Mindfest Recap

Hey crew. Wanted to do a quick Mindfest recap to give my perspective of this successful event.

Friday, October 21
Arrived around 5pm and started setting up for Walter Kitundu's big performance and for hosting the scratch animation table to be in full swing outside during the film festival later that evening. The concert itself was unbelievable. Many of my musician friends attended who use similar looping techniques in thier music, and it simply blew thier minds. We are so lucky to have Walter as a museum friend. The scratch table was a big hit, and we had perfect weather for the film festival. Great start to a great weekend.

Saturday, October 22
Spent the day at the Sound Sculpture table in ExploraZone. The table of 6 or 7 working sculptures freaked out both parents and kids alike. I had alot of questions about where such awesome educational material is avalable. I had a blast retooling some of the busted sculptures with some young scientists. Some kids dived in for a long time. One kid named Morgan spent two hours with us! Also, watching our DesignIT teens take a teaching role during the festival made me so proud. Leland did an amazing job with many of the younger kids. They're growing up so fast (tear) !

Sunday, October 23
Spent the day at the Stop Motion Animation table in Lonestar. What I loved to see at Mindfest was parent/child teams working together on projects with all this awesome new material that is not usually excessable. Then at the end of the day having them sit and cheer for the movie they made together when we played all the projects on the big screen. Made all the work we put in well worth it.

Above I've included pictures to highlight just some of the weekend, although I heard so much more cool stuff went on. What an amazing tradition we've got goin. And I am thrilled DesignIT teens are starting to become part of that tradition. It really challenged them and may have created confident future educators. We'll see. I loved being a part of it.