Sage Doll-making Workshop

Insights and Overview

Having policies in place doesn't automatically create genuine acceptance or understanding of our differences. Even with a strong desire to value and respect everyone, overcoming misunderstanding and fostering true acceptance can be difficult.

In the We Are All The Same Inside Sage doll-making participants experience a powerful shift in perspective. They encounter Sage, a friendly character from another world, who, despite looking different, shares the same fundamental human inner workings. Then, they personalize their Sage doll, creating an outer appearance that reflects their own unique vision.

This program reinforces the idea that our outward differences don't diminish our shared inner humanity. It highlights the core of who we are, the essential qualities that unite us all.

Timothy Bellavia offers this program in two formats: a personal visit or a convenient, self-contained kit. While his presence adds a unique and inspiring dimension, bringing the workshop to life, trained educators can also deliver the program effectively. The workshop has expanded access through remote synchronized and online interactions, allowing for continued connection and sharing even after remote implementation.

Please refer to the pricing information to find the best way to introduce this meaningful, participant-focused experience to your community.

Workshop Package PRICE LIST

This un-stuffed plush Sage doll kit comes with a variety of doll skins, necessary fill, art media and the blue Sage inside(s) / insert(s). With this kit you get to stuff your own plush Sage doll and learn and reinforce the important message -- that despite our external differences; we are indeed all the same inside. The interlocking back makes it easy to close without sewing or worry of children re-opening and losing filling. Simple instructions included. This is a great project for all ages from 4 and up. Choose from our variety of doll kits for your home or classrooms.

Packages Include:

One Teacher's SAGE Demonstration Doll
This doll can be used year after year for demonstration purposes along with lesson plan and/or text.
(outer skin for character of your choice from original book "We Are All the Same Inside")

• Blank Outside Skin Doll Covers
• Blue Sage-Inside Doll forms 
• Yarn for dolls 
• 10 Markers for individual art work by students
• Paint brushes
• Fabric paint
• 1 Bag of stuffing
• 1 Copy of We Are All the Same Inside lesson plan

PRICES FOR THIS PROGRAM DEPEND ON NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

Package #1: One teacher, 30 students Includes all of the above with 30 blank dolls and materials. Total Price $400.00 plus shipping and handling or Order by Mail	Package #2: 1 teacher; 20 students Includes all of the above with 20 blank dolls and materials. Total Price $315.00 plus shipping and handling or Order by Mail
Package #3: One teacher, 10 students Includes all of the above with 10 blank dolls and materials. Total Price $180.00 plus shipping and handling or Order by Mail	Individual items: Teacher Demonstration Doll   $150.00   Blank doll set   $100.00    Paper Doll set   $15.00   Presentation Kit with Lesson Plan (@ no cost when ordering in workshop kits - packages 1-3) $25.00   or Order by Mail

T.I.M.M.-E. Program Information

T.I.M.M.-E. Program includes:

• Free Orientation
• Individualized planning for each program
• 3 to 5 classes served per day
• All necessary art materials and lessons provided
• A final student exhibition / display 
• Flexible scheduling, tailored to the needs of the program
• Programs include: Architecture, Calder the Artist and the Engineer, the Acclaimed WAATSI Soft Sculpture / Doll Making Workshop, and Sculpture

Consulting Fees for facilitated corporate and / or school professional
development day

Professional Development / Corporate $1200
Public/ Private School Day Rate (three classes) $495
Public/ Private School Day Rate (five classes) $695

If you would like to feature Mr. Bellavia in an assembly instead of or in addition to a workshop at your site please ask for his schedule.

Stand-alone assembly / workshop presentations are $500 for 45 minutes, up to 250 attendees.
If linked to a workshop on the same day and at the same site, the total is $1500,
Assuming one group of up to 15 to 30 participants in the workshop.

Party like it’s Kindergarten

Corporate WAATSI workshops
Sage Gender Politics doll making workshop 
– up to 12 to 15 participants at $125 per head. 2 hour session – site specific.

Travel expenses and overnight accommodations are quoted separately if they apply

About the author

Timothy Bellavia, M.F.A. is a results-driven arts educator with the proven ability to create and implement programs and lessons which provide students with a lifelong passion for literature and the fine arts. Bellavia is also an award winning children's author and illustrator with a M.F.A. from Pratt Institute. He is an alumnus of Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.  He teaches in the Graduate Division of General & Special Education at Touro College & University System in New York City

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