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Shows & Workshops
WEARABLE SOFT SCULPTURE CLASS
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4 Classes in Berkeley
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026 — March 4, 2026
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6pm — 9pm
Join puppet artist Risa Lenore in designing, stitching and stuffing your own soft sculpture jewelry. In this 4-part class, you will get ideas and skills to take with you anywhere you go. This is a super portable craft! With basic hand stitching techniques, we will make pillow-like forms into earrings and jewelry. We will incorporate yarn and other elements to enhance our designs. Basic hand sewing skills are a plus but not required. Beginners welcome.
General Tuition: $200
Pay-It-Forward Tuition: $225
Reduced Tuition (Limited): $175
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April 9-13, 2026
SAVE THE DAY FOR SNAIL
puppet show for 3-9 year olds and their families Save the Day for Snail is an interactive handmade puppet show featuring Gladsy the snail, denizen of the empty lot next to The Waffle House. Puppeteer Risa Lenore combines live acting and puppetry in this new show made from reclaimed materials. Children become part of the performance, by making the sound effects, joining as puppeteers and helping rebuild Gladsy's house. With the use of tabletop mouth puppets, rod puppets, one very simple marionette and a rotating backdrop, Risa as storyteller and performer guides the audience as the cable-knit snail searches for a new home. This is an eco-fable, a timely, yet silly tale that reminds us that innovative community solutions are the only way forward.
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