In this workshop we will build a Crankie! A Crankie is a theater box with a rolling scroll inside that gets turned to the tune of a song or a poem. We will start from scratch and build a box with a turning mechanism for the scroll. Next, each participant will design and create the scroll, based on a limerick or a song, and rendered in at least five images. Children and their caregivers will build this project together.

At the conclusion of the weekend we will have an informal presentation of the Crankies, before each participant takes their Crankie home.

Appropriate for Guardians and Children age 7 and up.

Location: Sandglass Workshop, behind the theater

Schedule:
Saturday, January 18th 10am-2pm
Sunday, January 19th 10am-2pm
(Snowdate Monday, January 20th)

**PLEASE NOTE: This is a 2 day workshop

Cost: $150/adult participant; $200 a guardian/child
***if the workshop does not meet its minimum number of participants to run, you will receive an automatic full refund

Teacher Bio: Jana Zeller

Jana's career as a working artist spans over 25 years. In her workshops, classes, residencies and camps she has inspired hundreds of children and adults nationally and internationally to paint, draw, design, imagine and invent, and to build and perform puppets. She is grateful that her mentors at the River Gallery School, at Sarah Lawrence College, and most of all at Sandglass Theater, helped her to unfold a life-long passion for engaging her surrounding communities through the practice of art.

Event Info

Jan 11, 2025, 10 AM to 2 PM

Jan 11, 2025, 1 to 3 PM

Jan 12, 2025, 12 to 5 PM