Amy Leidtke

This gallery contains a small sample of the children's learning and play environments that I have been responsible for developing and designing over the past twenty plus years. Click the thumbnail to learn more.

When children participate in the collaborative planning and design process of objects and places that matter to them, they learn how to be design thinkers, innovators, and contributors. This gallery features some of my research investigations. Note, this work represents only a portion of the methodology. Click the thumbnail to learn more.

Consider the process making a collaborative artwork in an arts-infused academic context (G9 - 16), as a means to discuss American's right to Freedom of Expression (1st Amendment to the US Constitution). Click the thumbnail to learn more.

I am co-founder of the Design Science Symposium, hosted by The Edna Lawrence Nature Lab and The Synergetics Collaborative, on the campus of Rhode Island School of Design. The 2011 Symposium theme was Nature, Geometry, and the Symmetry of Space. The 2014 theme was STEM to STEAM: Bridging Morphology, Sustainability, Biomimicry, and Synergetics. The 2016 theme was STEAM Intelligence. Click thumbnail for more information.

I was invited to bring my design investigations into Rhode Island School of Design's (RISD) Project Open Door (POD), where I spent several years serving as a Designer-in-Residence. Click the thumbnails to learn more.

Created by Amy Leidtke, a SmART Schools Professional Development Program for Secondary Science and Math educators, funded by Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, hosted by Rhode Island School of Design's Edna Lawrence Nature Lab.

Created by Amy Leidtke, a SmART Schools Professional Development Program for Science and Math Secondary Educators, funded by Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, hosted by Brown University's ICERM.

A sampling of select works by Amy Leidtke from Colorfields, a solo show of works exploring color, memory, place, and sound.