Avanti, Da Vinci! - Center for Puppetry Arts

Create-A-Puppet Workshops
In the popular Create-A-Puppet Workshops, children ages four and up learned about puppetry and
created their very own puppet to take home. Designs changed for each production and were based on
the show’s theme.
Distance Learning
Recipient of the 2006 Teacher’s Choice Award for
Best Content Provider - Fine Arts Museum.
The Center’s unique Distance Learning Program, a dynamic, interactive virtual field trip experience, continues
to present arts infused programming to participants across North America and the world. During the 2005-06
season, the studio presented 640 programs on non-traditional and traditional classroom disciplines,
including units on butterflies, spiders, dinosaurs, the rainforest, Native Americans, Africa and more. That’s 129
more programs than last year! PreK - 12 Students participated in learning activities about the topic and created a
working puppet. The Center’s Distance Learning Program gained a new audience this year. Seniors at Robin Run
Village Retirement Center engaged in an interactive dialogue on puppetry in other cultures while viewing video
clips and puppets from Japan, China and Mali. Their evaluation of the program was “outstanding!”
Since 1998, the Distance Learning Program has reached primarily rural and underserved audiences that are
unable to access the Center’s hands-on educational programs.
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PARTICIPANTs Reached: 17,243
States reached: 26
Countries reached: 2
States and Countries Reached
Since 1998
GREAT BRITAIN