SHOW OF HANDS Puppet Festival
Visionaries + Voices SHOW OF HANDS Puppet Festival is an ongoing performance and workshop series which celebrates experimental puppetry and storytelling for all ages, abilities, and experience levels.
SHOW OF HANDS Puppet Festival trailer by Michael Molloy
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SHOW OF HANDS Puppet Cabaret
SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2024
8:30-10 PM
The Lounge Northside
3938 Spring Grove Ave
Cincinnati OH, 45223
Visionaries + Voices proudly presented the SHOW OF HANDS Puppet Cabaret, an adults only variety show, which showcased local and national puppeteers. The cabaret included three shows created with V+V artists and performances by Melodic Connections musicians.
A packed house of V+V friends and fans celebrated inclusive arts during this rowdy, raunchy, grim, and hilarious night of Disability Pride debauchery!
July is Disability Pride Month, commemorating the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. Disability Pride Month invites us all to honor the community's history, experiences and achievements. Visionaries + Voices strives to broaden access to creativity for artists with disabilities, and through SHOW OF HANDS programming we've explored how puppetry is such a potent medium to delve into themes of the human experience, including disability. Puppets help us tell stories, represent ourselves and each other, and share powerful ideas and experiences.
PUPPETS ARE FOR EVERYONE!
SHOW OF HANDS Puppet Festival 2023
SEPTEMBER 1 - OCTOBER 14, 2023
Visionaries + Voices presents: SHOW OF HANDS Puppet Festival was a raucous celebration of experimental puppetry and storytelling for all ages, abilities, and experience levels. Beginning September 1, 2023, a six-week workshop series introduced the scope and possibilities of puppetry through hands-on learning, exploration, and play. Puppetry artists and Visionaries + Voices teaching artists co-led free workshops throughout the city. The festival culminated October 11-14, 2023, in boisterous performances, a gallery exhibition, a puppet cabaret, an energetic giant puppet parade through Camp Washington, and SHOW OF HANDS Puppet Slam, a showcase of original short-form puppet performances by workshop participants. The festival centered the artistic community at V+ V and gave artists with disabilities a platform to teach, perform, and exhibit art.
SHOW OF HANDS Puppet Slam
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2024
2:00PM
The Factory Events
1546 Knowlton Street
Cincinnati, OH, 45223
Visionaries + Voices presents the SHOW OF HANDS Puppet Slam, an all ages + abilities variety show featuring performances by artists from near and far. This diverse group of puppeteers will dazzle, delight, and challenge your expectation on what puppetry can be! Join us on Sunday afternoon on November 3rd at the Factory Events for an unforgettable experience!
PUPPETS ARE FOR EVERYONE!
Sponsored by the Puppet Slam Network and Ohio Arts Council
Videography and editing by Justin Warrick
EYEBROWS by Renee Martin and Jon Flannery at the SHOW OF HANDS Puppet Slam, October 14th, 2023.
SHOW OF HANDS Puppet Festival is presented by Visionaries + Voices and generously funded by ArtsWave Catalyzing Impact, Ohio Arts Council ArtsRise, Puppet Slam Network, Heritage Bank, JWC, and supporters like you! Indigo Hippo generously donated art materials for our workshops. Thank you to our workshop hosts and partner arts organizations.