Call For Entries: Puppets, Puppets, Puppets

In May and June of 2007, the Arroyo Arts Collective will be hosting
Puppets,Puppets, Puppets, a Puppetry Festival in Northeast Los
Angeles. We are looking for puppeteers, artists who make puppets,
teachers for puppetry workshops for children and adults and a teacher
to give a talk on the history of puppetry. Thanks to generous grants
from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs, and the
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles
County Arts Commission we are able to give modest honoraria to
puppeteers and teachers for this event. Here's how to get involved:

1) Puppeteers with a puppet show they'd like to present

We are looking for about 10 puppeteers to put on puppets shows in the
Highland Park area of Los Angeles during the weekends of June 1,2 and
3 and June 7, 8 and 9, 2007. Shows on June 3 will be part of the
Lummis Day Festival in Sycamore Grove Park. Shows on June 9 will be
part of the NELA Second Saturday Art Walk in galleries in Highland
Park. These shows will be selected by a panel of judges including
Alan Cook, Curator of the Conservatory of Puppetry Arts and Susan
Simpson, puppeteer and teacher in the Cotsen Center for Puppetry and
the Arts, at the California Institute of the Arts. All chosen
puppeteers will receive a honorarium of between $100 and $300, based
on the needs of the individual show. The Collective's intention is to
showcase in our neighborhood a representative sampling of the
interesting new trends in contemporary puppetry. We'd particularly
love to see shows about Los Angeles and its colorful characters, the
Los Angeles River, and the diversity that characterizes our city.
Multilingual shows are encouraged. We1re hoping for a nice blend of
family friendly shows and more experimental works that would appeal
to an adult audience. Our venues include outdoor performances in
Sycamore Grove Park (a temporary stage will be available), as well as
shows in the Acorn Gallery and other interior spaces. Ideally, shows
will be short (under 30 minutes), self contained, or requiring short
set up time, with modest lighting and sound requirements. We will
also consider short films involving puppets.

2) Teachers who would like to teach a brief workshop on puppetry for
children or adults.

We are looking for workshop teachers to work with community members
to teach adults and children puppetry skills. Our community includes
artists, parents, school children, teachers and the curious. Last
year we had great success making large street puppets with students
and adults at Franklin High School, This was accomplished over three
Saturdays prior to Lummis Day, and the puppets were carried in a
parade from the Lummis Home to Sycamore Grove Park. We could do this
again and/or have some shorter workshops (Example: a workshop to
build a simple rod puppet, finger puppet or marionette ) at the Acorn
Gallery or a local library. Teachers will receive honoraria
appropriate to the project.

3) Puppetry Historian

We need one special person to give a presentation on the history of
puppetry. This would occur a few weeks prior to June 3, at a gallery,
library or other community space in Highland Park. It would be
wonderful if this presentation had a hands on component (Example: A
puppet petting zoo?) An honorarium will be given for this
presentation. If you are interested in putting on a puppet show,
teaching a workshop or giving a presentation on the history of
puppetry, please complete the following:

Name:

Address:

Telephone Number:

Email:

Please give a brief description (250 words) of your show, workshop or
presentation. Be sure to tell us if this show is for adults or
families, if it can be performed outdoors and what is needed for
lighting and amplification. If you have supporting materials such as
reviews of your work, photos or sketches, please include these with
your application. Please send your application to The Arroyo Arts
Collective, P.O. Box 50835, Highland Park, California 90050-0835(or
by email to
puppets arroyoartscollective.org) by March 1, 2007. If you need
further information, please contact us
at
puppets arroyoartscollective.org.

We will notify winners of these competitions by March 31, 2007.

Artists Who Make Puppets:

The Arroyo Arts Collective will have an open show, entitled Puppets
on the Wall, in our Acorn Gallery. We are looking for artist made
puppets of all types. We hope that artists from all media will create
work for this show, There are no entry fees but entrants MUST BE
CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE ARROYO ARTS COLLECTIVE. Please email your
intention to participate to the Arroyo Arts Collective
puppets arroyoartscollective dot org).
A separate entry form for Puppets on the Wall will appear in the next
edition of the Arroyo Arts Collective newsletter.