July 21st, August 18th, 2024 2pm-2:40pm: Join Mimi and our Anima Creative Movement Program for free creative movement classes celebrating the way children experience the world; through curiosity, exploration, and play. We’ll use dance, music, games, stories, and props to explore themes inspired by nature, art, science, and adventure. Geared towards kids 3-7 years of age with a caregiver.

Join us for intergenerational opening and closing gatherings and children’s creative movement and visual art activities in tandem with the panel discussion for adults.

Explore the issues and discover solutions through a panel featuring regional waste-reduction experts while kids enjoy related programming just for them. Plus, take part in a unique all-ages, all-abilities community activity to honor the vision of a thriving future for all.
Plastic Pollution Solutions
July 18th, 2024 6pm-7:30pm at the Longmont Civic Center 350 Kimbark St.

Outdoor Family Movement, Theater and Music: Tuesdays 9:30am-10:30am
June 11th, June 18th, June 25th, July 9th, July 16th Sandstone Ranch Visitor’s Center
Did you know the arts and outdoor activities increase children’s confidence, motivation, self-efficacy, and well-being? Join Mimi and Kristel for creative outdoor games and art activities to support well-being. Geared towards ages 4-9, with all ages welcome. Our BLOOM classes are free of charge through the Boulder County & Longmont Youth Activities Grants.

Creative Practices for Youth Mental Health at the Longmont Library
Mondays 4:30pm-6pm
July 15th: Perspective (6th-8th graders)
July 29th: Empowerment (6th-8th graders)

Free for participants with no pre-registration required. BLOOM is a public health program integrating arts practices as tools for youth mental health promotion and advancement. We’ll utilize music, theater, and movement as entry points for social/emotional learning to create spaces of belonging. These workshops offer joyful and strength-based spaces to increase mental and emotional health through play, creativity, and community building. 

Broomfield Public Library Youth Workshops
Saturdays 10am-11am & 11:30am-12:30pm
July 13th: Animal Habitats (ages 6-10)
Join Dandelion Arts Collective founders Kristel and Mimi for music, theater, and art as we dive into the science of wildlife biology. Free with no pre-registration required

Outdoor Family Movement, Theater and Music: Tuesdays 9:30am-10:30am
July 9th: Collyer Park (NEW LOCATION)
July 16th: Sandstone Ranch Visitor’s Center
Did you know the arts and outdoor activities increase children’s confidence, motivation, self-efficacy, and well-being? Join Mimi and Kristel for creative outdoor games and art activities to support well-being. Geared towards ages 4-9, with all ages welcome. Our BLOOM classes are free of charge through the Boulder County & Longmont Youth Activities Grants.

Join Dandelion Arts Collective at the Boulder Pride Stage for an interactive, intergenerational dance, movement and theater games, and music. Stage time coming soon! Come early and stay all day! The event will be jam-packed with activities, amazing community partners sharing information, Pride merchandise galore from Rocky Mountain Equality, and other wonderful vendors. Bring the whole family to experience an incredible and diverse array of performers, giveaways all over the park, and multiple activities for all to take part in!

Broomfield Public Library Youth Workshops
Saturdays 10am-11am & 11:30am-12:30pm
June 29th: Into the Multiverse (ages 6-10)
July 13th: Animal Habitats (ages 6-10)
Join Dandelion Arts Collective founders Kristel and Mimi for music, theater and art as we dive into the science of astrophysics and wildlife biology. Free with no pre-registration required

Outdoor Family Movement, Theater and Music: Tuesdays 9:30am-10:30am
June 11th, June 18th, June 25th, July 9th, July 16th Sandstone Ranch Visitor’s Center
Did you know the arts and outdoor activities increase children’s confidence, motivation, self-efficacy, and well-being? Join Mimi and Kristel for creative outdoor games and art activities to support well-being. Geared towards ages 4-9, with all ages welcome. Our BLOOM classes are free of charge through the Boulder County & Longmont Youth Activities Grants.

June 24th-June 28th, 2024, Monday-Friday 1pm-4pm “Circus Stars” Ages 8-10. You’ll feel like you’ve joined the circus in this camp with a week of acrobatics, juggling, clowning, dance and more! Campers will create costumes, props and acts to share on the final day of camp. 

Sunday, June 23, 2024, 12-3pm, Boulder Valley Unitarian Universalist
1241 Ceres Drive, Lafayette 80026

Looking for holistic, shame-free, developmentally appropriate sexual health education for your youth? Join facilitators, Kristel Jelinek Brown and Mimi Ferrie, for an afternoon session of holistic sexual health education for 4th-6th graders. Inspired by the Our Whole Lives (O.W.L.) health and sexuality curriculum, participants will "gain the knowledge, life principles, and skills they need to understand and express their sexuality in holistic, life-enhancing ways." (OWL, 2023). This specific workshop will utilize performing arts modalities, including creative movement and theater improvisation, to enhance and support learning through kinesthetic learning and creative practices. *Offered in partnership with Boulder Valley Unitarian Universalist. Sliding scale with a suggested investment of $45/student. Register here!

Outdoor Family Movement, Theater and Music: Tuesdays 9:30am-10:30am
June 18th Collyer Park (meet at north shelter)
June 11th, June 25th, July 9th, July 16th Sandstone Ranch Visitor’s Center
Did you know the arts and outdoor activities increase children’s confidence, motivation, self-efficacy, and well-being? Join Mimi and Kristel for creative outdoor games and art activities to support well-being. Geared towards ages 4-9, with all ages welcome. Our BLOOM classes are free of charge through the Boulder County & Longmont Youth Activities Grants.

Creative Practices for Youth Mental Health at the Longmont Library
Mondays 4:30pm-6pm

June 3rd: Balance (2nd-4th graders)
June 17th: Communication (2nd-4th graders)
July 15th: Perspective (6th-8th graders)
July 29th: Empowerment (6th-8th graders)

Free for participants with no pre-registration required. BLOOM is a public health program integrating arts practices as tools for youth mental health promotion and advancement. We’ll utilize music, theater, and movement as entry points for social/emotional learning to create spaces of belonging. These workshops offer joyful and strength-based spaces to increase mental and emotional health through play, creativity, and community building. 

June 16th, July 21st, August 18th, 2024 2pm-2:40pm: Join Mimi and our Anima Creative Movement Program for free creative movement classes celebrating the way children experience the world; through curiosity, exploration, and play. We’ll use dance, music, games, stories, and props to explore themes inspired by nature, art, science, and adventure. Geared towards kids 3-7 years of age with a caregiver.

BLOOM: Outdoor Family Movement, Theater and Music: Tuesdays 9:30am-10:30am
June 11th, June 18th, June 25th, July 9th, July 16th Sandstone Ranch Visitor’s Center

Did you know the arts and outdoor activities increase children’s confidence, motivation, self-efficacy, and well-being? Join Mimi and Kristel for creative outdoor games and art activities to support well-being. Geared towards ages 4-9, with all ages welcome. Our BLOOM classes are free of charge through the Boulder County & Longmont Youth Activities Grants.

Creative Practices for Youth Mental Health at the Longmont Library
Mondays 4:30pm-6pm

June 3rd: Balance (2nd-4th graders)
June 17th: Communication (2nd-4th graders)
July 15th: Perspective (6th-8th graders)
July 29th: Empowerment (6th-8th graders)

Free for participants with no pre-registration required. BLOOM is a public health program integrating arts practices as tools for youth mental health promotion and advancement. We’ll utilize music, theater, and movement as entry points for social/emotional learning to create spaces of belonging. These workshops offer joyful and strength-based spaces to increase mental and emotional health through play, creativity, and community building. Register here!