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HeadlinersHandy-dandy excel spreadsheet (created by Suzi Wackerbarth!) of the performer optionsDidgeridoo Down UnderDidg Revolution | Darren Liebman | 813-961-4656 Didgeridoo Down Under is a high-energy, Australia-theme show that combines music, art, puppetry, comedy, environmental education, character building and audience participation. In DDU shows, interactive storytelling and musical jams offer audience members a unique outlet for expression -- perfect for kids and families. They can stay longer and do more however if you're library would like to hire them (if so, this lowers the price for everyone!) Availability: DDU is here for 3 days: July 23, 24 and 25 Max Audience: 400 Rates: $300 10 Slots Cheryl Capezzuti Puppets"Stuff" A Fuzzy Boundary ProductionStudio Capezzuti | Cheryl Capezzuti | 412-414-0006 Pittsburgh artists Cheryl Capezzuti and Kelle Van Aken team up on this big puppet show that explores the consequences of having too much stuff! This fun and lively show features original songs, a set made of re-used materials and all kinds of puppts. Participants in the pre-show workshop will be invited to make puppets to be used during this interactive show.
Availability: weekends and most weekday mornings. Call or email for availability. Max Audience: 30 for workshop; 300 for performance Rates: $400 ($50 more for libraries outside of Allegheny County) 10 Slots The Unbroken Circle (Gateway to the Arts)Heidi Baldt | 412-362-6982 Songwriter-recording artist Tom Breiding’s unique musical stories tell of life in the coalfields of West Virginia over the last century. Accompanying himself on multiple instruments, Tom engages students in the history of West Virginia's coal industry, including early life in the coalfields, the struggles of the U.S. labor force to organize, and events surrounding the mine wars of 1921. Various American musical genres including Appalachian folk music are featured. Students gain perspective on the significance of these events in shaping today's work climate throughout America. Availability: few or no restrictions Max Audience: no max Rates: $355 World Rhythm Connections (Gateway to the Arts)Heidi Baldt | 412-362-6982 World Rhythm Connections engages students in a high energy, interactive exploration of the universal language of rhythm. Inspired by music from Africa, India, the Middle East, and North and South America, Laughing Mallet presents a program of rhythm-based compositions that highlight similarities in the way rhythm is expressed throughout the world, and how our modern musical landscape has become a melting pot of these diverse influences. Listening, feeling, expression and group interaction are all part of the creative process that the audience experiences through a dynamic performance where the listener is encouraged to participate and discover their own connections to this world of rhythm. Availability: few or no restrictions Max Audience: no max Rates: $395 Bubbe Tells a Tale (Gateway to the Arts)Heidi Baldt | 412-362-6982 Grandma Bubbe (Barbara Russell) and klezmer musician Janice Coppola share the Yiddish folktale "It Could Be Worse." As the house fills with animals, students join in by making animal sounds, clapping, dancing and learning some Yiddish words. Availability: few or no restrictions Max Audience: no max Rates: $300 Moquette VolanteKristi Ward | 412-441-1818 Two Dancers/InteractiveTwo Middle Eastern dancers add depth to the tales of Arabian Nights and other Middle Eastern Folklore. As Scheherazade spins her web of storytelling, audience members are invited into the tales as non-dancing characters, allowing them to have a moment of fame as well as entertain friends and family who watch them. Performance lasts 1 hour. Availability: some restrictions Max Audience: no max Rates: $300 Music, Magic, Myth (Gateway to the Arts)Heidi Baldt | 412-362-6982 Music, Magic, Myth celebrates the mythical and historical origins of music and musical instruments through storytelling, drama and musical demonstrations. Two actors and two musicians recreate a fable, a fairy tale, a Greek myth, an African folk tale and a Native American legend to share an understanding of creativity and the origins of culture. Max Audience: no max Availability: some restrictions Rates: $465 Passport to Rhythm (Gateway to the Arts)Heidi Baldt | 412-362-6982 Join Resonance Percussion for a toe-tapping world tour of the rhythms of percussion! Passport to Rhythm features percussion instruments and traditional music from Brazil, Cuba, West Africa, Europe, the Caribbean and the United States. In addition, band members demonstrate the idea of fusion in music: mixing different musical styles, instruments and rhythms to create new and interesting forms of music. Students have the opportunity to help perform a fusion piece on traditional instruments, and everyone comes away with a better understanding of different music-making traditions from around the world. Max Audience: no max Availability: some restrictions Rates: $515 Welcome Good Fortune