Puppeteers of America & Puppetry in Education and Therapy Presents:
A Hands-On Retreat hosted by
Michelee Puppets
February 10-12, 2012
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Don’t waste time… Book your place, hotel and your workshop space early! Check out the schedule describing the retreat! Download the Registration Form Here! Pack your best puppeteer blacks and join us in Sunny Florida!
Time is running out! Only a few days left to REGISTER for this unique hands-on opportunity and receive a special HOTEL rate! Check out the “Where”, “When”, “What”, “Who”, and “Why” to see what your future has in store! Where: MicheLee Puppets in Orlando, Florida
When: February 10-12 2012
WHAT: Three Days of Sharing, Learning and Creating!
Be the guest of MicheLee Puppets a nationally acclaimed issue-based puppetry theater group in Orlando, Florida, as they perform their work and share insights into how they develop their productions including, research, marketing, funding, and more!
Following this unique inside view, participants will be treated to a series of hands-on workshops taught by experts in their field, designed as stepping stones to creating a final performance. Working in groups, and mentored by their peers, participants will take on the ultimate challenge… Create a completed 5- minute piece dedicated to a specific subject area and age group… in just 24 hours! All shows will be combined, culminating in an “Edu-SLAM!” performance. Activities include:
Any questions, concerns or ideas…contact Puppetry in Education and Therapy Committee Chairperson Judith O’Hare jaohare[at]gmail.com
ABOUT PUPPETEERS OF AMERICA ABOUT MICHELEE PUPPETS
MicheLee Puppets, Florida’s premier puppetry arts organization was founded in 1985, as a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization. We empower lives through exciting, educational and entertaining issue-based productions, which are presented to more than 100,000 young people each year. Topics address the critical and challenging issues students face: bullying, childhood obesity, domestic violence, sexual assault and suicide. Through gripping performances young people learn respect, personal responsibility, and how to make positive life choices.
MicheLee Puppets has served more than 1.8 million Florida students with school and community presentations. The ability to effectively communicate difficult messages in a compelling and nonthreatening way has lead to national recognition by the Puppeteers of America, bestowing MicheLee Puppets withthe Marjorie Batchelder McPharlin Award for Excellence in Educational Puppetry, and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant for our statewide production of EXTREME Health Challenge. |
Past Puppetry in Education and Therapy Events:
Professional Day for Teaching Artists and Therapists
The 2011 National Puppetry Festival will include a Professional Day for the Teaching Artist and Therapist onTuesday, July 12from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The theme for this festival’s presentations will be PROJECTS: Planning, Presenting, Evaluating and Documenting.
Are you interested in being a presenter at the Professional Day for the Teaching Artist and Therapist? Please read and complete the Proposal Form.The Professional Day for the Teaching Artist and Therapist is an opportunity for puppeteers, therapists, teachers, librarians, and others who work in educational or therapeutic settings to learn from master artist-educators/therapists and one another. |
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| It is a chance to work together to identify initiatives and set future directions. We hope that the presentations and the input from participants will be the basis for another book on the subject, similar to Puppetry in Education and Therapy: Unlocking Doors to the Mind and Heart, a collection of short articles on a variety of topics related to Puppetry in Education and Therapy, edited by Judith O’Hare and Matthew Bernier. It was an initiative of the Puppetry in Education and Therapycommittee of the Puppeteers of America. | |
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The Day for the Teaching Artist and Therapist is organized by Judith O’Hare, chair of the Puppetry in Education Committee, Educational Consultant for the Puppeteers of America, and a nationally-recognized and award-winning leader in puppetry and education. She is assisted by Liz Freeman, educator, and Mathew Bernier, a specialist in puppetry in therapy and a recent recipient of the Puppeteers of America Award for Puppetry in Education and Therapy.
