The Butterfly Effect by ShadowLight Residency at Red Poppy Art House
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Free Live shadow play & workshop by visual artist and part-time entomologist Jessica Nguyen, for children and families
Join us for our monthly ShadowLight program at Red Poppy Art House with Jessica Nguyen’s performance of The Butterfly Effect!
The Butterfly Effect is a collection of shadow puppet ponderings on the magnificent local insects found in the Bay Area with a nod to our relationships to these local and endangered species. This is a short shadow play performance created and performed by visual artist and part-time entomologist, Jessica Nguyen. Sponsored by ShadowLight Productions and Red Poppy Art House. Following the performance, Jessica will talk about some of our Bay Area insects and their habitats. A hands-on insect shadow puppet-making workshop will follow the performance.
Appropriate for children and families. Puppet-making supplies and instruction will be provided by ShadowLight.
This program is part of ShadowLight artists in residence at Red Poppy Art House. It is a Free Monthly program with hands-on workshop activities for families on the fourth Sunday of each month.
Featuring Artists:
Jessica Nguyen – puppeteer
Sunday, March 24th, 2024
Time: 1:00pm – 3:30pm
Admission: FREE and Donation
This event is appropriate for children ages 3 and up.
Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.
This event is free to the public.
Due to limited capacity, RSVP is strongly recommended.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
Red Poppy Art House has partnered up with ShadowLight Productions for free monthly programs by ShadowLight artists for children and families. With instruction and guidance by ShadowLight teaching artists, attendees will be given the opportunity to make a shadow puppet, learn performance techniques, and use our screen and lights to perform their own short plays. This event is appropriate for children ages 3 to 12.
This FREE event creates an opportunity for youth in our neighborhood (Mission), who may otherwise not be able to attend such an event for lack of funds, to have access to art education with high-caliber teaching artists. By providing an opportunity to watch, interact, and play, we are encouraging participation and engagement with a vital storytelling art form. Storytelling is an important skill; it helps us to understand ourselves and one another, encouraging empathy.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Jessica Nguyen is a science illustrator, educator, dancer, shadow puppeteer, and circus artist turned to the dark side. Her favorite medium is mischief and punnery but confesses that a bit of paper and ink will always lift the spirits. She currently works and lurks in the East Bay, and loves waxing poetic about flora and fauna and bones and stones over a warm cup of tea.
Jessica is a frequent collaborator with ShadowLight Productions.
Website: https://bcrqt.com/
ShadowLight Productions was founded in 1972 by filmmaker/theatre director/shadow artist Larry Reed. We have served San Francisco as a nonprofit theater company for nearly 30 years.
The mission of ShadowLight Productions is to expose the general public to the art of Shadow Theater. The means of providing such exposure includes but is not limited to live theater, film, and other media. We strive to preserve indigenous shadow theater traditions and to explore and expand the possibilities of the shadow theater medium by creating innovative interdisciplinary, multicultural works.
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