May 23, 2008

Free Puppet Workshop for kids 5-12 held at Pendleton Art Center

Kids 5-12 years old will have fun at a free puppet workshop conducted by Karie Gipson of Giggle Box in Cincinnati. Two Saturday sessions June 7 and 14 will be held from 9am to 2pm at the new Rising Sun Art Academy in the Pendleton Art Center 201 Main Street Rising Sun.

Workshop teacher Karie Gipson was an actor/director and consultant for Madcap Productions Puppet Theater in Cincinnati Ohio and has a BA in theater from Wilmington College in Ohio.

Participants will create puppets and costumes, write the story for performance, and prepare staging and practice.

There will be a public performance at 3pm in Heritage Hall, Main Street, Rising Sun on June 14. Adult tickets are $4. Kids are free.

Participants should bring a bag lunch/snacks and drink to the workshop. Also, empty paper towel rolls, tissue paper rolls, pipe cleaners, fabric scraps, etc for creating costumes.

Space is limited. To register call Ohio County Tourism at 438-4933.

This program is sponsored by Ohio County Tourism and a grant from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs

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