K-Publishing: Shadow Puppetry, Folktales and Story Play
Saturday 28 February
Venture into the world of folktales and puppetry with visual artist Youbi Lee in a free workshop at the Immigration Museum.
In this session, participants will watch a traditional Korean folktale come to life through puppetry. Afterwards, participants will be guided through the process of making unique puppets to share their own personal and cultural stories.
The artwork, writing, and photographs produced by kids in this session will become content for a picture book that will be collaboratively shaped by kids throughout the K-Publishing program and launched in July.
K-Publishing: Shadow Puppetry, Folktales, and Story Play is presented in partnership with the Immigration Museum with support from the Australian Government and The University of Melbourne.
Tickets
Free, booking is required
Date & Time
Saturday 28 February
1:30 to 3:30pm
Key information
This workshop is open to children aged 7 to 12.
Does not include Museum Entry.
BIOS
UB (Youbi Lee) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Melbourne/Naarm. Her artistic practice includes printmaking, designing installations, animation, puppetry, and participatory art. Through all of these practices she engages audiences to creatively think through complex contemporary issues. Using her various skill sets and experiences, UB has been creating large-scale collaborative arts projects with various communities, councils and festivals. She also works in various professional roles - puppeteer, concept designer and art facilitator - for various established art organisations, including Lemony S Puppet Theatre, Threshold and Polyglot.
Viet-My Bui is a Vietnamese-Australian artist and illustrator based in Naarm/Melbourne. With a focus on movement, organic lines and character-driven imagery, her work captures the fantastical and the feminine in luminous hues.
Recent group exhibitions include For The Deckade, Sorse Gallery (2024), Inspire Inclusion, Off The Kerb (2024), LOCALS, Outre Gallery (2024), and Gather Together, Long Gallery, Tasmania (2023).
Dr Julie Choi is Associate Professor in Education (Additional Languages) in the Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne. She is co-editor and author of multiple books on language, culture, identity, autoethnography, plurilingualism, and academic writing. Her work particularly examines transnational educational experiences and language-cultural identity intersections for migrants and minority language speakers.
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