Everyone is born a creative genius.

To keep your genius alive you must…

…use your imagination every day.

Our programs spark the creative genius in you.

MISSION:

Mat Bevel Company is an arts and science nonprofit that builds creative and mechanical capacity through science theater, kinetic art and intuitive discovery learning using hands-on construction.

We know creative genius isn’t rare — Dr. George Land’s landmark creativity research proves that 98% of children test as creative geniuses, a capacity rooted in divergent thinking that fades by early adulthood without practice. Through World of Beveldom and The Universe Within STEAM curriculum, people exercise that divergent thinking over and over. They use imagination to build their own worlds according to the laws of physics, reconnecting with how systems move and respond and turning ideas into functional reality.

This Innovation Literacy + Physical Engineering through world-building equips people to be active participants in shaping their own worlds and lives, not passive consumers, while building the creative confidence, technical skill and inventive capacity our communities and economy need.

Producing and presenting original fine art.

Bevel Butterfly

Sharka

Thought Launcher

Americana Duck

Coffee Guru

Hemo the 7 Foot Mosquito

Poetic Fool

Admirable Bevel

Teaching the next generation of youth how to invent and create.

The Universe Within is an introduction to world-building that sparks the inherent genius in kids (and adults!). Students create positive superhero characters who tackle major environmental or social issues in their imagined worlds. Throughout the course, they learn how to engineer strong structures using cardboard and attachment mechanisms as they construct functional tools and headdresses for their characters.

We currently have three units available to schools, camps, museums, libraries and families: Headgear of Heroes (geometry), The Art of Kinetics (Physics) and The Power of Electricity (electricity). A fourth unit called Making Music is underway.

There are four essential components to The Universe Within multimedia curriculum:

Opening 3-minute videos with inspiration from Beveldom, instructions by Math Professor Dr. Bayly and demonstrations by peer mentors
The User Guidebook with all learning objectives, success criteria, assignments, standard alignment and resources
The Daily Doodle student notebook with all sequential worksheets
STEAM kits

Watch One Of The Opening Videos!

Lessons open with a 3-minute video filled with inspiration and instructions by an animated character of math Professor Dr. Bayly and peer demonstrations! For more information, contact Paula Schaper: 520-604-6273 or pschaper@matbevelcompany.org.

Watch Our Progress!

Mat Bevel Company is using the museum as the set for filming a virtual tour, TV shows and blended and e-learning editions The Universe Within curriculum. To watch our progress and get videos of the museum delivered to your inbox, sign up for our monthly newsletter, The Junk Evangelist.

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Welcome To The Santa Cruz Creative Exchange

by MatBevel Admin

In 2022, Mat Bevel Company launched The Santa Cruz Creative Exchange (The Exchange), a multimedia program that connects people to our local creative place-makers who are using their art to create a creative economy sector in Santa Cruz County. This new programmatic...