Open Art is a one-of-a-kind arts organization that offers school residencies in puppetry and poetry, "suitcase art" for single visits, amazing giant puppets and arts events via the Open ArtMobile that travels to your location--homes, schools, art centers, museums, parades, libraries, retreats, summer camps, festivals, company picnics, home schooling groups. We provide an artist-designed and built portable interactive puppet exhibit that inspires children to create at their own pace.

Judith Toy comes to your site for a day or for several weeks, bringing all the tools and supplies you will need to complete an exciting project--in art, writing, poetry or puppetmaking, to name a few!

Guided Discovery for Kids of all Ages!
We're hands on!
We bring materials and tools to you!
Our emphasis is on found, recyclable and natural materials!
And we're curriculum-friendly!
 

Open Art offers:

  • An interactive puppet exhibit and puppetmaking for schools, churches, shelters and after-school programs
  • A puppet residency for K-12 which includes puppet making and a puppet performance by students
  • A poetry residency, K-12, which includes the publication of a book of student writings and a public reading
  • Other arts and crafts, such as bookmaking, weaving, collaging, clay sculpture and drama, as well as creative writing and poetry playshops for K-12 and homeschoolers
  • Adult poetry courses and sponsored readings

    Open Art, in partnership with the Institute for Inspired Living, an inspirational education and creative media 501-C-(3) charitable membership organization.

    Open Art
    PO Box 652
    Black Mountain, NC 28711-0652
    828-669-4445
    pjtoy@juno.com
     

 

 

 

 

A little one waves back to the blue sun puppet at the Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) in Black Mountain, North Carolina.

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