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Grants available for the course ‘The puppets theatre: and educational resource’

The 30th of June finishes the period to opt for 30 grants for this activity that is organized in collaboration with the Summer Courses of the University of the Basque Country.

The course that will take place on the 4th of July at the Topic premises, it costs 35 Euros, but with these grants the cost of the course reduces to 21 Euros. The responsible of the Tolosa Puppets International Centre, Idoya Otegui and Miguel Arreche are the course directors whose aim is to demonstrate that the puppet theatre is an educational resource with a great potential for motivating, enforcing and strengthen the student’s learning in all the areas of the curriculum from preschool up to secondary school.

There will be taught three lectures. The first one is titled “The puppets within education in the Basque Country”, by Encarni Genua, Philosophy and Letters Graduate and also the founder of the puppet company Txotxongillo. The “Introduction” part of this lecture will be conducted by Carol Sterling, Arts in Education Director, Brooklyn Arts Council, New York. She will give an end to the workshop with a talk named “Activity – break the ice”.

Currently Carol Sterling is the Director of Art in Education of the Brooklyn Art Council in Brooklyn, New York. From her position, she designs, develops and supervises the artistic education programs of more than 100 public schools of New York reaching 27.000 students each year. Her responsibilities include the hiring and supervision of more than 125 artists that teach visual, scenic and literary arts - including puppets - , as well as art and technology. She has received the Arts in Educations Award, awarded by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C.

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