Details
FREE 1 hourDate(s)
Wed, May 20, 2020
11:00am
Contact
info@irishartscenter.org
Location
Overview
Build and bring your own puppet to life! Marc Mac Lochlainn of Branar Téatar do Pháistí leads a workshop using materials you can find in your own home. You will learn:
• How to make a puppet out of paper
• Foundational puppetry skills, like how to make the puppet breathe, walk, and talk
• How to create a story with your paper puppet
Materials to gather before the start of the workshop:
1. Newspaper (old)
2. Tape (any kind)
3. A wooden cocktail stick (or something like it)
4. A pencil
5. Some colored paper (optional)
6. A marker
7. Some books
8. Your hands
9. Your eyes
10. Your imagination
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Age range: Recommended for children aged six and up. Younger audiences are welcome to participate, but may need assistance from a grown up.
Branar—Telling Big Stories to Little Citizens
Branar Téatar do Pháistí is one of the leading theatre companies making work for children in Ireland, creating beautiful, innovative, high quality work that inspires children and their families. They tour work to venues and festivals locally, nationally and internationally—throughout Ireland, Europe, USA, China and Japan—and support artists to make work for young audiences through tailored programmes of resource-sharing and Tiny Show creation. They create opportunities for children to explore their own arts practice in school settings.
Marc has been presenting workshops for more than 20 years.
Website: branar.ie
@branarteatar
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Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; the Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; the Irish Institute of New York; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; M&T Bank; the Dead Rabbit; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.