with the Lion Dance (Gateway to the Arts)Heidi Baldt | 412-362-6982 Experience the thousand year old tradition of the Lion Dance with Chris Young and his talented team of trained dancers. An integral part of many Southeast Asian cultures, the Lion Dance is frequently performed to begin the Chinese New Year since it is believed to summon good fortune and ward off malevolent spirits. Requiring athleticism, strong stances, and team work, lion dancers are trained martial artists. Learn the history of the dance, its cultural significance in ceremonies, and its recent evolution as a competitive sport. Chris Young is a martial artist with twenty years of experience in several styles of martial arts. In his school, Steel Dragon Kung Fu and Lion Dance, he teaches lion dance and martial arts. Availability: some restrictions Max Audience: no max Rates: $500
Workshops/2nd and 3rd Tier ProgramsStory Time Specials (Gateway to the Arts)Contact info Heidi Baldt | 412-362-8962 (description of storytime choices; choose from any of these) Availability: few or no restrictions Max Audience: no max Rates: $80 Moquette VolanteKristi Ward | 412-441-1818 Availability: some restrictions - contact Kristi for more information Each program works best with a maximum of 10-15 participants, with plenty of room for them to safely move around. Access to electricity (for music) is preferred, but can be adjusted for outdoor locations. Participants should wear comfortable clothing that they can move around in. Shoes are generally removed for dance sessions, therefore ground or floor must be cleared of harmful debris. Basics of Middle Eastern Dance(ages 9-13) *also available for adult sessions* Session begins with a gentle warmup to loosen the muscles and prepare for the movements involved in Middle Eastern Dance. There will be a brief discussion on the history and rythms that characterize Middle Eastern Dance. Then participants will learn some of the basic movements, such as snake arms, and shoulder and hip isolations. These movements will be put together into a short simple choreography by the end of the session. One session may last one to one and a half hours. Multiple sessions are not necessary but allow participants to further practice and build upon what they have learned. Rates: $150 Dance Me a Story(ages 8-13) Session begins with a discussion on the basic components of a story – the who, what where, and when, as well as Beginning (exposition), Problem, Action, and End (Resolution). Participants will then warm up with various “character” movements, and learn ways to show conflict and resolution through body language, movement, and facial expressions. Guided in small groups of 3-5 students, participants will be able to conceive simple stories of their own and develop these original tales into dance performances. Session lasts one and a half to two hours. Rates: $150 Tales and Dance of ScheherazadeMeet the clever and mysterious Scheherazade as she invites the audience on a journey into her world of storytelling and Middle Eastern Dance. Tales both well-known and obscure to Westerners such as Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Rescuing the Moon, and the Anklet are brought to life through movement, dance, and spoken word. Performance is 45 minutes to one hour. Rates: $175 Mauren Antkowski - Art WorkshopsAvailability: last 2 weeks in June; all July; 1st OR 2nd week in August Mauren is able to do only 10 programs total Summer Sun(age range: 8-10 years old) Kids in this program will learn about light, especially the sun. We will learn about different ancient and modern civilizations that use the sun as an important resource and inspiration for their livelihood, as well as for their artistic expression. Each participant will create his or her own designs, which they will use to create a sunlight-box, that will last all summer and well into those dark winter days. 3-4 Saturdays; 2 hours each = 6 or 8 hours total. Max Participants: 10 students Rates: $335 total (for all sessions combined) In Your Neighborhood(age range: 6-9 years old) This is a neighborhood-specific program where kids will learn a little history of their library’s neighborhood, using the internet and/or books from the library’s collection. We will take short walks around the neighborhood to explore landmarks as well as little-known places. Each participant will create his or her own “guide book” that illustrates their own perspective of their neighborhood, with photos, drawings and maps to show others the place they call home. 4 late afternoons/evenings / 2 hours each = 8 hours total Max Participants: 10 students Rates: $330 (for all sessions combined) Recycling Revolution(age range: 6-9 years old) We all know the importance of recycling, and this program will show how it is easy and fun! In addition to learning about local recycling programs, we will learn about how different people around the world recycle, and what becomes of that useless plastic bottle or cardboard box. We will recycle clean materials by making them into pieces of art, as well as tools and materials for art-making. 