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.