A Festival of Puppetry (March 18th - 20th; March 25th - 27th, 2010) Featuring shows and events for all ages! Co-sponsored by Canyon Crest Academy’s Envision Theatre Dept., the Festival will take place at Canyon Crest Academy located at 5951 East Village Center Loop Rd., San Diego CA 92130. It will be headlined by a modern adaptation of The Pied Piper, a giant puppet, shadow, and mask production performed by Canyon Crest students and aimed for middle school audiences and older. Showtimes: Thurs., March 18 at 7pm Fri., March 19 at 4pm Sat., March 20 at 7pm Fri., March 26 at 7pm Sat., March 27 at 5pm Family Day Celebration - Saturday, March 27 with a variety of shows for all ages, a lobby exhibit, mask and puppet making from noon to 5 pm. The day concludes with a giant puppet parade leading up to final performance of Pied Piper at 5. To purchase tickets, please call the Envision Box Office at (858) 350-0253 x 4150 or to purchase online, please go to the following link: http://www.cca-envision.org/main/tickets.html We’re so excited, we’re counting down to the opening night performance on March 18th, 2010... Winter - Spring Workshop Series (January thru July, 2010) Ever wanted to learn more about puppetry, movement, and manipulation? Come and join us for our workshop series! These workshops are geared for teens to adults and run from 7pm to 8:30pm, unless otherwise noted. They will be held in the Performance Space at A.R.T.S., located in Point Loma, NTC: 2820 Roosevelt Rd., Suite 106, San Diego, CA 92106. Jan. 19th $20 members/$25 non-members Simple Hand Puppets - Iain Gunn plus $5 materials fee Learn quick and fun instructions on how to create a weird and wonderful foam-face hand puppet. Glue, adhesives, and polyurethane foam will be provided for you to fold and stick into strange and expressive faces. March 16th $20 members/$25 non-members A Myth in the Making - Mindy Donner Create instant theatre inhabiting masks and manipulating common objects, by bringing a myth back from its ancient roots and giving it a contemporary look. This is a theatre of movement. Wear comfy clothing, and bring your imagination! May 18th $20 members/$25 non-members Tabletop Puppetry - Lynne Jennings Explore a variety of performance possibilities and techniques using an ordinary tabletop as your stage, and puppets ranging from elegant and intricate to simple but intriguing. Be prepared to work collabo- ratively with other participants and bring your cast of small, inanimate actors to life and tell their story to an eager audience. Handouts will be supplied. Jul. 20th $20 members/$25 non-members Shadow Puppets - Van Tran plus $5 materials fee Discover the enchanting “mysteries” behind shadow puppets. Learn how to create a basic shadow puppet out of everyday materials and hand tools. A shadow stage will also be provided to explore manipulating your newly made shadow puppet. All workshop participants will receive a take-home kit with additional materials and instructions. Great for beginners! Please contact us for questions, or to register for a workshop. Register to reserve a space soon - seats are limited to 20 students! We’re Moving to a New Home (late Spring 2010) At San Diego Space 4 Art, 325 15th Street, between J and K streets in downtown San Diego: an exciting collaborative community of artists, operated under the Synergy Arts Foundation. SDSpace4Art’s mission is to both serve the community and to create affordable live/work spaces for artists. When completed, the warehouse complex will include more than 30 studios, 5 live/ work spaces, an exhibit/ performance area, two classrooms and an area for outdoor entertainment and events. More information about SDSPACE4ART and their Volunteer Community Build concept can be found on their facebook page. The Tijuana Project Will be featured at the San Diego Latino Film Festival (March 11-21, 2010). This documentary, directed by John Sheedy, follows six children who live at the dump in TJ, and includes footage of the guild’s Felix Diaz, helping the students of the school there create their first giant puppet parade last April. Check their website for showtime: http://www.mediaartscenter.org