EARTH CELEBRATIONS’ PUPPET& COSTUME WORKSHOPS

TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE HUDSON RIVER & ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE IN NEW YORK CITY – FREE

Earth Celebrations Puppet & Costume Workshops March–May, for teens & adults create the spectacular costumes, masks, and giant puppets for the Hudson River Pageant, inspired by the diverse marine species of the Hudson River. Workshops culminate in Earth Celebrations’ Hudson River Pageant, on Saturday, May 12th, 2012 (rain date: Sunday May 13th).

HUDSON RIVER PAGEANT  -  PUPPET & COSTUME WORKSHOPS
MARCH 3rd – MAY 9th
FREE (Adults & Teens)

• Create Spectacular Costume and Puppets for Hudson River Pageant
• Wednesdays 6-9pm: Costume Workshops with artist Irina Kruzhilina
• Saturdays 12-4pm: Puppet Workshops with artist Lucrecia Novoa
• Location: Clemente Soto Velez Center, Teatro LATEA @ 107 Suffolk St. Rm. #201 (btw Delancey and Rivington in the Lower East Side of Manhattan)

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED & FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT US

Directions to Workshops

DIRECTIONS

The CSV Cultural Center is located at 107 Suffolk Street, between Rivington Street and Delancey Street, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan

Subway Directions By train: Take the F train to Delancey Street or J , M , or Z to Essex Street. Walk to Suffolk Street, make a left.

Looking forward to working on the marvelous costumes and puppets with you.

Click HERE for a link to download the 2012 Puppet & Costume Workshop Flyer.

PARTICIPATING PARTNERS: The Hudson River Park Trust  (Sponsor), Church Street School for Music & Art (Sponsor – Workshops), Brookfield Properties/arts> World Financial Center (Sponsor- which is sponsored by American Express,  Battery Park City Authority,  Brookfield Properties and  Bank of America.), Manhattan Youth Downtown Community Center,  The River Project, Friends of Hudson River Park, Battery Park City Parks Conservancy, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, Village Community Boathouse, Downtown Boathouse, New York Harbor School, New York Kayak Company, Solar One, LES Ecology Center, NYC & Company, ACA Galleries, We, the World, Henry Street Settlement/Abrons Arts Center, Boys and Girls Republic, Poets House, Mercy Corps Action Center, Greenpeace, Bronx River Arts Center, One Brick, BuildOn, NY Cares, CB1, St. Vincent Ferrer High School, PS234, School at Columbia, Stuyvesant High School, NYU, Riverkeeper, The Human Impacts Institute, Asphalt Green, Lilac Preservation Project, and Clearwater.

Link to Hudson River Pageant Participating Partners

SUPPORT provided by arts>World Financial Center (which is sponsored by American Express, Battery Park City Authority, Brookfield Properties and Bank of America), Manhattan Youth Downtown Community Center, The Fund For Creative Communities supported by New York State Council on the Arts and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Howard Bayne Fund, Puffin Foundation, Con Edison, Colgate-Palmolive, Eileen Fisher, and individual supporters.

Link to Arts and Ecology Slideshow

Link to Hudson River Pageant Sponsors