AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

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. We¹d 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.org). A separate entry form for Puppets on the Wall will appear in the next edition of the Arroyo Arts Collective newsletter.