EARTH CELEBRATIONS’ PUPPET& COSTUME WORKSHOPS
In Partnership with the Church Street School of Music and Art
TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE HUDSON RIVER & ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE IN NEW YORK CITY – FREE
Earth Celebrations Puppet & Costume Workshops March 2 – May 18th, for teens & adults create the spectacular costumes, masks, and giant puppets for the Hudson River Pageant, inspired by the diverse marine species of the Hudson River. Workshops culminate in Earth Celebrations’ Hudson River Pageant, on Saturday, May 21nd, 2011 (raindate: Sunday May 22nd).
HUDSON RIVER PAGEANT – PUPPET & COSTUME WORKSHOPS
MARCH 2 – MAY 18th
FREE (Adults &Teens)
- Create Spectacular Costume and Puppets for Hudson River Pageant
- Wednesdays 6-9pm: Costume Workshops with artists Soule Golden
- Saturdays 12-4pm: Puppet Workshops with artist Lucrecia Novoa
- At the Church Street School for Music and Art:
74 Warren Street (Between West Broadway and Greenwich Street) – New York, NY 10007
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED & FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT US
Directions to Workshops
Church Street School
74 Warren Street (Between West Broadway and Greenwich Street)
New York, NY 10007
212-571-7290 – info@churchstreetschool.org
Subway Directions
Take the A,C,E train to the Chambers Street-Park Place stop. Walk south 1 block on Church Street to Warren Street. Turn right on Warren Street and walk 1 1/2 blocks to 74 Warren Street.
Take the 1,2,3 train to the Chambers Street-West Broadway stop. Walk south 1 block on West Broadway to Warren Street. Turn right on Warren Street and walk 1/2 block to 74 Warren Street.
Take the R,W train to the City Hall-Broadway stop. Walk north 1/2 block on Broadway to Warren Street. Turn left on Warren Street and walk 2 1/2 blocks to 74 Warren Street.
Looking forward to working on the marvelous costumes and puppets with you.
PARTICIPATING PARTNERS: The Hudson River Park Trust (Sponsor), Church Street School for Music & Art (Sponsor – Workshops), Brookfield Properties/arts> World Financial Center (Sponsor- which is sponsored by American Express, Battery Park City Authority, Brookfield Properties and Bank of America.), Manhattan Youth Downtown Community Center, The River Project, Friends of Hudson River Park, Battery Park City Parks Conservancy, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, Village Community Boathouse, Downtown Boathouse, New York Harbor School, New York Kayak Company, Solar One, LES Ecology Center, NYC & Company, ACA Galleries, We, the World, Henry Street Settlement/ Abrons Arts Center, Boys and Girls Republic, Poets House, Mercy Corps Action Center, Clean Air NY, Greenpeace, Bronx River Arts Center, One Brick, BuildOn, NY Cares, CB1, PS234, PS150, PS89, School at Columbia, Stuyvesant High School, NYU, Riverkeeper, The Human Impacts Institute and Clearwater.
Link to Hudson River Pageant Participating Partners
SUPPORT provided by arts>World Financial Center (which is sponsored by American Express, Battery Park City Authority, Brookfield Properties and Bank of America), Manhattan Youth Downtown Community Center, The Fund For Creative Communities supported by New York State Council on the Arts and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Howard Bayne Fund, Puffin Foundation, Con Edison, Colgate-Palmolive, Eileen Fisher, and individual supporters.
Link to Arts and Ecology Slideshow
Link to Hudson River Pageant Sponsors