PUPPET PROVOCATIONS
Exploring the power of puppetry for the social issues of our time.
Learn techniques and insights that will engage your students.
On-demand learning series designed for high school fine arts and language teachers.
Offering creative and unique activities for their students, using puppetry as a tool.
Learn from international experts.
These on-demand learning activities feature videos that are inspirational and engaging. Following up with presenters at our Puppet Power Conference, we explore with discussion questions, written tasks, and extension activities.
One time access links each $15.00 + GST CAN
PUPPETS AS SYMPATHETIC MAGIC :
Building the world we want from the materials we don’t.
Amanda Petefish-Schrag, Associate Professor of Theatre, Iowa State University explores the topics of climate change and how she repurposes trash in puppet development. She explains her process and the unique opportunity puppetry and rituals play in challenging one's beliefs, actions, decisions, and behaviours.
BABY WELCOMINGS :
“Everyday ceremonies can be life enhancing celebrations of our shared humanity…”
Dr Matt Smith, University of Portsmouth, and panellists, discuss the importance of celebratory art, rituals, and celebrations. It identifies the critical role these events play in shaping one's life and how it can build community. Celebratory art and cultural performances are an art form uniquely different from traditional artistic performances.