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Let’s Make a Storybox!
Theatre with Paper
For ages 10-12
Facilitator
Let’s make a Storybox! is a paper theatre workshop designed to help participants to read and create visual narratives at the intersection of set-design and image composition.
In this session participants will begin by learning how to identify the structure of a creative, visual narrative. Further, they will craft elements that bring a story to life and arrange those elements in a visual form. As a group, we will examine images from illustrated books for young readers to discuss and understand the different layers of visual communication. We will then create quick sketches to unpack form, shape, scene, setting, character and composition. Working with the form of visual theatre, we will conclude by creating miniature scenes and 2-D puppets.
This workshop will require participants to carry with them:
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Eraser
- Scissors
*Please note participants may be required to purchase certain materials for the workshop at the venue.
Facilitator
Debosmita Dam
Debosmita Dam is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher and arts manager, currently based in Bangalore. She graduated from Delhi University in 2016, with a Bachelor’s degree in Literature.
She has worked in various capacities in art services, including communications, production management, and as a workshop facilitator for children. She recently graduated from Srishti Institute with a Master’s degree in Public Pedagogy and Art Practices. She is interested in the pedagogical possibility of applied arts that draws from her experience of being a theatre worker and designer, specifically in expanding a visual imagination and vocabulary of the connection between the mind and body.
Debosmita has worked with the Delhi government on a city-wide Cultural Policy as a researcher. Her current projects include designing an exhibition for children at CSMVS Museum, Mumbai, with Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust, and a shadow-puppetry film dealing with themes of grief and loss for young audiences.
