With our Northeast community, we want to celebrate the return of clean fresh running waters and the beings who need them. Together, we’ll create and show an array of puppets or lanterns inspired by fish found in our local waterways. Workshop attendees will utilize simple materials, such as paper and wood. During the build, participants will learn songs that they’ll later perform with their puppets. With instruction by Green Feather Foundation and Heather Henson, attendees will gain skills to use in their own future projects. After the workshop, the group will show their creations and songs in an illuminated parade.

Green Feather Foundation is a multi-platform non-profit encompassing existing programs of IBEX Puppetry, Handmade Puppet Dreams, Puppet Slam Network, as well as the educational and philanthropic works of Heather Henson. Founded by Henson in 2020 -- umbrellaing work dating back to 2000 -- Green Feather’s mission is to promote health and healing of the planet through artistic spectacle, puppetry, and the reconnection of individuals with the land through immersive cultural, environmental and arts education. Heather Henson is a contemporary artist who values ways of life that are in balance with nature, native value systems, and community. Henson is president of The Jane Henson Foundation and chairman of the Jim Henson Legacy.