The World Kamishibai Forum celebrates the diversity of kamishibai performance styles, venues, and applications around the world today. Join us to explore kamishibai creativity in Japan, South America, Mexico, Slovenia, and Australia in a series of videos and webinars.
On September 19, Tara McGowan welcomes everyone via video. To view it, simply go to www.WriteOutLoudsd.com. Don’t worry if you cannot watch it that day. All videos and webinars will be archived for your viewing at your convenience. We hope you will enjoy this FREE journey around the world of kamishibai!
PLEASE REGISTER: The registration form appears near the bottom of this page. We must have your name and contact information to send you the link to each video as it is release.
The World Kamishibai Forum is curated by Tara McGowan, Donna Tamaki, and Walter Ritter. It is produced by Write Out Loud.
On September 19, Tara McGowan welcomes everyone via video. To view it, simply go to www.WriteOutLoudsd.com. Don’t worry if you cannot watch it that day. All videos and webinars will be archived for your viewing at your convenience. We hope you will enjoy this FREE journey around the world of kamishibai!
PLEASE REGISTER: The registration form appears near the bottom of this page. We must have your name and contact information to send you the link to each video as it is release.
The World Kamishibai Forum is curated by Tara McGowan, Donna Tamaki, and Walter Ritter. It is produced by Write Out Loud.
CLICK HERE for National Storytelling Network Kamishibai Special Interest Letter and Petition.
VIDEOS and WEBINARS
Each video (30 minutes) features different artists who discuss their work in kamishibai, sharing tips and techniques for performing and creating kamishibai stories for storytellers, teachers, librarians, literary coaches, and parents homeschooling children.
A live webinar (40 minutes) will follow every second video (see schedule), focusing on topics relevant to the two preceding videos. Everyone who has watched the videos will have a chance to register for the webinars and submit questions, prior to or during the panel discussion.
A live webinar (40 minutes) will follow every second video (see schedule), focusing on topics relevant to the two preceding videos. Everyone who has watched the videos will have a chance to register for the webinars and submit questions, prior to or during the panel discussion.
Watch short video about the Forum here!
SCHEDULE
Archived Videos are noted with a * and may be viewed HERE.
2020 Events
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Sept 19 - Introduction to Kamishibai and the World Kamishibai Forum*
Featuring Tara McGowan (kamishibai researcher, artist, storyteller in New Jersey, U.S.A.) Sept 26 - Making Kamishibai Performance Fun (I)* Featuring Araki Fumiko aka Bunchan (master kamishibai storyteller, puppeteer, educator in Japan). Oct 3 - Making Kamishibai Performance Fun (II)* Featuring Noma Shigeyuki (master kamishibai storyteller, educator in Japan). |
Araki Fumiko (aka Bunchan) is a master kamishibai storyteller, puppeteer and educator in Japan.
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Oct 10 - Webinar*
Featuring Araki, Noma, WKF organizers. Starts at 7:30 pm (Eastern U.S. time).
Oct 24 - Creating Kamishibai Stories (I)*
Featuring Mimoto Fumiyo (kamishibai performer, author in Japan).
Oct 31 - Creating Kamishibai Stories (II)*
Featuring Tokiwa Hiromi (kamishibai performer, author in Japan).
Nov 7 - Webinar*
Featuring Mimoto, Tokiwa, WKF organizers. Starts at 7:30 pm (Eastern U.S. time).
Featuring Araki, Noma, WKF organizers. Starts at 7:30 pm (Eastern U.S. time).
Oct 24 - Creating Kamishibai Stories (I)*
Featuring Mimoto Fumiyo (kamishibai performer, author in Japan).
Oct 31 - Creating Kamishibai Stories (II)*
Featuring Tokiwa Hiromi (kamishibai performer, author in Japan).
Nov 7 - Webinar*
Featuring Mimoto, Tokiwa, WKF organizers. Starts at 7:30 pm (Eastern U.S. time).
Etery Trevino Farfan - kamishibai performer in Mexico.
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Nov 21 - Kamishibai in Mexico*
Featuring Maria Teresa Farfan Garcia (Executive Director, International Festival of Kamishibai and Storytelling, Mexico) and Etery Trevino Farfan, kamishibai performer in Mexico. Nov 28 - Kamishibai in Mexican Schools* Featuring Maria Fe Ibarra Ramirez (author of Educational Kamishibai, State of Durango school administrator). Dec 5 - Webinar* Featuring Farfan Garcia,Trevino Farfan, Ibarra Ramirez, WKF organizers. Starts at 7:30 pm (Eastern U.S. time) |
Anna Manuel - kamishibai creator, performer, and educator in Thailand and Australia.
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Walter Ritter debuts a kamishibai adaptation of Roald Dahl's "The Enormous Crocodile" in San Diego, California, USA.
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2021 Events
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Jan 9 - The Art of Kamishibai in Peru*
Featuring Pepe Cabana Kojachi (kamishibai artist, performer and educator in Lima, Peru). Jan 16 - The Art of Kamishibai in Puerto Rico* Tere Marichal Lugo (author, educator, illustrator, TV personality in San Juan, Puerto Rico). Jan 23 - Webinar* Featuring Pepe Cabana Kojachi, Tere Marichal Lugo, and WKF organizers. Starts at 7:30 pm (Eastern U.S. time). Feb 6 - Kamishibai in a Japanese-School in Brazil* Featuring Flavia Wolffowitz (kamishibai performer, educator in Arçatuba, Brazil). |
Igor Cvetko tells an original kamishibai tale in Slovenia.
