Calliope Puppet Center
Adult Events & Workshops
Celebration of the Ancestors Giant Puppet Parade, New Orleans Algiers neighborhood, 2004
PUPPETS IN THE POINT FOR GROWN-UPS
Would you like to build a puppet? learn how to manipulate a puppet? Find collaborators for community performances? Contribute energy to dramatizing stories that must be told? Then, please join us in continuing a tradition that is both ancient and timeless.
For inspiration, view this film of a project in South Africa!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-904097566636300095#
We look forward to meeting you! Please see the Events Calendar for next monthly meeting.
For further information, (or to have a chair reserved for you!) 504 913-8486, or email karen@calliopepuppets.com
From teacher workshop collaboration with Eulenspeigel Puppets, West Liberty, Iowa
DATE: see Events Calendar (generally, last Thursday of the month)
HOURS: 6:00 – 9:00, with workshop presentation beginning at 7:00. First hour for general information sharing and refreshments.
FEE: $25 includes refreshments and materials
PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE: karen@calliopepuppets.com or 504 913-8486
Teachers of any grade level are invited for a monthly night:
• for workshops in quick, simple, inexpensive, and effective activities to use right away to engage students across the curriculum through puppetry
Each night will feature a different short hands-on workshop, including time for experimentation and discussion. This is a working studio with a wide variety of tools, equipment, materials, books, and other resources available.
ADVANCE REGISTRATION APPRECIATED – to ensure sufficient materials, chairs, refreshments, etc.
HOURS: 6:00 – 9:00, with workshop presentation beginning at 7:00. First hour for general information sharing and refreshments.
FEE: $25 includes all (Sign up for five Resource Nights, $100). SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE – PLEASE ASK!
Above, some of Karen Konnerth’s students in Jakarta, Indonesia, hosted through the U.S. Embassy English Language Specialist Program.