1 Saturday, 3 hours = 3 hours total. Max participants: 10 students Rates: $140 Alison Zapata - Art WorkshopsAlison Zapata | 412-656-1114 Magnificent and Expressive Mixed Media PaintingChildren ages 8-16 years, in this 3-hour workshop, will have fun working collaboratively to create a community art installation for their library. Children will have a blast deciding on a theme, researching images, creating compositions, and bringing old, discarded books back to life as a painting surface to create an incredible wall display of expressive creativity. Children should wear clothes to paint in. Space requirements: large tables, wall space for display, and access to sink for cleanup. Availability: daytime/early afternoon Max Participation: 12 students Rates: $200 for 3-hour session Altered Book Collage Family FunChildren ages 8-13 years with an adult, in this 2-hour workshop, will have fun creating their own unique work of art beginning with an old book! We'll turn old photos into personalized, altered book, family portrait collages using a variety of media including acrylic paint, stamps, tissue paper, fabric, melted crayons and more! Children bring in old photos of loved ones and small other items to collage into their own personalized work of art. Children can xerox photos to preserve originals. Space needs: room with 3 long tables, access to electrical outlets Availability: daytime/early afternoon Max Participation: 12 students Rates: $160 Polymer Clay Jewelry JamChildren 5-13 years, in this workshop, will learn to work with colorful polymer based clay that bakes in the toaster oven. We'll marbelize and assemble flower pattern canes to create a set of beads. We'll assemble an original pair of earrings and a necklace using the design bead board. Adults welcome too! Space needs: room with 1 long table and place to plug in a toaster oven. Availability: daytime/early afternoon Max Participation: 12 students Rates: $160 Art Fun for Everyone!Pre-K with an adult, in this interactive presentation, children will experience interactive storytelling, art-making, and movement to inspire art and reading fun! Children will make personal connections to Eric Carle's books by creating their own work of art using tissue paper, stamping, shapes and color. Class is 1 hour long. Space needs: circle time/carpet reading area, and a table for stamping and/or painting. Availability: daytime/early afternoon Max Participation: 12 students Rates: $120 Pictures of Me!Pre-K with an adult, in this hour-long interactive, children will experience storytelling, art-making and movement to inspire art and reading fun! Chidlren will make personal connections to The Neighborhood Mother Goose by Nina Crews by creating their own life-size self-portrait using stamps, tissues paper, markers and much more! Space needs: circle time/carpet reading area and floor space to create. Availability: daytime/early afternoon Max Participation: 12 students Rates: $120 Encycopedia Destructica - Altered BooksOur program will be a session focusing on the creation of hand-bound journals for the participants to record notes, short book reports, or drawings based on their summer readings and story ideas of their own. We will be using a Japanese Stab Binding method for this session. Using our materials we will encourage the students to create a cover for their journal or create their first visual entry in their journal based on the book they are currently reading or have most recently read. Students’ age range should be within the K-6 grade levels. For the younger grades, we will have more of the materials prepped and will be using plastic needles with yarn to sew together the books. This class is 1 hour long. Rates: $150-200 Max Participants: 12 Availability: Weekdays and Saturdays Kristofer Boban - Animation and ComicsMake Your Own Flipbook/AnimationI will start with a brief history of animation and then speak of my personal experience in animation, showing some of my past work and what I currently produce. During this time I am able to show how animation is created from concept to sketching to final artwork to animation to how it is viewed. Then the hands-on section of the class, where students will create a flipbook of roughly 20-50 drawings is a fun way for everyone to try creating animation firsthand. Students can range from grades 3-6. Space needs: A video screen with a projector would be great. A projector that can connect to a laptop would be great, but not required. If not, a DVD player will do. Enough tables for as many people in the class to crowd around to use to draw. Students should bring a post-it pad or other unlined, non spiral-bound notebook. Library will provide markers/pens/pencils. Other requirements: A video screen with a projector would be great. A projector that can connect to a laptop is preferable. If not, a DVD player will do. Enough tables for as many people in the class to crowd around to use to draw. Availability: some weekdays (with advance noticed); weekends and some evenings (not July 11, 19 