Moving Shadow Puppets and Theater (Part 2)

Moving Shadow Puppets and Theater (Part 2) with Cheryl Borst

Saturday, March 23

12:00-2:00 pm

Class Fee $25, Art Museum Members receive a 10% discount 
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Ages 10+

Enrollment

Maximum: 12

Class Description

Building on the dream of making stories come to life through the ancient art of Shadow Puppetry Storytelling, students will make a simple puppet and further explore the mechanics of building a portable shadow puppet theater. Students will make a small box style theater to showcase their puppetry. 

Materials

All materials provided!

About the Instructor 

Cheryl received her BFA in Studio Art with a drawing concentration, while working toward an additional Art education major at the University of Tennessee. During 1994-2000, Cheryl taught ages 4 to 12 in ceramics and mixed media classes here at the museum. She also taught a mixed media class and a special class series on creating miniature gardens for elementary age students classes at the Arts Federation in 2014. Fall of 2016, Cheryl attended a workshop led by New Englander Jim Napolitano of Nappy's Puppets on the art of articulated shadow puppets. Jim's work has been featured on PBS Kids and Nickelodeon and has inspired Cheryl to introduce this very imaginative art form to children and adults in the area.

For more information, contact the instructor.

Cheryl Borst

caborst@gmail.com

765-441-2003