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Beyond the Classroom Walls: Boundless with Antinanco Earth Arts

with Olga Sher

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If you or your kids are curious about alternative ways of learning and being, join Olga Sher to discover one of many paths that are possible when you begin to connect with what's important to you and the planet, explore and think outside the box, and let nothing stop you from taking active steps to manifest a vision. Come and be inspired!

Antinanco Earth Arts School is a coalition of teachers and community leaders committed to preserving and providing public access to traditional and indigenous knowledge, and providing education beyond the classroom walls through nature experiences, hands-on projects, multi-generational mentorships, cultural exchange programs and environmental conservation projects.

Among other things, we teach practical earth-based skills, arts, mindfulness, primitive arts, re-wilding, non-conflict resolution, emotional empowerment and team building. We provide and promote all types of education about the Earth and its inhabitants and ecosystems, educating about the impact of our actions on the natural resource stability.

We built a cob oven out of clay harvested on the property mixed with sand and grass.

We believe that people learn more effectively in settings in which knowledge can be applied, analyzed and tested. Our classes take place outdoors: in nature; in marine settings; art expos and museums; environmental centers; homeschooling settings; as well as in the form of retreats, traveling clinics and conferences. We also offer live and recorded classes and lectures through our integrated web platform, and panel discussion forums and circles. We hold periodic community exchange gatherings to promote effective dialogue between students, parents and teachers.

Baking apples

Our teachers are passionate and dedicated individuals whose personal and professional journeys are driven by the mission to bring educational value to their communities and provide education in functional, integrative and compassionate ways. Our teachers' methodologies allow our School to provide a unique framework for developing holistic and transformative learning for our students. The goal is to allow the students to see the connection between integrated parts of the whole, the relationship between linear thinking and intuition, mind and body, individual and community, nature and ourselves, and between various domains of knowledge.

We offer live and web-based educational experiences for children and adults. Classes range from one or multi-day programs to support a broad spectrum of objectives, from acquiring an additional set of skills or experiencing new environments, to engaging in studies as part of academic curriculum. We also provide apprenticeship programs led by children. Traveling programs are also offered.

Power animal circle on a tobacco farm in Cuba. Who are we? What is our purpose here? How do we get to our happy mountain? Questions that are always relevant, anywhere.

News and Developments

Jan 25th, 2020 - Belly Dancing and Intro to Drum Beats, Kids and Adults (Holmdel, NJ)

March 6-15th, 2020 - Learning Expedition in Belize - Environmental Studies, Landscape Restoration, Watershed Management, Indigenous Cultures, Rainforest Ethnobotany

April 4th-14th, 2020 - Japan - Travel like a Local, Culture, History, Ancient Arts, Eastern Philisophies

July 6-18th, 2020 - Japan - Youth Enrichment and Community Service Program

August 5-17th, 2020 - Poland, Culture Exchange, History, Auschwitz Visit, Mountian Climbing and Nature Explorations

FACILITATOR BIO

Olga Sher is a 2003 magna cum laude graduate of New York Law School, where she was a member of the New York School Law Review. Olga serves as Associate General Counsel for a New Jersey-based company specializing in financial products. Olga co-curates Nature Spirit Libraries Community Project, building free outdoor libraries for public parks.

Olga lives in Holmdel with her husband and their two children. She is actively involved in charitable educational incentives and experiential community classes for children and adults.

Licenses and Certifications: JD, admitted to practice in NJ and NY, HIPAA Privacy and Security Expert, Certified Archery Instructor, CPR, First Aid.