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2020-2023! Shows and Installations over and on the fence of the the Griegos Lateral Acequia
Lots of people were outside in 2020, avoiding indoor gatherings. So, during the spring and part of the summer of 2020, we began performing scenes of puppet and object theatre for families who were walking along the Griegos Lateral Irrigation Ditch. In order to create a frame, we mounted different kinds of theatre sets on the fence or hanging in the trees. We performed on one side of the ditch, with the audience on the opposite side, maintaining distance and health safety.
The creation of this kind of theatre set inspired us to make new kind of installation, which we prepared throughout the fall and then mounted on the fence of the Griegos Lateral Ditch at the end of 2020.
In January, 2021, we began to present the PandorArt Box, a new piece of art offered daily, accompanied by a thought about being a spectator and the necessity of art in our lives.
When our bounty of art was exhausted, after 82 consecutive days of presentation, we began to look for a new idea.
In the meantime, we had a few shows in Mountainair, at the National Hispanic Cultural Center and some private engagements.
At the beginning of 2022, we presented the next installation on the ditch: You Have Mail, a multiple mailbox, with a new thought daily about our place in the cosmos, nature and world. Every day a new little miniature set, with a postcard we had collected, was proposed to ditch walkers. Spectators also sent us mail in a mailbox installed for that purpose. A conversation began.
This year, 2023, the installation project, The Desk, will be, once again, about humanity, but with another angle. We hope you come by! (on the fence of the Griegos Lateral, just north of Griegos and east of Guadalupe Trail.)
We are also holding a raffle fundraiser, Time Out on the Land, to support the creation of a new show, Ponder... , which will interweave feelings, philosophy and art. Add to that a zest of humor, a dollop of self-derision, then shake well. Et Voila! Ponder...will be between a show and a game, for outdoor encounters, from parks to bosque trails.
Please also visit FPOT.org, our umbrella organization, for more details about the project.
Here's the link for the raffle, which ends on February 27, 2023, to support Ponder...,
if you'd like to go straight there! Three winning tickets will be drawn!
https://rafflecreator.com/pages/68106/time-out-on-the-land
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Schpountz and the Others
A new puppet show for 4th and 5th grades
The play was conceived like a riddle, without language, and is about differences and feelings.
Can we identify the feelings of others? Do we have the same feelings for the same reasons? The show plays on the fine line between sympathy, empathy and compassion.
A puppet and object show in seven scenes, during which Schpountz will nearly die of a giggle crisis, wander in the kingdom of boredom, reach the frontier of self-pity, be caught in a fit of anger and so on. Who are the others and what if you were one of them?
"The puppet show really focused on objects in a new way-- it went beyond size, shape and quantity and asked the audience to think about the meaning-- which again engaged students in critical thinking skills and conversations. We now have even more ways to encourage the students to think deeply about each element they see and hear, be it a puppet show, novel, portrait, or other authentic problem solving situation. I absolutely loved the show!" Fifth grade teacher, Janet Kahn School of Integrated Arts
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More about Schpountz!
"Two weeks after the show, I spoke with one of my kids, who might be considered a tough nut...he stated that he enjoyed it and would watch another show if he was given a chance to. That says a lot!
Thanks so much for your hard work!"
Rebecca Vesely, Principal/Education Program Administrator, (Acting), Pueblo of Isleta Elementary School
"It was amazing to see how all the students interpreting the show, although there was no words. I also liked how engaged my students were the entire time. Thank you!
Joanna Garcia, 4th Grade Teacher, Rudolfo Anaya Elementary
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Scheduling!
BOOKING now through the fall semester:
loren@lorenkahnpuppet.com
Office: 505.344.2186
Cell: 505.980-6684
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Friends of Puppet & Object Theatre, established in May, 2004, is the non-profit 501(c)(3) arm of Loren Kahn Puppet & Object Theatre.
The Loren Kahn Puppet & Object Theatre has been funded by the City of Albuquerque's Urban Enhancement Trust Fund, McCune Charitable Foundation, the Albuquerque Community Foundation, New Mexico Arts, Bernalillo County, FUNd of the Albuquerque Community Foundation, Vintage Albuquerque, Henry Fund for Performing Arts and Maggie’s Giving Circle.
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December 27, 2022
2023!
Please visit Friends of Puppet & Object Theatre, FPOT.org, our umbrella organization, to read about and...
December 27, 2022
Upcoming Shows!
For the third year in a row, in January, 2023, we will set up a new installation, this year called The...
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