Flower Power: The Power of Origami Flowers

About the event

Program Description:

Join us for an introductory origami lesson as you unfold the beauty, art, and joy of origami. Learn to transform an ordinary piece of paper into the extraordinary. Discover how to fold a tulip, lotus, a petal flower, and more.

About the instructor:

Barbara Pearl is the author of Math in Motion: Origami in the Classroom and Whale of a Tale. Barbara is recognized around the country for her inspiring and motivational programs that promote a “positive message” about mathematics. As an international speaker she has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Asia including China and Japan. She developed Math in Motion while working as a classroom teacher. Her background in mathematics and education inspired her to explore strategies that get students excited about mathematics and learning.

She has received numerous awards and grants and is the recipient of the “Ezra Jack Keats” Award from the Los Angeles County Public Libraries for her multicultural Program of the Year, Bucks County Libraries as the National Library Week Travel Program, visiting over 18 branches, and John F. Kennedy, “Artist as Educator” participant. She installed the first “Origami & Mathematics” exhibits at The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Lockheed Martin Aerospace, the Philadelphia International Airport, “Origami: The Universal Fold,” and The Free Library of Philadelphia, “Peace of Paper.” Barbara’s Origami Collection was selected for the Artmobile tour and travelled to over 20,000 school children in the Bucks County area.