2022-2023 was a huge year for Magic Box.  Our amazing students, educators, families and teaching artists shared their creativity …

One of my strongest memories from childhood is of the sign over my fifth grade teacher’s chalkboard: “It’s Not What You’ve Got That Counts: It’s What You Do With What You’ve Got.”

Over the past year, our nation and our world have been roiled by challenge and change, ranging from Covid19 to race relations to political upheaval. Our students had to learn a whole new method of remote learning, while navigating loneliness, fear, and the inevitable tests of growing up.

In today's lesson, we’ll create a thaumatrope!

In today's lesson, we’ll create a fun stop motion animation that showcases your original architectural creation using nothing more than index cards and creativity!

Currently, we are all spending a lot of time in our homes. A photography scavenger hunt is a wonderful way to rediscover your environment with fresh eyes and an open mind.

Magic Box is proud to be a producer of the New York Public School Film Festival! Grab your popcorn, and get ready for great student-made films from all five boroughs.

In today's lesson, an introduction to the world of opera will serve as the jumping off point for creating a fun stop motion animation.  You can even add your favorite music, too!. 

In today's lesson, you'll discover the basic elements of the photographic process as you create your very own sun prints.

We are all in this together. Our staff at Magic Box wants to help as we all learn how to navigate during this challenging time.

Even though schools and other outings are closed, each week we are going to share new ways that kids of all ages can use media arts and technology to exercise their creativity!

Magic Box was featured in the September-October issue of Film Comment.