WORKSHOP: DIY Skeletons for Puppet Creatures by Emilie Wingate [HYBRID: In-person or Online]

WORKSHOP: 
DIY Skeletons for Puppet Creatures
A Step-By-Step Guide for Creating with Repurposed Trash
Led by: Emilie Wingate
Where: *Hybrid* In-person at Chicago Creative Reuse Exchange [2124 W 82nd Pl, Chicago, IL 60620], or live remotely on Zoom
When: Saturday, September. 26 @ 1pm - 3pm CT

In this class, participants will learn how to create a puppet skeleton/base from recycled materials and everyday household items. The class is a 3.5 hour step-by-step guide on making a basic animal skeleton using plastic, forks, cardboard, tape, string and other common overlooked materials.  The guide is a simple easy-to-follow jumping point for participants to make their own simple or complex, creature of choice, whether that be flying, swimming, crawling, real, or imaginary. Come learn to explore materials, enjoy the process of hands-on puppet ideation & experimentation, and think differently about your trash while learning a bit of animal anatomy while you're at it!

*This class is fun for all ages, though it is recommended that children under 10 years old have a caretaker there to help out with the process.
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Enrollment for this class operates on a sliding scale!
Sliding scale pricing: $0 - $60 ($30 average), free scholarships available!

How much should I pay?
This class costs money to make happen. But your life has costs too! We know you have mouths to feed, debt, bills, etc… so take the table below as loose guidance.

Suggested Ticket Prices by Income
$ N/A - For those who identify as part of a historically marginalized community(-ies) - Equity Access Scholarship
$ N/A - For any BIPOC folks in which cost is a barrier - BIPOC Scholarship
$30-$40,000/year - Discount
$40,000+ - Regular enrollment
$65,000+ - Patron Level covers yourself and makes sliding-scale enrollment options possible for others. Thank you!
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Zoom link to class will be emailed to participants the day before the class or as soon as it sells out, please be 100% you provide your preferred email!

For any questions, please reach out to Kevin@roughhousetheater.com.
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About the artist:

Emilie Wingate is a Georgia-born, Chicago-based puppet fabricator with a focus on animal anatomy, movement, and behavior. Her puppets are often highly realistic and directly hand manipulated. They rely mostly on sympathetic movement throughout the body, with each joint meticulously positioned in place by the tension of the surrounding materials. She finds inspiration to create with the simple items found throughout her every day in order to replicate the anatomical structures within her work. Emilie has been a fabricator at the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival and Rough House Puppets for around four years, and often works with companies large and small across Chicago. Her current focus is to create a puppet zoo--a zoo full of puppets (rather than real animals). She can be found on instagram and youtube with short videos showing her process.

About the space:

At the Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange (CCRx) we believe that "trash is just a failure of imagination." ​ We are a 501c3 nonprofit that redistributes donated surplus materials, equipment, and supplies. We keep good things out of the landfill and get them into the hands of people who can use them. We focus on Chicago teachers and their students, non-profit organizations, and arts and community groups, but we're open to everyone. We promote creativity, a circular economy, and environmental stewardship through creative reuse programming, products, and partnerships. Our goal is to educate and empower people to reduce waste, reimagine surplus and make creative reuse a fundamental part of our collective infrastructure.