Through our partnership with DOE, we collaborate with thousands of students at their schools to build hands-on projects based on what they are learning in class. This year we are collaborating with 30+ schools, and our Project Designers have fabricated many amazing projects — here are just a few examples.

This month’s installment of our Staff Spotlight series features our Project Designer, Serena Seshadri. In this role, Serena collaborates with other project designers and artists to design projects and teach them at schools.

This month’s installment of our Staff Spotlight series features long-term Beam Center collaborator, artist, musician and author, Tim Fite.

Our Project Designers have been hard at work preparing projects for Spring 2023 and some projects are already in progress. Take a look at the projects below to see what young people are making this spring!

Over the last few weeks, Beam Project Designer Rose and Program Managers Jenny and Breanna have been prototyping projects related to the Apprenticeship’s theme, The Shapes We Make. Learn more about the project Apprentices will be creating this fall and see some of the early prototypes.

This month’s installment of Beam’s Staff Spotlight series features our Manager of Institutional Giving, Helena Chung. As the Manager of Institutional Giving, Helena maintains relationships with Beam’s institutional funders, writes grants, organizes volunteer opportunities, and assists with fundraising events like our Annual Gala. In addition to being a full time employee at Beam, Helena is a Korean-American poet currently residing in Brooklyn, NY.

This month’s installment of our Staff Spotlight series features our Project Designer and Fabric Specialist, Romina Schulz. Romina is a researcher and a visual artist that currently works mainly with textiles and ceramic. She holds a Bachelor in Fine Arts, with a major in painting, from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru. Romina continued her training with several Peruvian pre-hispanic textile courses, such as brocade weaving, Paracas ringed knitting, and backstrap weaving.