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Sunday, January 13, 2013

The Fearless Face of Puppetry Conference Mar 9 & 10, 2013

The March event for the Suburban Calgary Artist Network is volunteering for the WP Puppet Theatre and the Puppet Power Conference at the Coast Plaza Hotel March 9 and 10.

This year is the year to topic is the Fearless Face of Puppetry.  There are master classes and Key note speaker Martin P. Robinson of Sesame International...  I pulled some of the information below from the WP Puppet Theatre website and I highly recommend checking it all out at the website.  I hope to see you there!

http://www.wppuppet.com/puppet_power.htm


Tickets are at:

http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/4348827460

Sincerely,

Corinne


March 9 and 10, 2013
The Coast Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre
Calgary, Alberta, Canada


A Conference Exploring How
Puppets Innovatively Address 
the Tough Issues
Facing Us
 in Today's World...


...for educators, helping professionals, artists, activists, idea generators and students

INSPIRE, INFORM AND GALVINIZE

Puppets are for everyone. They can make you laugh. They can make you cry. They can open our eyes to the world in new ways. They bring joy, creative outlet and help us tackle emotional and social issues. Puppets can create meaningful bonds within families and groups of people through the breadth of expression they provide and through the collaboration required to construct them. They also play a broad role in contemporary society, providing a creative platform to express controversial and significant social issues.
Keynote speaker Martin P. Robinson of Sesame International, hands-on workshops, peer mentoring, panel discussions and more explore the power of puppetry beyond performance.

CONFERENCE BACKGROUND

WP Puppet Theatre Society has been Animating the Spirit since 1991. Our biennial puppet conferences, the first of which was in 2001, have included the following themes: "Puppets as a Therapeutic Medium", "Embracing Multiculturalism", "Puppets Promote Literacy" and "Puppets as Agents of Social Change". Puppet Power conferences have attracted participants from all areas of the helping professions, as well as educators, artists, activists and students.




t conferences, the first of which was in 2001, have included the following themes: "Puppets as a Therapeutic Medium", "Embracing Multiculturalism", "Puppets Promote Literacy" and "Puppets as Agents of Social Change". Puppet Power conferences have attracted participants from all areas of the helping professions, as well as educators, artists, activists and students.



Saturday, January 5, 2013

Suburban Calgary Artist Network Update

The Suburban Calgary Artist Network - we are back on track. Geoff and I took an unexpected hiatus as Geoff was taking a four month course "Chemistry for Conservators" by correspondence with the International Academics Project.  If you are interested in learning more about this fascinating subject, the link is:

http://www.academicprojects.co.uk/course-details.php?courseID=733

With the course completed, its time to enjoy the wonders of our Suburban Calgary Art scene!

Next time you are at the Willow Park Hair Salon in the SE Community of Willow Park  - check out the art on the walls. Not only are the staff amazing hair and beauty artists, but two of the staff also are painters.   http://willowparksalonandspa.com/hair-services/

If you have an event or know a great place to perform, display, create art in the suburbs, please send me an email at corinne.sandhurst@gmail.com.  I will be delighted to share it here.

Thank you,

Corinne
corinne.sandhurst@gmail.com



Acadia Community Garden


Please come join us at the Acadia Recreation Complex lobby on Thursday, January 17th from 7:00-8:30 drop in to celebrate our first year of work on creating a community garden in Acadia.

The Acadia Strong Neighbourhood Initiative is generously providing coffee/tea/hot chocolate and cookies.

We look forward to sharing our progress to date and our plans for the next year.

The proposed build date is spring 2014.

The Acadia Community Garden is a grateful recipient of one of the Calgary 2012 Grassroots Initiative grants.

We encourage Acadia community artists of all ages (live/work/play/attend school) in Acadia to come on out and find out more about the garden.  We propose to incorporate functional art (community board, benches, entrance feature)  in the garden and welcome artists in the development phases to become familiar with this project.  Art proposal phase is planned for Fall 2014.

Thank you,


Corinne Sandhurst
Community Garden Chair
(403) 253-2577