Leader Wanted for Puppet-Making Workshop

Montalvo Arts Center's upcoming Missoula Children's Theatre:
Performing Arts Day Camp.

Held from Monday, June 27 - Friday, July 1

The camp offers children ages 5-15 the opportunity to rehearse and
perform a full-scale musical for a live public audience in Montalvo's
Garden Theatre. Throughout the week, students will also participate
in various enrichment workshops, often theme-based. This year's
performance of Pinocchio provides a ready theme for our camp
workshops.

We are currently searching for experienced puppet makers to introduce
our campers to puppetry and puppet-making techniques. We are
somewhat flexible with the schedule, but currently have reserved
Tuesday 6/28 afternoon from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. and Thursday afternoon,
also from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Workshops are broken into groups of 15 -
30 students, and will be age appropriate to 5-7 year olds, 8-11 year
olds, and 12 - 15 year olds. We are particularly interested in
marionette puppet workshops, but understand that these might be more
complicated and require more than the allotted times - We are open to
ideas and discussion regarding the types of puppets for each age
group. (Your concept of creating multiple types & characters with
the youngest group was also appealing.) Compensation for the
workshops ranges from $25 to $50 per contact hour, depending on
experience. All materials fees will be reimbursed.

Any interested parties should contact me by Wednesday, June 1, at
(408) 961-5eight18 or kbontrager montalvoarts dot org

Kirsten Bontrager
Education Programs Coordinator
Montalvo Arts Center
tel: 408.96one.5818
KBontrager montalvoarts dot org
http://www.montalvoarts.org