Artist in Residence

Sue Harris Puppets can deliver short residency programs.

• Puppetry

• Storytelling

• Face painting

• Mask making

Themes: together we can design a program to suit your needs

• Projects within schools and the community
• Projects are process based
• Available for both country and metropolitan
• From one-day workshops to extended residencies
• Programs designed to suit needs of individual groups & stake-holder requirements

PHILOSOPHY

Sue Harris Puppets recognises:

• Children are a culture unto themselves
• They are characterised by their age, size, physicality and have distinctive traits
• Within their culture, children have a variety of beliefs and values
• Multiculturalism exists within their society they have cultural diversity
• The cultural heritage of each student
• The importance of equity and equality of ideas and values and their transmission
• The importance of communication of differing points of view and those differences accepted – allowing for cultural democracy
• The importance of the group to have self-identification, self-representation and self-determination
• A process to be used which allows for a safe environment in which cultural expressions can be exchanged democratically.