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Feb 13 - Historical Kamishibai*
Japanese Internment in the US: Featuring Walter Ritter (Executive Director, Write Out Loud, actor, storyteller in San Diego, California, USA).
Feb 20 - Webinar*
Featuring Wolffowitz, Ritter, WKF organizers. Starts at 7:30 pm (Eastern U.S. time).
March 6 - Publishing Kamishibai in the US*
Featuring David Battino and Hazuki Kataoka, publishers, Leaf Moon Arts, in California, U.S.A.).
March 13 - Kamishibai in American Libraries*
Featuring Elizabeth Overmer and Erica Siskind (librarians in California’s San Francisco Bay Area).
March 20 - Webinar*
Featuring Battino, Kataoka, Bob Eisenstadt (Kamishibai for Kids), WKF organizers. Starts at 7:30 pm (Eastern U.S. time).
April 3 - Kamishibai in Slovenia, Part I*
Featuring Jelena Sitar, (playwright, puppeteer, "Mother of Slovenian Kamishibai” in Slovenia).
April 10 - Kamishibai in Slovenia, Part II*
Featuring Igor Cvetko (ethnomusicologist, artist, “Father of Slovenian Kamishibai” in Slovenia).
April 17 - Webinar*
Featuring Sitar, Cvetko, WKF organizers. Starts at 7:30 pm (Eastern U.S. time).
May 1 - Kamishibai in Australia, Part I*
Featuring Jackie Kerin (co-founder of AKA, storyteller, author, founder of Australian Kamishibai Association in Melbourne, Australia) and Anna Manuel (storyteller, educator in Bangkok, Thailand).
May 8 - Kamishibai in Australia, Part II*
Featuring Bernard Caleo (co-founder of AKA, comic artist, performer in Melbourne, Australia).
May 15 - Webinar*
Featuring Caleo, Kerin, Manuel, WKF organizers. Starts at 7:30 pm (Eastern U.S. time).
June 12 - Closing Event (TBD)
Japanese Internment in the US: Featuring Walter Ritter (Executive Director, Write Out Loud, actor, storyteller in San Diego, California, USA).
Feb 20 - Webinar*
Featuring Wolffowitz, Ritter, WKF organizers. Starts at 7:30 pm (Eastern U.S. time).
March 6 - Publishing Kamishibai in the US*
Featuring David Battino and Hazuki Kataoka, publishers, Leaf Moon Arts, in California, U.S.A.).
March 13 - Kamishibai in American Libraries*
Featuring Elizabeth Overmer and Erica Siskind (librarians in California’s San Francisco Bay Area).
March 20 - Webinar*
Featuring Battino, Kataoka, Bob Eisenstadt (Kamishibai for Kids), WKF organizers. Starts at 7:30 pm (Eastern U.S. time).
April 3 - Kamishibai in Slovenia, Part I*
Featuring Jelena Sitar, (playwright, puppeteer, "Mother of Slovenian Kamishibai” in Slovenia).
April 10 - Kamishibai in Slovenia, Part II*
Featuring Igor Cvetko (ethnomusicologist, artist, “Father of Slovenian Kamishibai” in Slovenia).
April 17 - Webinar*
Featuring Sitar, Cvetko, WKF organizers. Starts at 7:30 pm (Eastern U.S. time).
May 1 - Kamishibai in Australia, Part I*
Featuring Jackie Kerin (co-founder of AKA, storyteller, author, founder of Australian Kamishibai Association in Melbourne, Australia) and Anna Manuel (storyteller, educator in Bangkok, Thailand).
May 8 - Kamishibai in Australia, Part II*
Featuring Bernard Caleo (co-founder of AKA, comic artist, performer in Melbourne, Australia).
May 15 - Webinar*
Featuring Caleo, Kerin, Manuel, WKF organizers. Starts at 7:30 pm (Eastern U.S. time).
June 12 - Closing Event (TBD)
Tara McGowan is an artist, kamishibai storyteller, and author of The Kamishibai Classroom and Performing Kamishibai: An Emerging New Literacy for a Global Audience. She has been active in literacy work and kamishibai for more than 20 years.
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Donna Tamaki is a co-founder of Kamishibai for Kids and a translator of numerous Kamishibai stories from Japanese into English. She has been active with kamishibai for more than 30 years.
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Walter Ritter is an actor, singer, narrator and, for the past 10 years, a very busy kamishibai storyteller. He is the Executive Director and co-founder of Write Out Loud.
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HOW CAN YOU HELP?
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We can provide short videos (like this one!) and eye-catching photos to enliven your posts. Feel free to post this video, or request additional videos and photos in writing at ritter.wkf@gmail.com.
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First, if you would like to be a featured kamishibai artist (writer, illustrator, performer), please let us know by sending a short video of yourself at work with kamishibai. Send by email to ritter.wkf@gmail.com.
Second, please spread the word to other people about this Forum. Post your participation on social media like Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, etc. Tell teachers, storytellers, librarians, graphic artists, reading group leaders, actors, literacy teachers, tutors, and anyone else who might be interested. |
You may also download the World Kamishibai Forum Poster to post or distribute in your community!
Click HERE.
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KAMISHIBAI RESOURCES WORLDWIDE
Kamishibai Stories, Equipment, Service and Advice found HERE
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Noma Shigeyuki, who loves to make his audiences laugh, presents a kamishibai story in Japan.
Tere Marichal Lugo - creator and performer of kamishibai in Puerto Rico.
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Write Out Loud is a non-profit theatre company in San Diego, California that uses kamishibai to serve schools, libraries and special events. WOL has created 6 original kamishibai stories.
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We thank the Center for Global Partnership of the Japan Foundation for their support of the World Kamishibai Forum.
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