MANSFIELD, OHIO. The Renaissance Theatre will offer a new series of REN-Spiration Classroom sessions beginning the week of February 22nd.The series will feature classes which are formatted as a four-week series of offerings, with participants meeting once a week for four weeks. Class sessions are scheduled during times which allow families the opportunity to explore the arts while accommodating other winter activities.
REN-spiration Classroom provides a variety of educational theatre activities designed with creativity in mind. The series, coordinated by Renaissance Resident Teaching Artist Dauphne Maloney, expanded its offerings to the community in a series of live “classes,” originally in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based upon the popularity of the series of online classes, the Ren’s Education Department continued with a new series of classes during the summer of 2020, and into the fall.
Maloney hopes that the continued expansion of online educational resources will offer opportunities to not only students, but to their teachers and parents as well. “We’ve been thrilled to provide additional class options which encourage creative learning as our students, teachers and educators have found it necessary to continue to work within guidelines and restrictions brought on by the current pandemic, and as we’ve moved forward throughout the school year. The REN-spiration Classroom Initiative continues to bring together young people from throughout the North Central Ohio region and beyond, as they meet for arts-focused activities through our ‘virtual classroom’.It’s been reaffirming to observe the ways in which students connect—even though they’re in a remote setting.
REN-spiration Classroom sessions offer free classes for a variety of students of different ages and grade bands, from 3 years of age through twelfth grade.
For more information on the REN-spiration Classroom, or any Renaissance Education programs, visit www.rentickets.org. REN-spiration Classroom is part of the Mechanics Bank Education Series.
The Renaissance Theatre is a performing arts theater located at 138 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, Ohio. For more information about the Ren, visit rentickets.org or contact renaissance@mansfieldtickets.com. Follow the Ren on Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube.