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Parade Arts at Colton Studio

Through the NORSD network we are developing a series of performance-oriented workshops featuring puppetry and parade arts with local youths.
  • Status: Active
  • Submitted: Fri Jan 02, 2009   |   Last updated: Fri Jan 02, 2009
  • Location(s): Orleans
  • Topics(s): Community development, Education, Environment
  • Tag(s): parade, puppetry, theater
  • Views: 969   |   Comments: 2

Details

   We are New Orleans based performers with a passion for local culture and youth education. We have just been granted studio space and theatre access at the Colton Academy on St Claude Ave.. The goal of this physical and musical work is to find an escape for a common language from the limitations of words, to generate a playful vocabulary using parade and theater.

Project Timeline

January-May 2009

Help or Additional Resources Needed

Materials needed (wish list):
bamboo, paint, fabric, wood, bicycles, wire, bling, staples, tools, clay, bike tubes, sewing machines, wheels... etc... etc...
Help needed from other people:
Yes! we are looking for recycled materials and people interested in working with youth in the vein of theater and parade.

Comments

I think that in New Orleans

Submitted by Deburebu on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 10:20am.

I think that in New Orleans there exist cpa programs where it's easy to register and they're going to help you pretty quickly with this new project.

“Polymorphic Plastic

Submitted by richard on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 11:35pm.

“Polymorphic Plastic Parade” is a 5-week tour, traveling in a bus that operates on waste vegetable oil, created by IAN GAMBLE AND SARAH WITT. The tour will be stopping at 10 urban and rural outdoor locations around the United States to set up a temporary emc training tipi village, which will be free and open to the public. The tipis are made with salvaged and renewable resources. The tipi covers are sewn from discarded plastic lumber tarps. The skeleton is constructed from locally harvested bamboo, an
invasive species.In this exhibit, one of the waste byproducts from contemporary exam 70-236 housing development, woven polyethylene, is recontextualized as useful material. The salvaging of these tarps, which are typically seen as waste, parallels the traditional Plains Indians’ approach to the buffalo. The cultural appropriation of tipis venerates the Native Americans’ respectful method of living, in which resources are efficiently employed. The juxtaposition of modern waste mcpd materials with the humble iconic structure of the tipi will encourage visitors to contemplate issues of excess and sustainability in present times.Join us to camp out at the future Federal courthouse site at Republic Square Park, 5th and San Antonio on July 6 & 7. There will be a community meal and additional programming.