Photo of Kathie DiStefano's interactive 'Seagull Mama' Performance at Enoch Pratt Library in a previous year

Workshops for kids about trash — available in Baltimore/Maryland in Fall 2022

Theatre artist & educator Kathie diStefano, leader of Rotterdam’s Avalanche Arts, designs and coordinates creative educational activities for kids in Baltimore & Rotterdam to make them aware of trash pollution and how they can help solve it. Kathie diStefano visits Baltimore every year to hold interactive workshops and performances for kids about trash, recycling, and […]

Community trash cleanup event with students from Bay Brook Elementary / Middle School during the 2022 Baltimore-Rotterdam Operation Trash exchange organized by Kathie diStefano.

Baltimore-Rotterdam virtual exchange program 2022: Operation Trash / Operatie Afval

An international cultural exchange project linking American & Dutch students — centered around the themes of waste and recycling. Trash serves as the theme for a cross-cultural Sister City virtual exchange between schools in Baltimore (USA) and Rotterdam (the Netherlands) organized and designed by theatre artists and educator Kathie diStefano from Avalanche Arts, a Rotterdam-based […]

Planned Baltimore-Rotterdam virtual exchange program 2022: Operation Trash / Operatie Afval

A social cultural program linking American & Dutch students Trash serves as the theme for a cross-cultural Sister City virtual exchange between schools in Baltimore (USA) and Rotterdam (the Netherlands). Students research trash topics and recycling strategies and make presentations to share with their counterparts overseas. They are inspired to reduce litter and increase recycling […]

Performances about trash available from Young Audiences

Kathie diStefano from Rotterdam’s Avalanche Arts (Stichting Lawine) is now part of the artist roster at Young Audiences Arts for Learning, Maryland! Maryland public schools can sign up on the Young Audiences website to schedule the “Seagull Mama” performance this semester or in the future, for kids in kindergarten through grade 2. Young Audiences can […]

Baltimore-Rotterdam Operation Trash / Operatie Afval 2017-2018 Offerings

Arts educational programs about trash, recycling, and environmental stewardship Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee supports educational activities for kids in Baltimore & Rotterdam to make them aware of trash pollution and how they can help solve it. The activities are designed & coordinated by Kathie diStefano from Rotterdam-based Avalanche Arts (Stichting Lawine). Left: Avalanche Arts’ Kathie […]

Learn Global, Act Local

A Culture and Environmental Stewardship Exchange This is a proposed online exchange program for Fall 2018 – Spring 2019 . We are currently seeking funding for it. For Learn Global, Act Local, an exchange between two middle schools — one in Baltimore and one in Rotterdam — the Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee (BRSCC) is teaming […]