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We are performing “Marvelous Metamorphoses” Sunday April 21 at 10:30am & 2pm @steppingstonesmuseum for Children to celebrate Earth Day! Photo Credit: Richard Termine @richardtermine
With whirlwind presentation time and puppet making classes I was only able to catch a few shots as the 1st grade students left the art classroom @hartford_public today! Such happy people creating fun work together here at Naylor. Here are some funn
Did you hear the word? I am giving an ArtTalk @ridgefieldlibrary on Sunday, March 10 at 2pm for Women’s History Month where I will discuss my more than 20 year career as a puppeteer and the legacy of women in the state of CT who carved a path
Another great day via @hartfordperforms in @hartford_public teaching art classes for this 8 week residency! The fifth graders in the photos got two days to get into their groove of making bird masks helping with class unity and motivation with their
Happy Galentine’s Day! Happy Valentine’s Day! I cannot get enough of showing off the amazing work on my first week with students at Naylor Elementary! We are so looking forward to creating more artwork together in the coming weeks duri
My amazing 2nd graders came into their first day of classes exclaiming “we love art!” How joyful this bunch was at Naylor today! Thank you for sharing love of art in class today with your hearts wide open. We had a blast with creativity
We have so much love for arts education! We are so looking forward to sharing dreams, wishes, and drawing lines together while creating our own worlds in art classes coming up now at Naylor Elementary via @hartfordperforms . #hartfordct #elementarya
Images from 2nd and 3rd graders who made puppets out of familiar objects this week. The best thing about this project is that we don’t use any glue, although an occasional glue dot helps every once and awhile. #happy #dancingpuppets #makeartmo
What an interesting collection of Feathered Friends that we made in basically half the time that we normally have for this paper mask making program! We made it happen together! The new art teacher at Cos Cob School in Greenwich, CT rocks, even wh
This puppet apparently likes fine dining. I was packing up after our puppetry program @troutbeck.ny today and found this little creation that a workshop participant placed on a dining table. It was alone in the room! She eventually claimed it, but
There were a few marionettes that were a pretty amazing feat in under 40 minutes @stlukesct for Arts Week during my residency there a couple of weeks ago! Here are two examples of student work there. I am so happy that the art teachers that welcom
What a variety of puppet styles created today in just this in one Art Class @stlukesct today during Arts Week! I am so honored to be working with amazing art teachers in their classes to help the students build puppets in under 45 minutes at the mid
What a stunning setting we had for @troutbeck.ny this past weekend! We are looking forward to more together as audiences were ever so grateful for the shared experience of handmade work that we could all participate in. The vendors at the holiday
Storytelling and puppet-making workshop @troutbeck.ny tomorrow during their holiday bazaar filling with amazing vendors including one of our favorite local shops @littleish.ct from Litchfield, CT. Join us for holiday shopping and puppet fun Sunday fr
Today is Giving Tuesday, so we are sharing images from a recent performance in a CT school allowing students to find joy in live shared arts experiences. The power of the imagination can lead to innovation and progress through independent thinking,
Wrapping up a 5 week HOT schools residency in New London! I caught one student with her puppet on my way out of the building as she waited for her ride. This video meant a lot to her as she was upset at the end of class when one foot fell off! I e
We listened and we heard the babbling brook, riddles from a great snake, stories of creatures large and small and each other’s voices among the group that gathered @findusoutsideorganization @bethelparkandrec at Franc’s Preserve this past
Hearing horns made by Robin McCahill… I just finished painting them now for our Enchanted Walk @bethellandtrust Franc’s Preserve tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 11 from 1:30-3:30pm. Listen to the forest! Here the creatures that live there&hel
This weekend join us from some dramatic adventures through the forest in Bethel, CT at Franc’s Preserve. This has become an annual tradition to wish the first well overwinter in the Northeast. #dramahike #wonderfulwoodland #enchantedhike #adv
Happy Halloween! We make our own stuff each and everyday, so today feels like every other day for us maybe. Here are some paper masks developed for a 6th birthday party earlier this season with Sova colleague and artist @visinavisions #halloween #