Welcome back to school, all of you educators! We want to help you teach your students by reinforcing your lessons with fun, entertaining puppet shows and workshops! Each show has connections to English Language Arts, Science, or Social Studies, outlined on the show page of the website. Our study guides include vocabulary and suggested activities.
grantWould you like to bring Piccadilly Puppets to your school, library or non-profit organization in Fall 2018 or Spring 2019? If your organization is located in a county in which no organization received an FY18 GCA Project, Partner or Arts Education Grant, you can apply for a Vibrant Communities grant from the Ga Council for the Arts. The grants are for arts programming; why not have us do puppet shows and/or workshops?
For more info including a list of counties that qualify:
Piccadilly Puppets is a proud recipient of funding from the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs! We provide puppet performances throughout the City of Atlanta, and the funds help us to cover some expenses, so that we can keep our shows affordable. Funding also enables us to offer discounts to schools that receive Title One funding and other venues in those neighborhoods (such as libraries), and occasionally offer free shows in underserved parts of the city.
Thank you so much to the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs for helping us to educate and entertain children in Atlanta through the art of puppetry!
We have been busy in June, mostly with camp performances, but here are a couple of upcoming public performances:
Tuesday, June 20 2:30 pm Once Upon a Time in China (ages 3-10) Fayette County Public Library 1821 Heritage Parkway Fayetteville, GA 30214 (770)305-5251
Tuesday, June 27 11:00 am Wish Tales (ages 3-8) A. Mitchell Powell Jr. branch, Coweta Public Library 25 Hospital Road Newnan, GA 30263 (770)253-3625
Also, don’t forget our Puppet Camp through the Johns Creek Arts Center (ages 6-10) July 10-14:
How much: $265 for members of the Johns Creek Arts Center, $285 for non-members
A student putting the finishing touches on her cloth-and-foam puppet
Get a taste of both visual and performing arts with a week of puppet camp! Campers will learn about the different types of puppetry, make 2-3 puppets and write short scripts based on familiar folktales or myths. Instruction on puppet manipulation and rehearsal led by a professional puppeteer from Piccadilly Puppets will prepare the class to put on a fun original puppet show!