Animation, puppetry and whimsy come together this week for the Festival of Animated Objects across Calgary!
From puppet shows to film screenings, gallery exhibitions to workshops, Calgary comes alive with original creations, mythical creatures, and curious beasts, objects and gadgets, and thingamajigs beguiled by puppet-masters and artists alike to stir your imagination.
Giving life ito inanimate and giving expression to the inert the Festival of Animated Objects brings world-class artists to engage and entertain audiences of all ages through the innovative and sophisticated art of storytelling through mask, puppetry and animated objects.
The Festival of Animated Objects runs until March 22nd at various location s around Calgary to spread the magic and fun!
Tia DeLauria, Assistant Program Director and Screenings Curator with the Festival Animated Objects came into the studio to tell us more about this exciting event:
The International Festival of Animated Objects Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting mask & puppet related performance. As an incubator and producer of mask, puppetry, and animated objects we are the primary curator and presenter of local, national and international puppetry. We strive to provide Alberta audiences with the chance to experience the breadth and diversity of these innovative art forms. Vital to the development of puppetry as an art form, the festival not only provides a stage for Alberta creators to showcase their work but is also a forum for an international exchange of ideas providing learning opportunities for professional and emerging artists and the public at large to find expression through animated objects. – https://www.puppetfestival.ca/
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