Wise Fool NM Workshop: Giant Puppet-Making

Learn a variety of materials and techniques while you build your own Wise Fool-style giant puppet! We’ll start with paper mache, newspaper, and tape sculpting and move through wheat pasting, cardboard construction, painting, internal frame construction, costume making, and how to bring your puppet to life!

Limited spaces available – can work solo or share a slot between 2 people: Partner student pays halfprice to participate! (total cost is $450 for partners- please contact amelia@wisefoolnm.org to enroll as a partner/ pair!)

Basic materials will be provided. Eight-session workshop – two classes a week from September 23 thrrough October 23 (one week break October 2 through 8). You’ll have your puppet finished in time for All Hallows Eve and Dia de los Muertos celebrations!! Participants must commit to attending the full session.

Teacher Bio:
Jo Christian has been building giant puppets for street theater, protests, and performances since 1989. They have led puppet-building workshops with hundreds of youth, adults, schools, and communities across the US and abroad to ” make revolution irresistible” (Toni Cade Bambara) while building community and strengthening our imagination muscles.

September 23–October 23, 2024
Meeting time: Mondays & Wednesdays, 6-8:30 pm