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Visual Art Exhibits and Installations
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Site: 2: Pacific Street Stage
Time: 3:30 - 4:00; 4:30 - 5:00P.M.
The First Night Monterey Puppet Art Theater (FNMPAT) features artist and collaborator Kira Carrillo Corser, puppet sculptor Nina Parris, and actors from local schools including the award winning poet Kylie Batlin from PG High, with families from Greenfield and East Salinas. Greenfield Friday Night FNM art class painted the puppets and designed and painted the back drops.
Nina Parris with David Cervantes (Fish #3) in the Mami Wata Save the Sea Puppet show for FNM
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Plastic Monster puppet
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"Mami Wata Save The Sea" is fun, interactive puppet play adapted from a Ghanaian folklore. Mami Wata is the story of this high priestess of the sea. Mami is a protector of the ocean who becomes alarmed by some mysterious monster that is killing sea creatures. With life-size puppets, songs and African drums she brings attention to a current problem in the Pacific Ocean. This original play based on the was written by Kira Corser and collaborated with script advisors and Pacific Grove Students. The foam puppets were designed and created by Nina Parris and painted by Greenfield Art Class workshop students, who also designed and painted the back drops.
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Site 24: Conference Center
Colton 1
Button Venue
3:00 - 10:15 PM
It's our portal to the evening's
celebration and to the new
decade! Walk through our
colorful interactive
kaleidoscope and capture the
fragments of color and light.
Artist, Kira Corser, designed
this room, and the Arts Council
for Monterey County hosts this
sculpture. Our "Kaleidoscope"
we feel encompasses the true
spirit and experience of First
Night "fragments that come together
to form a beautiful
whole, indicating a diversity of
experience or piecing together
the parts of a symbolic puzzle."
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Site: 21: Conference Center Steinbeck Lobby
Time: 4:00 - 10:30P.M.
"Art reflecting and inspiring life in California's farming communities"
This show combines stories and statistics with art, to show the impact of art on men, women, and children (mostly in the Monterey county towns of Salinas, Greenfield and Gonzales). The "Mi Vida" project provides a beautiful and powerful example how art affects lives, gives expression to feelings and frustration, and inspires hope for future dreams of families in the Latino communities.
Co-sponsored by: First Night Monterey ArtWorks! Outreach, The Arts Council for Monterey County, Poder Popular a program of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, Harden Foundation, The Audreyt S. Talbott Foundation, Monterey County Free Libraries in Greenfield and Gonzales.
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Site: 18: CC Downstairs Lobby
Time: 4:00 - 10:00P.M.
A Photography Exhibit and Photographic art activity showcasing past Gina and Kim Weston Scholarship Fund recipients featuring winning high school and university/college students in Monterey County. Bring your smile and join some of the winning students who have an interactive photography activity
Weston Scholarship Website |
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Mami Wati puppet
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FNM Executive Director Ellen Martin takes photos of volunteer teens working on the mirrored walls for the Human Kaleidoscope designed by Kira Carrillo Corser.
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