and 22-27) Max Participants: 20 students Rates: $200 The Bead Ladies - Jewelry WorkshopsKathy Shomo | 412-343-2787 In this easy, fun-filled class, girls and boys will learn to create 3 beautiful beaded projects, a bookmark, a backpack dangle/zipper pull, and a sun catcher. Using a design board and a great selection of quality beads from around the world, they will design and then construct unique works of art to enjoy for years to come. Each child will learn about different materials used to make beads - glass, clay, metal and wood - and will enjoy making one of a kind creations. (Note: no acrylic beads will be used.) Whether the happily creative of creativity-shy, all children will succeed, and their individual styles will be encouraged and affirmed. Smiles guarenteed! Ages K-6th grade! Space needs: table and chairs for children, plus one extra table for supplies. Working outside is fine, weather permitting. Class is 1 hour long. Availability: few or no restrictions Max Participants: 20 beaders Rates: $150 Olivia KisselAvailability: some restrictions Kennywood’s Open 3-D Art ProjectIn this 1-hour workshop, participants make roller coasters and amusement part rides using recycled materials and colorful sticky tape. There are three versions of this program for different ages (5-7; 7-9; and 9-12) We start each session with a book or artwork that relates to amusement parks and roller coasters. Then participants will use recycled material, glue and colorful sticky tape to create an amusement park ride on a cardboard base. They will name their ride, explain its theme and be able to describe what makes their ride unique. Intermediate level groups will have opportunities to build moving parts on their ride. We will temporarily display all of the individual rides together to make one large amusement park. We will need tables for the participants, plus one table for material and one table for supplementary materials including books and artwork. Max Participants: 16-20 Rates: $190 Mommy and Me Yoga and World Dance WorkshopParents and children will love this fun and interactive 1-hour workshop in which participants will use yoga postures and breathing exercises to warm up their bodies, then learn basic steps from West African, Northern Indian and European folk dance traditions. This workshop has two versions: one is for parents with children under 5, and a second is for parents and children ages 5 – 7 years old. Many yoga postures are inspired by the forms of different animals and plants; including downward stretching dogs, frogs, and even trees! We will start each session with a short series of yoga postures in which parent and child can playfully interact and use their imaginations to embody these various plants and animals. We will then listen to music from Africa, India and Europe; learning basic dance steps from these regions. There will be special attention to dances where participants interact, holding hands and forming circles or lines. Please wear comfortable clothing (preferably no jeans) and water. Participants can bring a yoga or exercise mat if they have one. We will need an open space to dance and do yoga. Max Participants: 16-20 Rates: $160 World Dance WorkshopParticipants will listen to music and learn basic dance combinations inspired by folk dances from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Northern India. This 1-hour - 1 1/2 hour workshop is has two versions: one is for participants from 7 – 9 years of age, and the other is for 9 – 12 year olds. Each workshop will begin by watching a short video clip of a dance performance from Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Northern India. The instructor will lead a short open-ended discussion about each of these performances in which she will guide the participants in sharing their observations and comparing and contrasting the different styles of music and dance. We will then begin our dance portion with a warm-up. After the general warm up we will learn some basic dance movements inspired by the folk dances we watched and discussed. Max Participants: 16-20 Rates: $160 Pittsburgh Glass CenterFlame DemoWitness a Pittsburgh Glass Center artist at the torch creating gravity defying intricate works of art such as beads or small sculpture with a heart stopping demonstration. A glass artist will come to your library to demo glass blowing techniques. This involves FIRE and is always a huge hit! This is for all ages! Rates: $35 (yes, only $35) Availability: Only 2 artists from the Glass Center do these demos. Some restrictions. Max Audience: no max Live Animal Art with Tammy Frech from ARL Wildlife Rehabilitation CenterTammy Frech | 412-793-6900 Libraries will have a choice of medium including watercolor pencil, charcoal, collage or mobile. In each class, children are introduced to one of the Wildlife Center's resident animals, learning about its unique characteristics, behaviors and how they came to live at the center. Then, the children will do an art project based on that animal, using the medium the animal is paired with.
