Step into the world of David Driskell’s painting Pine and Moon for an embodied exploration and imaginative, hands-on workshop with Mayo Street Arts. Participants will view examples of shadow puppetry that incorporates full-body silhouettes, cut paper elements, and 3D objects, to transform light and shadow. We’ll then create responses to Pine and Moon using prompts that call back to the embodied exploration. Participants will end the workshop by sharing short vignettes with each other using light, shadow and shape projected on a scrim.

Josie Holt (she/they) is a Portland based artist, educator, and community arts organizer who has performed puppetry with Mayo Street Arts, the Shoestring Theater, and Bread & Puppet Theater. Her animation work has been featured in award winning short films, and she directed two short films for Portland’s Damnationland in 2023 and 2024. They serve on the Audience Engagement Committee of Friends of Congress Square Park, where they are most likely to set up Portraits As You Pass, and where they have organized events like Coloring and Coffee. They are also an organizer behind Portland Drawing Group and Animation Planet Fest, making art opportunities more accessible to Maine’s creative community. Josie enjoys working with all ages and has taught at various organizations including Shelburne Craft School, Bowdoin Art Camp, MSA’s RAD! Summer Youth Program, and at Baxter Academy High School.