La MaMa Kids: Meet the greens escaped from a greenhouse
Maiko Kikuchi
June 30, 2024 from 1–3PM| Ages 5–13
This workshop centers around a collaboration between our teaching artist-in-residence Maiko Kikuchi and participants to create artworks/props for the performance “Note from a Sheep I Met at the Dawn.”
The workshop will give participants the opportunity to collaborate with the artist to create a visible daydream and then see the completed artworks in the performance/exhibition.
July 6, 2024 from 1–3PM | Ages 13+
This workshop centers around a collaboration between the artist (Maiko Kikuchi) and participants to create artworks/props for the performance “Note from a Sheep I Met at the Dawn.”
The props created during this workshop will be used as part of one of the vignettes in the performance, in particular, a scene performed with an installation of “Greens escaped from a greenhouse.” The works will be papier-mâché sculptures depicting a variety of “greens” in real shoes. There will be a total of 30 of these sculptures installed as part of the performance.
Artist Maiko Kikuchi will prepare the shoes and create a base-shape of the sculpture in advance. In the workshop, each participant will use painting or collaging to decorate one sculpture to complete the artwork.
The workshop will give participants the opportunity to collaborate with the artist to create a visible daydream and then see the completed artworks in the performance/exhibition.
Maiko Kikuchi was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. Influenced by her psychoanalyst father, she became interested in the boundary between dreams and reality. She received her B.A from Musashino Art University in 2008 and soon after, she moved to the United States and received an M.F.A. from Pratt Institute in 2012. Her desire to broaden the expression of her daydreams led her to the theatre field in 2013. Since then, she’s been creating her puppetry/object theatre performances based on her multi-medium visual art skills. Her pieces have been presented at various venues in New York City, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Public Theater, Japan Society, St. Ann’s Warehouse, HERE, and La MaMa.
https://maikokikuchi.jimdofree.com/
Maiko Kikuchi's residency and La MaMa's partnership with KinoSaito, are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
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