The Live Animal Art class requires enough tables and chairs set up indoors for up to 20 children to work comfortably on rather large projects. We also need a minimum of a 6’x6’ area to set up an animal pen or perch. The class lasts 1 hour. Availability: Early afternoon is best. There may be some restrictions during the weeks that the Wildlife Center has other activities scheduled. Max Participants: 20 students Rates: $135 ($160 for libraries further than 15 miles from the center) Appearances by Cheryl Capezzuti's Rabbit PuppetsStudio Capezzuti | Cheryl Capezzuti | 412-414-0006 Availability: some restrictions Rates: $50 for an 'appearance' of One Rabbit; Rates: $100 for a show with One Rabbit Rates: $500 for a show with 5 Rabbits Buddy NuttWebsite | Buddy Nutt | 607-423-1805 Availability: NOT available June 13, 14 Make and Play Your Own DidgeridooThe Didgeridoo is among the oldest instruments in the world from the aboriginal people of Australia. This workshop would total 90 minutes in length and would be appropriate for families. It would include a 20-30 minute “lecture/concert” featuring a variety of traditional eucalyptus and non-traditional didgeridoos and a historical discussion and technical discussion including playing methods from the basic buzz, to using multi-phonics and circular breathing to imitate sounds and rhythms found in nature. The rest of the program will consist of hands-on building a didgeridoo from PVC pipes, filing and sanding a mouthpiece, and playing with one-on-one wondering instruction from the presenter. The program will end with a brief explanation of more advanced building and playing techniques including how to fashion a beeswax mouthpiece and painting techniques. Each participant will go home with a didgeridoo. Program would require one eight foot table, one hour set-up time and 30 minutes cleanup. Sweeping or vacuuming may be required. Rates: $200 Max Participants: 20 students How to Play the Musical StrawCoaxing music from the blade of a carpenter’s handsaw is a tradition with strong roots from the American folk music of Appalachia to European Impressionist composers. The saw is held between the knees and bent in such a way that specific pitches and melodies can be played either by bowing the blade with a violin bow or striking it with a mallet. The workshop would last 90 minutes and be appropriate for families with children 8 and up. It would include a 20-30 minute “lecture/concert” featuring Buddy Nutt’s traveling exhibit of musical saws and musical saw artifacts from around the world. The rest of the program will consist of hands-on and playing and practice with mallets and bows with one-on-one wondering instruction from the presenter. The program would conclude with a “Chorus of Saws” and distribution of materials detailing where to find and buy one’s own musical saw and how to make your own bow. Program would require armless chairs for the participants, two eight foot tables, one hour set-up time and 30 minutes cleanup. If contracted for multiple presentations of this performance I could expand my collection of saws to accommodate more participants. Availability: few or nor restrictions Rates: $200 Max Participants: 10 students Leslie AnsleyLeslie Ansley | 412-983-5569 Library MuralsThe class begins with an overview of murals, what they are, how they are created, and examples of murals are shown to the class. Students will have the opportunity to create a mural that will beautify the space, allowing them to give back to their communities in a meaningful and lasting way. My murals are often cut into unconventional shapes, which open the student’s mind to creating art outside of linear definitions. Parts of the mural can also be abstract in nature, utilizing outdoor spaces to create art designs that are free and expressive. The mural design would be created on separate pieces, with each piece being painted by a different library group. Upon completion, the mural would be reassembled into one united painting that could travel to different library sites for a specific amount of time and/or end up at the ACLA offices. The project can be painted on tables indoors, or outdoors. Class length is approx. 1 – 2 hours. Availability: I am available to teach classes on weekdays, and I am flexible to work anytime between 9am and 5pm. An occasional Saturday may be considered. I am available also for projects outside of the city of Pittsburgh. Max Participants: 8-10 students, grades 2-6 Rates: $500 (or $550 for murals over 8x8) 7 slots Rosemarie Perla - Get Creative with Cooking(more info coming soon!)Art with Rae ShantiRae Shanti | 412-370-0489 Maraca MakingParticipants of this 1-hour class will be asked to bring a clean recycled container (extras will also be available at the class) with them. This can be any small to medium drink bottle or can, yogurt container, small box, toilet paper tube etc. We will use this container as the head of the maraca/rattle. At their tables children will find the materials necessary to build and decorate their maracas. We will fill it with a variety of small recycled or found objects such as