Naia Venturi of Ypsilanti’s Dreamland Theater, the recipient of this year’s Shadow Arts Grant, talks to me about the incredibly cool puppet show they’ll be developing with the funds. For those unwilling to watch the video, the $750 they’ve received will be spent creating an ambitious traveling puppet show on the history of Ypsilanti that can be taken into local schools… Thanks to everyone who contributed upon entry to this summer’s Shadow Art Fair. It’s because of those contributions that we can fund worthwhile projects like this.
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Congrats to Dreamland; well deserving. Just wondering if a puppet is needed to portray the infamous water tower? Lover’s Lane might be a good place to start – ready for use I hear!
You should set it up so that people can donate to the Shadow Grant fund online. I missed this year’s SAF, but I’d like to have a way to support it.
great interview.
I would donate to dreamland. We love dreamland.
Very cool — to present local history by puppetry!
Dreamland already has a water tower replica. I’ve seen it. It looks like a photo of the water tower. With a light inside it.
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