[IMAGES] - Introduction to Clay Puppetry and Film with James Cooper - Fall 2020 Classes and Workshops

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Introduction to Clay Puppetry and Film

Combine video editing and puppet-making with James Cooper

Through this six-week course, students will learn the fundamentals of design, script-writing, and video editing through the art of puppetry. Participants will be challenged to model, sculpt, and paint their own puppet; create an original short story, and film their project to be featured in the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center online creative art gallery.

Class Details:

  • Class Dates: Tuesdays, October 6 – November 10

  • Class Meeting Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

  • Class Location: Music Room B (Also available online via Zoom Video Conferencing Software)

  • Cost: $50

    • Same price for online and in-person

    • Classes not sold separately

  • Ages: 5+

  • Registration Deadline(s): Friday, October 2, 2020

  • Instructor: James Cooper

About the Instructor:

Master puppeteer James T. L. Cooper, provides creative opportunities for children from 3 to 103 years young. Mr. Cooper boasts over twenty years of theatre arts and technical theater experience, fifteen plus years of professional puppet and prop design experience, and more than ten years of experience in teaching and program development.

In addition to TLC Puppet Workshops, James runs The Venue on 35th, is a teaching artist with Young Audiences of Virginia, and a resident lighting designer with the Virginia Arts Festival. Mr. Cooper aims to increase children’s awareness of the world around them in a creative environment while providing inspiration that lasts a lifetime.

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