especially impressive considering some of them have only just finished kindergarten! Continue reading
This week, three small Curious Jane programs opened – heralding, for us, the start of summer! The upcoming months will be absolutely full of projects, preparation, phone calls, supply runs, new ideas, energy, exhaustion, discoveries, amazing work, and many many girls. We look forward to it all – it’s camp! Continue reading
This summer, we are moving our Brooklyn June weeks of Curious Jane to the Invisible Dog Art Center (Carroll Gardens) and offering our “Best of Curious Jane.” Each day will be favorite projects from a different theme, and each week will be a different set of “CJ’s Best.” The Invisible Dog offers a great space in a convenient and quintessential Brooklyn neighborhood. Can’t wait! Continue reading
A team of workers, loads of Ikea shelving, lots of great paint (chalkboard paint, dry erase paint and magnetic paint) and plenty of elbow-grease – now our space works! Many many thanks again to Elizabeth Dahmen of MakeSpace for her time and energy in transforming our office into an organized space for work and play. Continue reading
Samantha Razook Murphy is the founder of Curious Jane and Blue Tree. She was inspired to create these unique programs to give her girls, and all girls, a chance to be creative and inventive in a high-energy, collaborative and gender-affirming space. She loves designing, tinkering and figuring out. Samantha is the mother of two girls and lives in Brooklyn, NY. She holds her BA from Yale and Masters in Industrial Design from Pratt. In her spare time she coaches volleyball and rides her bike around Brooklyn.