Volunteers - Center for Puppetry Arts

Outreach
During the 2007-08 fiscal year, the Center for
Puppetry Arts’ Outreach Program conducted
29 curriculum-based workshops in and
around Metro Atlanta. Educators and students
learned with hands-on demonstrations using
both replica and authentic puppets from
around the world. In addition, students built and
decorated puppets and learned simple puppet
manipulation. These activities were provided to
numerous public and private schools; community
and governmental organizations, like Coweta
County Department of Family and Children
Services; and summer camps, reaching an
impressive 2,500 people.
Photo by Jeff Domke
The Outreach Program also continued its
relationship with two locations of Camp Kudzu,
a non-profit organization providing education,
recreation and peer-networking programs for
children living with type 1 Diabetes in Georgia.
“On the camper survey, approximately
¼ of all campers indicated that,
of all available camp activities,
Puppetry was their FAVORITE!”
~Amber,
Development Director at Camp Kudzu
Top: Teenagers participate in a puppet-making
workshop at Camp Kudzu in June 2008.
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Bottom: After making puppets,
participants used a projector and shadow
screen to bring their puppets to life.
Photo by Jeff Domke