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Jun
3
Wrist Puppet Workshop2:00pm
Wrist Puppet Workshop
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Other Ballard Institute Facebook Live
While the Ballard Institute is closed, the museum will offer short, puppet-building and craft workshops via Facebook Live (http://facebook.com/BallardInstitute/) every Wednesday and Friday at 2 p.m. ET!
All past workshops are available on our Facebook and YouTube.
Join us on June 3 for a Wrist Puppet Workshop with UConn Puppet Arts senior Elise Vanase! Come turn your hand into a walking puppet with just a few simple materials! Recommended age: 4+.
Materials needed: old sock, scissors, hot glue or tape, cereal box cardboard, markers, yarn (optional), pipe cleaners (optional) -
Jun
4
Object Performance In African American Theater History With Dr. Paulette Richards4:00pm
Object Performance In African American Theater History With Dr. Paulette Richards
Thursday, June 4th, 2020
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Other Ballard Institute Facebook Live
Join the Ballard Institute for our first Summer 2020 Online Puppet Forum Series event on Facebook Live! These forums, hosted by Ballard Institute director and puppet historian John Bell, will consist of discussions with notable scholars and practitioners around the world about the past, present, and future of puppetry and puppetry studies.
On June 4, Dr. Paulette Richards will speak with John Bell about "Object Performance in African American Theater History". Object performance has been a central element of African dramatic spectacle, and African American theater has been attempting to reclaim many elements of African drama ever since William Alexander Brown opened the African Grove Theatre in New York City in 1821. How do puppetry and object performance continue to function in African American performance?
Paulette Richards is an independent researcher and teaching artist who uses animatronic puppetry to introduce K-12 students to basic robotics concepts. She has taught animatronic puppetry workshops at Decatur Makers, the Dekalb County Public Library, the Center for Puppetry Arts, and the Puppeteers of America 2017 National Festival. She served as co-curator with Dr. John Bell of the Ballard Institute and Museum’s Living Objects: African American Puppetry exhibit and was recently elected to the UNIMA-USA board.
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Jun
5
Make Egg Carton Heads!2:00pm
Make Egg Carton Heads!
Friday, June 5th, 2020
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Other Ballard Institute Facebook Live
While the Ballard Institute is closed, the museum will offer short, puppet-building and craft workshops via Facebook Live (http://facebook.com/BallardInstitute/) every Wednesday and Friday at 2 p.m. ET!
All past workshops are available on our Facebook and YouTube.
Join us on June 5 to make Egg Carton Heads with UConn Puppet Arts senior Elise Vanase! Hold on to your empty cardboard egg cartons, because they can be cut up and rearranged into interesting puppet heads! Recommended age: 5+
Materials: egg carton, glue, scissors, markers or paint, popsicle stick
