Full Moon Workshop Series
Full Moon Workshop Series offers up to ten workshops annually, exploring a range of puppetry techniques and creative approaches. Workshops typically run three hours and are offered both online and/or in person.
Full Moon Workshop Series 2025
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Tools & Exercises for Developing a Puppet Show
ONLINE
June 4 and 5, 2025Ready to make a puppet show or refine your creative process? This workshop offers practical tools, exercises, and a clear project timeline to help you generate new work, balance the art forms of puppetry, and move forward with confidence.
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Puppet Painting: Explore Color, Shading, Materials & Painting techniques
ONLINE
June 8, 15, 22, 29In this 4-part virtual workshop, explore puppet painting techniques, including materials, shading, color mixing, and theatrical painting, with self-guided projects and one-on-one instruction for all levels.
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Needle Felting: Using a Natural, Renewable Resource to Construct Puppets
IN-PERSON:
October 25Explore puppet design while learning to create puppets using felting needles and wool. Make a rod puppet or hand-puppet head while discovering versatile techniques—perfect for beginners and experienced makers alike.
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Listening to the Body: From Butō, Physical Acting to Mask
IN-PERSON
July 13We will work with being comfortable with our body through listening to subtle cues in quiet mind (butō), identification with elements (physical acting) and to serve masks in movement at the end of the session.
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Marionette Crash Course
IN-PERSON
July 20This workshop introduces marionette basics through simple construction and group performance. Participants will build and string a head-and-shoulder marionette, then explore marionette possibilities through guided performance games.
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The Secrets of a Trunk Show
ONLINE
August 3Discover the making of PuppetKabob’s “The Snowflake Man,” featuring Czech-style marionettes, and explore the design process behind this travel-ready Trunk Show.
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Set Design for Miniature Worlds
ONLINE
August 17 & 24Joel Sass leads a crash course in scenic design, covering measuring, drafting, and creative resources. Participants will transform a found object into a versatile miniature set for puppetry, shadow plays, and object theater.
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Engineering with Feeling
ONLINE
September 14Explore mechanical challenges in puppet design, learning to create simple mock-ups for movements like eyes, arms, and legs, while sparking ideas for future creations.
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Mixing Sand Drawings and Shadow Puppets
IN-PERSON:
October 4Learn to create and perform with shadow puppets and sand drawings. Build articulated puppets, design scenes, and combine both mediums in a final performance. All skill levels welcome.
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Mutual Aid Community Workshop Build
IN-PERSON
July 12 & 19Full Moon offers two community workshops with Christopher Lutter, teaching participants to design and build large-scale or pageant puppets while blending visual art with community activism.
Full Moon Workshop Series 2024
Student Testimonials
“I just wanted to say how fantastic all three of the Full Moon Puppet Show workshops were! I did playwriting for puppets, transforming shadow and paper puppets, and simple masks, and they were all wonderful classes and instructors, absolutely terrific and inspiring! And your communication and admin running everything was smooth and clear. You were great at facilitating it all. Thank you so much.”
–Georgia B. - Simple Mask-Making Workshop“Just sending a note to you to thank you again for your leadership in the puppet community and willingness to send me info. I have really benefited from the workshops that I attended through Full Moon & Heart of the Beast this winter. I just story-boarded a show that has been bouncing in my head, and am now sitting down to start to write the 'script'.
Not sure I could have done that in the same way without the workshops.”
— Talia Smigielski - Shapeshifters Paper Puppets Workshop“I wanted to reach out to you and thank you for curating such a great workshop from Andrew Kim. You facilitated it brilliantly and made everything so smooth and accessible. Sending these additional links and files is just icing on the cake. I look forward to future opportunities to work and learn with you in the future!”
–Margaret T. - Giant Lantern Puppets Workshop
Full Moon Workshop Info
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All classes are kept at an affordable cost of $30 per workshop.
All Slam Program Lead Artists get free admission to these workshops
50% of workshops are taught by online teachers from around the country and across the globe
50% of workshops are taught in person by local artists.
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Workshops are designed for all levels and recommended for ages 16+
Workshop participants describe themselves as teachers, retirees, students, and makers.
140 students enrolled in the 2025 workshop series.
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Each workshop is 3 hrs or two 1.5 hr workshops
Teachers are working professionals in their field.
Classe are small at 20 students max per class.