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Jerpoint Barn Creative Summerschool

Created 2009-06-12 by Anna Rosenfelder

Location: Rural - Co. Kilkenny

Duration: 2009-06-12 to 2009-07-02

Project Outline

The Jerpoint Barn Creative Summer School , now in its third year, features Arts & nature workshops with a focus on puppetry. Set in the beautiful surroundings of Jerpoint Barn & farm ,storytelling and artmaking take turns with walks through the gardens, picnics and other outdoor activities. The Summer School is a collaboration of puppeteer Anna Rosenfelder and Visual artist Jana Zitzmann (see artists profile at Artlinks.ie) and supported in kind by the Camphill Community Jerpoint, Thomastown . Anna and Jana facilitate two three-session workshops every year, with changing themes and for changing age groups. Bringing together their art-forms and fields of interest, past workshops included a puppetmaking course for adults (open for people with & without special needs) and a mid-summer-night dream maskmaking workshop for children. This years workshops add a new element: a final celebration of the created artwork to be shared with parents, friends and the residents of the Camphill Community: AM A BIRD (ages 6 to 8/ 9:30 am to 12:30pm): We will make winged puppets, search the gardens for moss, leaves and petals to build magical nests, gather on our Moroccan carpet to listen to bird stories or even make up our own, and celebrate the final day with a fabulous birds parade through the gardens. Older children (8 to 11/ 2 to 5 pm) will have the chance to build their own TOY THEATRE, including stage set and miniature puppets. These will be inspired by places in the garden & on the farm and created & decorated with both recycled materials and found objects. The finished pieces of art will for the last day be moved outside for a theatrical art-trail in the wild (or in Jerpoint Barn sheltered from the rain!). Parents and siblings are invited to share in this final celebration of the workshop (procession/ art trail).