Brainpickings is a fascinating website. From their about page, it's "a human-powered discovery engine for interestingness, a subjective lens on what matters in the world and why, bringing you things you didn’t know you were interested in — until you are." This is brilliant: What Teachers Make by Taylor Mali. And Zen Pencils made it into …
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Puppet Making Day 3: Return of the Puppets!
The gang was back again at the Palace Theatre on Sunday July 21 to teach a whole crop of new friends to make monster puppets! They say a picture is worth a thousand words (well, whoever "they" are) so be prepared for a few thousand! As always, we started promptly at 10 am. Andrew was a bit …
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New Feature: Free Resources!
I'm so excited to start this new feature here at kerryhishon.com -- free theatre educational resources! Did I mention that they are free?! These resources are tried, tested and true! I have used them in my own workshops and classes (most recently with OKTC's T.A.G. program) with great success. Learning shouldn't be dry and dull... …
Linktastic – February 20, 2013
Ceris has written three articles for The Lovers, The Dreamers and You about theatre personnel: what makes the best producers, stage managers, and set designers. I'm looking forward to reading more of this series! We also recorded Podcast #11 on Monday with the LDT Online team -- look for that one to come soon! My amazing fighter-friend …
“60 Seconds of Fame” at Matthews Hall
On Wednesday, January 23, I had the opportunity to be a guest instructor at Matthews Hall in London for their Conference Day program, "60 Seconds of Fame." According to the description on their website, the program was envisioned to be "A creative integrated arts workshop for Middle School enrichment. Cross grade teams will work with staff and …
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