Fish Migration Celebration Puppet-Making Workshop & Open Studio
May 31 , 11 am - 3 pm
Location
The Arts Center at Governors Island, Studio A4
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Open Studio | 11am-3pm
Puppet-Making Workshop | 1pm-3pm
The Arts Center at Governors Island | Studio A4
This event is free and open to all. Advance RSVP is encouraged, but not required. Drop-ins are very welcome for both Open Studio and the workshop.
Join artist Greg Corbino for Fish Migration Celebration Puppet-Making Workshop & Open Studio to learn about the epic migration of Hudson River fishes like the Atlantic sturgeon, American eel, and striped bass! Visit the Open Studio to view artwork created specifically for Riverkeeper’s Fish Migration Celebration on June 14th, which will feature a flotilla of 5 art boats, with designs inspired by the fish themselves, including a 68-foot Atlantic Sturgeon puppet, a fabulous tribute to one of the river’s most magnificent creatures.
From 1pm to 3pm, participants of all ages are invited to join Greg to create their own migrating fish puppet to bring to the celebration. Puppets will be crafted from plastic bottle marine debris collected from the Hudson River by the Harbor School‘s shoreline clean-up program, the Harbor Seals.
All materials are provided, and all ages and skill levels are welcome. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Greg Corbino is an OBIE Award-winning designer with an emphasis on puppetry, large-scale installation and performance in public space. His designs have been called “gorgeously baroque” by The New Yorker and “crafty and audacious” by The New York Times. His work has been presented at Soho Rep (It’s That Time of the Month, Give Me Carmelita Tropicana, The Great Privation), The Brooklyn Academy of Music (Cumulus Frenzy), Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival (As You Like It) as well as The High Line, The Architecture League of New York, The Queens Museum, The Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, HEREarts, Guild Hall, Art Yard, and the Smithsonian Institution. Internationally his work has been produced at QueerLab (Rome), Duncan Dance Research Center (Athens, Greece) Togo Village Art Museum (Togo, Taiwan), Other Music Academy (Weimar, Germany), and Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes (Charleville-Mézières, France). His ongoing public space puppet performance, MURMURATIONS, draws attention to the environmental impact of plastics with giant puppets crafted of plastic trash collected from New York shorelines and has been supported by the The New York State Council on the Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and Greenpeace USA. He lives and works in Brooklyn.
Fish Migration Celebration Open Studio and Puppet Making Workshop is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.