Marc W. Kohler and Fran Slade Arts Services

Studio: 168 Armistice Blvd.                                                                                    Pawtucket, R.I. 02860                                                                                                        Mail: P.O. Box 16095 Rumford, R.I. 02916                                                                          Tel: 401-441-2129                                                                                                         Home:  401-438-4921                                                                                                    Email:  marcwkohler@aol.com

LIST OF ARTS PROGRAMS

Face Painting 

Characters, Costumes, and Parades 

See Photos on Face Book at Mar. W. Kohler under Our Work and Face Painting

Art Workshops

Puppet and Mask Making                                                                                                                    __Puffet Making:   

Marc Kohler invented this puppet in 1977, and received a patent for it. Link: http://www.marcwkohler.com/puppet-assembling-patent/  From 1977 to 1993 Marc’s non-profit organization The Puppet Workshop helped over 25,000 children and adults to make these puppets.  Here are the puffets in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJAXo64mmG4&t=15s  and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8FyCDEvxlo&t=1126s  

Shadow Puppets:  Shadow provide an excellent and fun way to experience the arts with great creative opportunities.  The shadows change and jump and dance–just with a flick of the and                                                                                                      Plaster Bandages over Styrofoam                                                                              Wood filler over Styrofoam                                                                               Marionettes in several forms                                                                                           Rod Puppets                                                                                                                 Mask making and Parade                                                                                           Mural Making: 36″ paper, plywood. and buildings                                                          Clay Workshops  Push Bowls, Slab Work, Wheel WorkTreasure Troves:  Treasure in Clay base                                                                                                                    Drums and Rhythm Workshops                                                                                  Plaster Piece painting                                                                                                 Sand Casting Workshop                                                                                        Stepping Stones in Concrete                                                                                  Mosaic Workshop with real tiles and mosaic pieces.                                          Drawing & Painting                                                                                                       Block Printing and Texture Work                                                                            Drawing and Painting                                                                                    Broadway/Stage Workshop Costumes. Make-up, Characters and short skits. We video tape the shows.                                                                                                       Sculpture Plaster mixed with vermiculite, wood gluing and simple carving                Mosaic Workshop   Viewing Mosaic Works and ample Designs, Make Mosaics with construction Paper,  Design and make mosaic on plywood.

Performances

 Storytelling –

Captain Marcus Pirate Show -How a Bad Pirate Learned to be good.

Captain Marcus World Pirate Show–Backed by a map of the world, Captain Marcus tells tales of Pirates and Geography.

Bugs Safari: Bob and Betty the Bug People introduce the families of Insects with stories, and magic!

Burning of the Gaspee:  Captain Lindsay tells the tale while he guides the Hannah near the Warwick shore.

The Cowardly Lion and Glinda the Witch tell OZ tales

King and Queen Cole tell tales and stories of medieval life in a Castle.

Mother Goose and Farmer Brown: Nursery Rhymes and related play activities and games.

Train Engineer and Conductor—let’s travel–Trains and History

Corporal Adam Adams MacAdams from Fort Adams and a Nurse tell stories of the Civil War, read the Gettysburg Address, and introduce children to this period in American History.

Puppet Shows: The Landing of the Schlunk (Written with Kevin Lima), The Dragon, The Rabbit Loses His Ears, Jack and the Beanstalk, Hanukkah, Purim and Kibbutz shows, Christmas shows and 15 educational values shows from litter prevention to fire safety to equality to the value of education and more.