Playtime Poppy program brings together artists for virtual learning project
Actor Katie Colletta of Fairfax (from left), storyteller Darrin Crow and dancer Lovar Davis Kidd, both of Cedar Rapids, explore ways to integrate movement with percussion to help tell the story of taiko drumming. Along with musician Blake Shaw of Iowa City, they are shown participating in teaching artist training Saturday, Jan. 23, at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids. The four artists are creating virtual storytelling programs for Cedar Rapids elementary classrooms through Playtime Poppy’s theater education initiative. (Diana Nollen/The Gazette)
Workshop leader Christina Farrell of Cedar Rapids, founder of Throughline Arts, reviews the “Percussion Pizza” chart, showing the different layers of learning involving drums. She is shown Saturday, Jan. 23, at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids, conducting teaching artist training for Playtime Poppy, in pa