EVENTS
Mini Giant-Puppet Parade
Mini Giant-Puppet Parade
Join us July 11th from 10am-1pm for KMA’s Mini Giant-Puppet Parade with Cattywampus!
Everyone is welcome to participate or cheer us on as we parade through the museum grounds. Come at 10am and make a colorful hand-puppet or bring your own! The parade will happen between 11am and 12pm. Carry your small puppet or noisemaker, bring your giant puppet from a previous parade, and follow the leader through the museum’s grounds as we celebrate the art of puppets to conclude the Wayne White: Revenge of the Knoxville Girl exhibition and celebrate TN artists during the Tennessee Triennial Weekend. The Honkers and Bangers will bring the energy with live music and the puppet master himself, Wayne White, plans to make an appearance!
The whole weekend will be filled with fun and lively activities for people of all ages as we celebrate TN Artists!
Saturday, July 11
10:00 – 11:00 am – Make Your Own Hand-Puppet, drop in activity
11:00-11:30 am – Parade Prep Time – find your puppet and join the parade, Cattywampus will provide a few puppets for visitors to use, or you can bring your own. Any puppets over 2 feet tall should register in advance with the size of their puppet and number of participants. Space is limited.
11:15-ish – KMA & Cattywampus Mini-Giant Puppet Parade featuring the Honkers and Bangers will start in the Heller Garden, meander up to the front plaza, and through the museum to Bailey Hall for a puppet dance party. Join in the parade or cheer us on as a spectator!
1:00pm – Program Ends but the fun continues at Central Cinema at 2pm.
The fun continues with a double feature at Central Cinema with an introduction by Wayne White at 2pm.
To register a large puppet (2 feet or bigger) to participate in the Mini-Giant Puppet Parade, follow the link for details, rules, and to sign the waver.
The TN Triennial Weekend celebration continues on Sunday with a focus on art and music with a special interactive Musical Zoo with the Joy of Music and a final gallery talk with Wayne White. Check the event page for details.