Catamount Arts

For parents and caregivers

Saturday, May 10, 10am-noon

Catamount Arts Center, 115 Easter Avenue, St. Johnsbury

FREE but registration required 

This workshop is for parents and caregivers attending with their young children. Please complete an enrollment form for the primary adult only.

In this fun, hands-on whirlwind of a creative workshop, professional puppeteer and puppet maker Barbara Paulson will share tips to help families craft a rod puppet out of a variety of easily sourced art materials. They are fun to make and can be put to immediate use, and can be the puppet character of your dreams. Come let your imagination soar as you transform fantastic materials into a unique hand-crafted work of art you will bring to life. 

You are invited to stay after the workshop ends to enjoy the Catamount Arts 50th Anniversary Block Party at the Arts Center!

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For more than 25 years, Barbara Paulson has had the great fortune to live the transient and transformative life of a puppeteer. Schooled on the road and mentored by professionals, Paulson is a founding member of Vermont’s No Strings Marionette Company. She has created, produced and directed countless professional and student productions, with the intent of connecting people to themselves and one another through story. Barbara shares her passion for puppetry as a teaching artist, encouraging students from 3 to 93 to fearlessly examine the cycle of creation and revision as they make meaningful connections to original and inspired work. Bachelor of Science degrees in Art and Zoology ingrained foundational tools that launch Barbara’s brain into the non stop creative processes of puppetry.