The Center for Puppetry Arts was recently recognized as the winner of the Pinnacle Award for 2010-2011. It was honored by the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration, more commonoly referred to as the CILC.
This award is given out every year to an organization that shows tremendous work in students ranging from Kindergarten through 12th grade. The award is given based on a scoring system/ test of sorts that is required of the students. It is a wonderful way to bring the arts to the next generation while still working wonders on their education.
Based in Atlanta, The CILC was established in 1994 as a non-profit organization with a means to use new technology and the arts to further educate the youth of america. The program works by employing the latest technology in order to teach hands on puppet building to young students. A series of developmental workshops are conducted that teach the process of hands on puppet building and all of the different facets that this includes. The lessons use advanced technology that allows for videoconferencing. The puppetry is infused with different lessons that these students may be studying in primary school. For example: science, social studies, and the language arts have been incorporated into these lessons in order to make learning more creatively stimulating and enjoyable.
“It is such an honor to be recognized on a national level by the CILC,” said Patty Petrey Dees, Director of the Distance Learning program at the Center for Puppetry Arts. “We are extremely proud to be the only content provider in North America to receive this award four years in a row!”
