New Forum Starts Soon. Register Now!
Welcome to The World Kamishibai Forum of 2024-25! This forum is a FREE series of Zoom meetings that focus on different aspects of kamishibai. You are invited to attend the meetings live and/or to view them at your convenience on our Archive. To receive an invitation to each Zoom meeting, be sure to register.
Meet and interact with featured presenters from all around the world: Japan, Australia, Peru, India, Argentina, Slovenia, France, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, and the United States.
Find the complete schedule of meetings below.
The World Kamishibai Forum is curated by Tara McGowan, Donna Tamaki, and Walter Ritter.
It is produced by Write Out Loud. We hope you find WKF 2024-25 useful and enjoyable!
Meet and interact with featured presenters from all around the world: Japan, Australia, Peru, India, Argentina, Slovenia, France, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, and the United States.
Find the complete schedule of meetings below.
The World Kamishibai Forum is curated by Tara McGowan, Donna Tamaki, and Walter Ritter.
It is produced by Write Out Loud. We hope you find WKF 2024-25 useful and enjoyable!
ZOOM WORKSHOPS
Each ZOOM meeting will focus on a specific aspect of kamishibai.Attendees will meet and interact with the presenters. The emphasis in all the workshops will be on “how-to” do the subject at hand. Presenters will be experienced kamishibai creators/presenters from around the globe who have deep experience in their work.
The workshop will be recorded and made available as videos in the WKF ARCHIVE which can be accessed at any time.
The workshop will be recorded and made available as videos in the WKF ARCHIVE which can be accessed at any time.
To register for the 2024-25 series of "How-To" Workshops,
scroll down to the bottom of the page!
ARCHIVE
Once a live Zoom Workshop is over, a recording of it will be placed in the WKF ARCHIVE. The Archive also includes all the videos and workshops done in the Forum of 2020-21.
To view the Archive click HERE.
To view the Archive click HERE.
SCHEDULE
2022 Events
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May 28, 7:30 pm (US, EDT)
Self-publishing Kamishibai * Featuring Araki Fumiko, Miyazaki Fumie (Japan) June 25, 7:30 pm (US, EDT) STEAM Education and Kamishibai* Featuring Jackie Kerin (Australia), Yumi Izuyama(Brazil & US) July 16, 1:30 pm (US, EDT) Kamishibai Second Language Teaching* Think language teaching outside the box? Think Japanese storytelling box! Géraldine D. Enjelvin (U of York) and Natsuko Shibata Perera (U of London) |
Araki Fumiko (aka Bunchan) is a master kamishibai storyteller, puppeteer and educator in Japan.
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Igor Cvetko tells an original kamishibai tale in Slovenia.
August 27, 7:30 pm (US, EDT)
Kamishibai and Deaf Children*
Tere Marichal Lugo, Orlando González Rivera (Puerto Rico)
September 24, 1:30 pm (US, EDT)
Making Kamishibai Illustrations Come to Life*
Philippe Robert (France)
October 29, 7:30 pm, (US, EDT)
Large-scale Kamishibai*
Morohashi Seiko (Senzo-in Temple, Japan)
November 19, 7:30 pm (US, EST)
Kamishibai for the Very Young*
Yoko’o Sakiko (Japan, Mexico), Anna Manuel (Australia)
Kamishibai and Deaf Children*
Tere Marichal Lugo, Orlando González Rivera (Puerto Rico)
September 24, 1:30 pm (US, EDT)
Making Kamishibai Illustrations Come to Life*
Philippe Robert (France)
October 29, 7:30 pm, (US, EDT)
Large-scale Kamishibai*
Morohashi Seiko (Senzo-in Temple, Japan)
November 19, 7:30 pm (US, EST)
Kamishibai for the Very Young*
Yoko’o Sakiko (Japan, Mexico), Anna Manuel (Australia)
Etery Trevino Farfan - kamishibai performer in Mexico.
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2023 EventsJanuary 28, 7:30 pm (US, EST)
Street Performance Kamishibai in Japan* Mimoto Fumiyo, Otsuka Tamayo (Japan) February 25, 1:30 pm (US, EST) Puppetry and Kamishibai* Jelena Sitar Cvetco (Slovenia), Laura Gutman & Simon Wajntrob (Argentina) March 25, 1:00 pm (US, EDT) Cultural Fusion in Kamishibai* Pepe Cabana Kojachi Mukashi Mukashi (Peru), Ramya Srinidhi (India) |
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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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 [email protected].
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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 [email protected].
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.
Click HERE.
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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