pebbles, rice, sand, buttons, beans, seeds, beads, bottle caps, etc. (each makes a different sound!). A stick will make the handle of the maraca (depending on the type of container used, we will connect the head and handle using glue or wire). The maraca will then be decorated using recycled fabric, paper, glue, glitter, paint, ribbons, buttons, beads, etc. Let the celebration begin! We will shake our maracas in a percussive parade weather permitting. Space needs: tables enough for 25 to work comfortably. Great for 1st -4th grade. Availability: few or nor restrictions Rates: $175 Max Participants: 25 students Rainstick MakingParticipants of this one hour class will be asked to bring a recycled paper towel roll, wrapping paper roll or poster tube with them (extras will be available at the class also). At the tables children will find the supplies needed to build their rainsticks and then decorate them. Paperclips, wires, toothpicks, or nails will be inserted along the body of the tube and affixed with tape or glue. One end of the tube will be covered using recycled fabric or paper and affixed with glue or a rubber band. Then the tube will filled with any number of small (recycled/found) objects such as pebbles, beans, rice, beads, buttons, etc. The other end of the tube will then be sealed as well. We will decorate the rainsticks using, markers, paints, recycled fabric, glue, paper, ribbons, glitter, etc. Let the rainstorm begin! We will create our own “summer storm” right in the library! Space needs: tables enough for 25 to work comfortably. Great for 1st -4th grade. Availability: few or nor restrictions Rates: $175 Max Participants: 25 students Tambourine MakingParticipants of this one hour class will be asked to bring a recycled cardboard oatmeal container (extras will be available at the class as well). The children will split into groups . Scissors, glue, and decorating supplies will be found at each table. We will cut off a two to four inch section around the container and cut six to eight openings into this section. Using string or wire, students will attach bottle caps (with pre-drilled center holes) inside the spaces. The tambourines will be decorated using recycled fabric, paper, ribbons, glue, beads, paint, etc. Let the celebration begin! We will parade outside (weather permitting) and shake our tambourines. The children will also be able to play a number of other recycled instruments I will bring (drums, bass, didjeridoo, rainsticks, guitar). Space needs: tables enough for 25 to work comfortably. Great for 1st -4th grade.
Availability: few or nor restrictions Rates: $175 Max Participants: 25 students Music Fun for the Family!This is a family program where all of the instrments would be showcased. Children and adults could choose to create maracas, rainsticks, tambourines, didjeridoos, drums, or guitars together or even invent instruments themselves! Participants of this one hour class will bring various recycled containers from home (others will be availabe at the class as well). At tables they will find all other materials to create and decorate their own recycled instrments. Let the musical celebration begin! After they're finished we will all play our recycled instruments in a cacophenous concert of creativity! Availability: few or nor restrictions Rates: $175 Max Participants: 35 family groups (space permitting) Joy Ike - MusicianThe Creative Process of SongwritingJoy Ike | A 2-hour class for 5th graders. The pop culture music that students are currently exposed to is not only demoralizing, but in most cases devoid of creativity. Students will introduce themselves with a 3-4 line descriptive poem. We’ll have a 15-25 minute discussion about the music young people are currently listening to. We’ll talk about similarities in lyrical content and compare “radio-friendly” songs to avant-garde music that might not readily be accepted on mainstream radio. Ex: Katy Perry (vey popular) vs. Theresa Andersson (not very popular). I can submit all music to be used ahead of time if there is concern of lyrical content. Children will pair off and share a story of something extraordinary that has happened to them recently. Each child will create a descriptive song based on their partner’s story. Children will be asked to write another short song about a common theme without mentioning any obvious, cliché, or commonly used words or phrases. Ex: Theme: “Grandma’s Blueberry Pie”. Off-limit words: eat, dinner, family, grandma, dessert, food, bake. Disclaimer: This is not a music composition class, so students should not expect to learn how to compose or write music on an instrument. However they may bring portable instruments (i.e. guitar, hand drum, tambourine, egg shaker) if they are already well-versed in the instrument and would like to accompany their songs with music or percussive instruments. Space needs: wide space that will allow children to brake off into partners and share stories. Availability: some restrictions; weekday or Saturday afternoons available Max Participation: 10-16 students Rates: $250
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