Giant Puppets by Sara Peattie.

Artist in Residence:
Sara Peattie

Sara Peattie resides in Revere, MA and is involved with a number of interrelated groups. The Puppeteers’ Cooperative, a group of artists and musicians creating giant puppet pageants and parades, Hi-Art videos; Puppaganda, for mini street shows; the Back Alley Puppet Theater, which creates parades and parade puppets in the Boston area; and the Puppet Free Libraries, which lend puppets, banners, and masks to people and institutions in the New York and Boston areas.


THESE WORKSHOPS ARE NOW POSTPONED UNTIL LATE SUMMER 2020.

Sara Peattie resides in Revere, MA and is involved with a number of interrelated groups. The Puppeteers’ Cooperative, a group of artists and musicians creating giant puppet pageants and parades, Hi-Art videos; Puppaganda, for mini street shows; the Back Alley Puppet Theater, which creates parades and parade puppets in the Boston area; and the Puppet Free Libraries, which lend puppets, banners, and masks to people and institutions in the New York and Boston areas.


• GIANT PUPPET Workshops | March 16 – 21 NOW LATE SUMMER 2020
Learn to design and construct a giant puppet and march in the giant puppet parade!
Giant Puppet Workshop schedule:
• Mon 16th | NOW LATE SUMMER 2020
• Tues 17th | NOW LATE SUMMER 2020
• Wed 18th | NOW LATE SUMMER 2020
• Thu 19th | NOW LATE SUMMER 2020
• Fri 20th | NOW LATE SUMMER 2020
• Sat 21st | Giant Puppet Parade! NOW LATE SUMMER 2020 in front of the Firehouse

AGES 8 & UP Adults and families welcomed
Materials provided (you may want to bring your own fabric for the costume part of the puppet)
Fee for the week $50.00 for 1 person, teams of 2-4 people $75, working on a single puppet.


• SMALL PUPPET Workshops | March 18 – 19 NOW LATE SUMMER 2020
• Fee $15.00 per family per session (these are 2 separate sessions)
Bring the whole family for one low fee!
• Mon 16th NOW LATE SUMMER 2020
• Wed 18th NOW LATE SUMMER 2020
• Thurs 19th NOW LATE SUMMER 2020


• TEACHER Workshop | Mon, March 16, 1-4 pm NOW LATE SUMMER 2020
• No Fee for Florida Teachers
CEU credit opportunity A short background intro for teaching and working with puppets – how to make puppets / resources. If you want to make or finish a puppet you are welcome to come to Open studio sessions.

THESE WORKSHOPS ARE NOW POSTPONED UNTIL LATE SUMMER 2020.

Questions? Please call 813-645-7651
Firehouse Cultural Center 101 1st Ave NE Ruskin FL 33570