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  • 9/13 Community Puppet-Building Workshop at BIMP

    The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry invites you to our FREE Community Puppet-Building Workshops on Saturday, September 6 and September 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ballard Institute workshop space.

    The workshops will be led by the Director of Boston’s Puppeteers Cooperative, Sara Peattie, and the Director of the Ballard Institute, Dr. John Bell. Workshop attendees will make oversized masks of famous Connecticut authors and are invited to march with their puppets in the Celebrate Mansfield Parade on September 21, beginning at noon.

    These workshops are free and open to all who would like to participate. Attendees can drop by anytime between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to take part. 

    Pre-registration is recommended. Contact Emily Wicks at the Ballard Institute at 860.486.8585 or emily.wicks@uconn.edu. These workshops are supported in part by the Downtown Mansfield Partnership.

    For more information, contact: Emily Wicks, Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at (860)486-8585 or emily.wicks@uconn.edu