Rochester Region: New York State Performers, Programmers & Related Resources for Public Libraries & Groups


	Records 1-10 of 101	Next >

Performer	Program	Category	Description	Fee
Hunt, Kathryn	Career Style Workshop: Job Search, Resumes, Interviews	Life Skills- Finance, Life Skills- Other, Visual Arts- Other	Job seekers meet with an experienced recruiter & life coach to improve their career building skills. Available in a one or two hour formats; two hours is great for individual attention, the one hour workshop is ideal for a quick review of career building basics. Topics include: Employment Search Develop an employment search strategy for a better career in today’s market. Talk to a recruiter about posting and maintaining resumes online and pursuing openings on Internet career sites and job boards. Resume Writing Understand the role of a resume in the job search process. Develop an effective employment portfolio including resume, letters and references. Participants can bring their resume and employment ads of interest. Interview Preparation Always be prepared for impromptu meetings, initial phone screenings and face to face interviews with prospective employers. Learn tips and tricks to make a winning first impression and advance your career. Dressing for Success Create a wardrobe that works for interviews, meetings and travel. Learn how to navigate today’s business casual style while impressing higher-ups. Discover personal branding and how to use it for career growth.	$201- $350
Kuhn, Lindsay	Butterfly Wing Jewelry	Nature- Animals, Visual Arts- Folk Arts, Visual Arts- Crafts	Learn how to create beautiful jewelry from the wings of a butterfly! Delicate work involves cutting a small piece of wing, mounting it in a sterling silver plating, and covering it with waterproof apoxy. Necklaces, Rings, Bracelets, Charms, Earrings, Bookmarks, Table Weights. Pieces must dry overnight, and may be taken home by the participants or kept at the library for a 24 hour period. We will also discuss what types of butterflies we are using as well as their life-cycle. This program is suitable for the 2013 summer reading program.	$101- $200
Davis, Katie	Great Storytelling in Words and Pictures	Literature- Creative Writing, Performing Arts- Literary Artists, Visual Arts- Cartooning	Beginning: How to draw great characters, brainstorm, and create a ‘voice’ for characters. Middle: Establish plot, setting, and conflict. End: Edit and re-write the story and create a resolution! Assemblies: Katie teaches story construction, sequencing, how ideas transform from thought to published book. Audience learns to do drawings of emotions, Katie shares her own mistakes, and teaches skills students can use when creating their own stories. Highly interactive program - audience helps write a story; volunteers make different emotional expressions. Katie draws their faces on the characters and together they create a new narrative with emphasis on beginning, middle and end. Workshops: brainstorming, plotting, descriptive narrative, and character development. Illustration: Katie teaches HOW TO SEE so you’re able to illustrate any story you write. Dear Katie, I'm usually 'ho-hum' when it comes to author visits. You were one to change my mind! You were...the best ever writing session, and I truly mean it! Jayne Pitt, teacher	$1001- $3000
Keeffe Schwartzman, Gigi	LEND ME A HAND BAND CELEBRATION JAM!!	Music, Performing Arts- Puppetry, Visual Arts- Drawing	LET’S CREATE AND CELEBRATE!! 2009 SUMMER READING GIGI AND THE LEND ME A HAND BAND'S MOVEMENT & MERRIMENT ALBUM WAS A FINALIST IN THE 2008 CHILDREN'S MUSIC WEB AWARDS FOR BOTH BEST ALBUM & BEST SONG CATEGORIES!! Gigi and Family & Friends add interactive musical adventures combining aspects of music, art and lots of imagination for a wonderful Summer Reading Program. Highlights will include: • We’ll bring tubs of our famous LEND ME A HAND BAND decorated wooden spoons for the audience to play along with us to create an accompaniment to our music and also use as props in songs and stories. We’ll create our own band and play and learn about different rhythms and styles. • WE'LL LEAD A MUSICAL ADVENTURE and include the song, “AIKEN DRUM”, with an audience member (older grade) drawing the “man made of food” from audience suggestions, and we’ll all sing along at the end. • We’ll also CREATE our own VERSES to certain songs selected age appropriately to target audience and sing them along. **Can also be adjusted to pre-school age.	$351- $500
Landrey, Sheileen	Welcome Home, Japan	Multicultural- Other, Museums, Visual Arts- Folk Arts	The Welcome Home, Japan program invites children to learn about and compare traditional Japanese homes with homes from this area of the USA. Exploration begins as children look at International youth art followed by an opportunity for children to view and examine authentic Japanese objects. As a closure, children create a Japanese craft.	$101- $200
Smalley, Carol Parenzan	Children's Author-in-Residence	Literature- Authors, Literature- Creative Writing, Visual Arts- Other	Children's author Carol Parenzan Smalley spends scheduled time in your library sharing her work on current projects, answering patrons' questions, using local resources for research and market analysis, discussing current favorite books of young readers, and encouraging children's reading and writing in general. She can be scheduled as frequently as your program desires. Target age: All ages. NOTE: The author is also available to continue the relationship on a virtual basis using modern web technology.	$201- $350
Merklein, Paul	Great Big Faces	Literature- Authors, Visual Arts- Drawing, Visual Arts- Cartooning	Paul Merklein draws Great Big Faces - famous faces from literature, and people right from the audience! Paul's program features art, comedy & audience participation, entertaining everyone at your library. See photos, reviews, tour dates and videos at www.greatbigfaces.com	$351- $500
Fultz, Dave	Introduction to Balloon Sculpture	Visual Arts- Crafts, Visual Arts- Other	This is a fun and imaginative introduction to the art of balloon sculpture. Inflating, tying, managing the air within the balloon, lock twists, tulip twists, fold twists, and other techniques are all demonstrated. Students will make at least one balloon sculpture all of their own and are encouraged to merge their newly acquired skill with their own limitless imaginations to come up with their own works of art. More advanced multiple balloon works are also demonstrated. This program helps students to develop dexterity, creativity and is just plain fun!	$101- $200
Basini, Lisa	Let's go Fishing for Sugar Cookies	Life Skills- Food, Life Skills- Other, Visual Arts- Other	Let's go fishing for sugar cookies! Join the baking coaches and create a yummy sea creature using pre-baked fish and other sea creature cut outs. We will ice these cookies to look like real sea creatures good enough to eat. Great for Summer reading	$201- $350
Merklein, Paul	Great Big Seusses	Literature- Authors, Visual Arts- Drawing, Visual Arts- Cartooning	Paul Merklein draws great big faces from the world of Dr. Seuss, entertaining everyone at your library! See photos, reviews, tour dates & videos at www.greatbigfaces.com	$351- $500

	Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11	Next >
Records 1-10 of 101

* Inclusion in this database does not indicate endorsement of any performer or program by the NYS Education Department, the Office of Cultural Education, the NYS Library or the participating library systems, nor does it eliminate the need for reference checks and appropriate standard screening procedures.