Sites and Residencies: Project Updates

West 7th Community Center
Artist and Puppeteer Soozin Hirschmugl has worked with the awesome kids from the West 7th Community Center. Together they will create 2 Giant Insect Puppets, lady bug and spider costumes, and flying insect flags. With the 5th- 8th grade students, a giant 4 pole Dragonfly Puppet and flying insect flags will be made. 3-4th grade students will be creating a Giant 3 pole Butterfly Puppet and flying insect flags, and the K-2nd grade will create ladybug and spider costumes...In total 60 youth from the center will participate in this residency, 20 from each age group.

Merrick Community Center
Gustavo Boada will have stilting and mask making workshop and probably drummers.

Duluth and Case Rec Center
With help of resident artist, Julian McFaul, they will devise, create and inhabit several never-seen-before creatures, using stilts, unusual costumery and mask performance techniques. Some of the beasts will involve multiple performers.

Scheffer Rec Center
Resident artist, Mary Plaster, has worked with a dozen kids to create whimsically-winged creatures.