Humanities Labs

Our Humanities Labs build on PAGE’s commitment to help girls engage in meaningful ways with the arts, humanities, and storytelling.

With our Photo Diary and Digital Storytelling projects, our youngest participants in grades 6-7 work with digital tools and technologies that help them to tell their stories in new ways. Girls benefit from learning new literacy skills and technology tools that allow them to connect with communities in and outside of Appalachia.

These projects are building blocks for a signature experience offered for returning participants in grades 8-10: PageLabs that integrate the arts and humanities, digital learning, and STEM with place-based learning.

Participants in grades 8-10 learn in Humanities Labs by working with Project Facilitators – real artists, historians, and photographers or filmmakers – along with each year’s team of College Interns.

We organize Humanities Labs around themes (such as the past, present, and future of historic schools) and methods (such as historical research and oral history interviews, documentary arts, or podcasts). The tools used to create project deliverables range from the traditional crafts – such as quilting – to new digital media – such as podcasts. Girls learn by working in teams under the guidance of Project Facilitators, our Staff, and our Interns.

PAGE Humanities Labs connect the best of the old and new, by helping girls engage with the people, places, and stories of Appalachia using innovative tools for learning and connecting.