The Professional Day for the Teaching Artist and Therapist was a great success at the 2009 National Puppetry Festival. The first Professional Day was held at the Tri Regional Festival in Asheville, North Carolina in 2006 followed by another at the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Festival at University of Maryland in 2008. |
| The Professional Day was last held in 2010 at the Southeast Festival in Wilmington, North Carolina. Registration for the Professional Day for the Teaching Artist and Therapist is not included in the Festival Registration fee. It is an additional $40 which includes a day of stimulating presentations and discussion, seminar handouts, and lunch and snacks on Tuesday. It is not necessary to register for the Festival in order to attend the Professional Day for the Teaching Artist and Therapist.
Registrants for the National Puppetry Festival will have an opportunity to “add-on” the Day for the Teaching Artist and Therapist during the online registration process. Those who wish to register only for the Day for the Teaching Artist and Therapist should complete the Seminar Registration Form and mail it, with a check for $40 payable to “The Puppeteers of America,” to the address on the form. For more details contact Judith O’Hare, jaohare[at]gmail.com |
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Puppetry in Education and Therapy:Unlocking Doors to the Mind and Heart,
edited by Judith O’Hare and Matthew Bernier
with 26 articles by members of the Puppetry in Education committee and colleagues.
- All proceeds after expenses go to the Puppeteers of America.
About the Book
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In Puppetry in Education and Therapy: Unlocking Doors to the Mind and Heart, one finds enormous variety, ingenuity, and creativity in the types of puppets, and the ways they are used in education and in therapy. Puppeteers, therapists, and educators, articulate what is meant by “puppetry in education” and “puppet therapy” and how it is the same or different from “puppet theatre”. They describe the unique characteristics and theory of puppetry in education and therapy, the skills it takes to be successful in these areas, the skills that are passed on to people who use puppets for personal expression, and how to assess the impact of puppets on learning or behavior change. Twenty-six authors discuss topics such as puppetry and the multiple intelligences; the process versus the product; using puppetry in schools to promote literacy, preserve cultural heritage, and teach music; how puppetry contributes to Core Curriculum Standards, the theoretical underpinnings of therapeutic puppetry, and a range of ways of facilitating growth and development. If you’re already using puppets, this book will inspire you to understand your work differently and to explore new possibilities. If you’re a teacher or a therapist and you’ve never used puppets before, it will open a whole world of possibilities. This book illustrates that puppetry arts can affect learning and behavior and that puppets indeed have the power to unlock doors to the mind and heart.
This book can be purchased by clicking here!
About the Editors
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Matthew Bernier, MCAT, ATR-BC (co-editor), a registered and board certified art therapist and a puppeteer, is an Associate Professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School in the Graduate Art Therapy Program. He is internationally known for his expertise in therapeutic puppetry. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Puppeteers of America.
Judith O’Hare (co-editor), creator of You and Me Puppets, is the Education Consultant and Chair of the Puppetry in Education and Therapy Committee for the Puppeteers of America and the director of Puppets: Education Magic Institute. She is a solo puppeteer specializing in Participatory Puppet Theater with children and Toy Theater. She teaches graduate courses and has presented her performances, workshops, and teacher trainings for over 30 years across the US and in Canada, Kenya, Tanzania, Hong Kong, and China.
Twenty-six authors contributed to this book. They have diverse credentials, experience, and disciplines including: puppeteers, educators, child and art therapists, child life specialist, social worker, storyteller, psychologist, and physician. They all have a common denominator of using puppetry in their work. They include:Tova Ackerman, Mickey Aronoff, Matthew Bernier, Joan Brown, Bruce Chessé, Suzanne Down, Hobey Ford, Elizabeth Freeman, Lani Gerity, Ronni Gerstel, Joy Gwynne Ginther, Farryl Hadari, Sheila K. Harris, Helene Hugel, Marlene Joyce, Susan Linn, Mary S. Mazzacane, Judith O’Hare, Marianne Parr, Wendy Passmore-Godfrey, Sharon Peck, Paula Shutman, David Silver, Lesley Smith, Carol Sterling, Jo Tomalin
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