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Cosponsored by the Birdhouse Neighborhood Center
April 6, 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm and April 8, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost: Sliding-scale donation ($0-35)

This workshop is designed for teachers, community leaders, and any other individuals ages 13 & up who would like to learn how to design and create giant puppets and other parade art for this spring's Cattywampus Parade and Block Party on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at Suttree Landing Park!

Now in its 8th year, Cattywampus's people-powered Parade invites community members of all ages to make giant puppets, costumes, and other art and come together to parade as one. This year’s parade theme “Our Joy is Powerful” invites us to let delight, play, and celebration inspire our artmaking as we conjure our collective joy as a community and use it as fuel to practice audacious acts of imagination and move into the future together.

During this workshop, we will focus on papier-mâché, cardboard sculpting, rigging, and other methods for making inexpensive parade art. There will not be enough time for participants to complete their own project during this workshop but each participant will receive a Giant Puppet Making & Parade Art Manual to take home, plenty of hands-on experience, and time to work on their own design/brainstorm a project for their group.

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