Who is Kevin?
Short bio 1:
Kevin loves to perform, write, draw, sing, make things, and wonder about possibilities. He is an award-winning artist, performer, and children's author of many books and CDs who loves to collaborate with other artists. Each year, he visits schools, libraries, festivals, and conferences to inspire active imaginations through poetry, puppetry, music, and movement. He and his family live in Grand Rapids, MI. Visit kevinkammeraad.com for more.
Short bio 2:
Kevin Kammeraad is an award-winning artist, performer, and the author or co-author of several books, including “The Tomato Collection” and “Spinach Dip Pancakes.” He also has released several acclaimed children’s CDs, twice receiving the Parents’ Choice Fun Stuff award. He was named Grand Rapids’ On The Town Magazine’s best local visual artist as part of the 2015 Townie Awards and has performed across the United States – from the National Children’s Museum in Washington D.C. to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Hawaii. The Grand Valley State University graduate grew up in Holland, MI and now lives in Grand Rapids, MI with his wife and family.
Long bio:
Kevin loves to perform, write, draw, sing, make things, and wonder about possibilities. He is an award-winning artist, performer, and children's author of many books and CDs who loves to collaborate with other artists.
Each year, Kevin brings his creativity and love of performing, writing, art, music, and reading to elementary schools, libraries, festivals, and conferences all over the state of Michigan and beyond. He performs regularly in Michigan, often throughout the Midwest, and has been as far as Canada, Hawaii, and Japan. His programs are dynamic, age appropriate, educational, and simply down right fun. Through puppetry, music, poetry, audience participation, multimedia, and humor, Kevin captivates people of all ages. Since the start of his career, Kevin has visited well over 1,000 elementary schools and offers many various presentations and shows.
Kevin has been a full time presenter/performer, artist, and children’s author since 1999, after graduating from Grand Valley State University in 1998 with a degree in Film and Video Production. He is the author and illustrator of The Tomato Collection and I Remember. He is the co-author of This is a Square and A Curious Glimpse of Michigan (a 2006 Great Lakes’ Great Books award nominee), a contributing illustrator of How Much Wood Could a Woodchuck Chuck?, and the co-producer of the music CDs The Tomato Collection: the Big Album (a 2002 Children’s Music Web Award Winner), A Curious Glimpse of Michigan: the Music, and ...and a Happy New Year (a Mom’s Choice Awards® Gold Recipient and winner of three other national awards). His CD,The Monkeys Go Marching (Simple Songs You Can Play Around With) is a 2012 Parents' Choice FunStuff Award Winner. In 2013, Kevin released his first "creativity book" called Can You Think It, Can You Dream It? Brand new new for 2016, Kevin released his most collaborative project yet, Spinach Dip Pancakes - a book and CD.
In the fall of 2010, Kevin was a part of an ArtPrize entry called Plan B. Headed up by the Beerhorst family, a group of artists created an imaginative, multi-medium, interactive, educational environment created entirely out of repurposed materials. Their efforts were rewarded with the 2010 Best Use of Urban Space Award.
In the fall of 2011, Kevin performed 114 shows over the span of 19 days for his 2011 entry into ArtPrize. "Puppeteer-cum-endurance-performer Kevin Kammeraad could be found day after day on the grass outside the Children’s Museum kicking, wiggling, shaking, and singing with an excited crowd of children and parents. His energy was infectious. Playful and educational, I loved what The Kevin Kammeraad and Friends Puppet Theatre added to daily life in the neighborhood of Hillside," said Nicole J. Caruth, a freelance writer and curator living in New York. She also selected Kevin's piece as one of her top 9 picks out of 1,582 entries (not directly affiliated with ArtPrize). For more information on that ambitious adventure check out this page or Kevin's entry at www.artprize.org.
In the fall of 2012, Kevin along with Justin Haveman performed Variety of Puppet Vignettes in G-Major for their 2012 ArtPrize entry. With this entry, Kevin and Justin pursued creating a new indoor puppet theatre including a multi-media screen and the introduction of multiple characters.
In the fall of 2013, Kevin and Justin performed eight hours a day for 19 consecutive days at ArtPrize 2013 with their entry Puppets and Pearl and Monroe.
The fall of 2014 brought this ArtPrize entry: Numbers Everywhere.
2015 brought their entry Inquiring Minds.
Following his tradition of participating in ArtPrize, in 2016 Kevin created The Spinach Dip Pancake Show!
2017 was no exception with an ambitious project: Mr. E.
Kevin is a member of the Michigan Reading Association, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the Detroit Puppeteers Guild, and the Puppeteers of America. His programs are included on the Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association's list of Recommended Assemblies.
Kevin grew up in Holland, Michigan and currently lives in Grand Rapids with his wife, son, daughter, two cats, and a dog in a home filled with books, music, recycle bins, homeschooling calendars, games, vegetarian recipes, toys, and tortilla chips.
To view Kevin's books, click here, and music, here.
To see Kevin in action, click here.
Short bio 1:
Kevin loves to perform, write, draw, sing, make things, and wonder about possibilities. He is an award-winning artist, performer, and children's author of many books and CDs who loves to collaborate with other artists. Each year, he visits schools, libraries, festivals, and conferences to inspire active imaginations through poetry, puppetry, music, and movement. He and his family live in Grand Rapids, MI. Visit kevinkammeraad.com for more.
Short bio 2:
Kevin Kammeraad is an award-winning artist, performer, and the author or co-author of several books, including “The Tomato Collection” and “Spinach Dip Pancakes.” He also has released several acclaimed children’s CDs, twice receiving the Parents’ Choice Fun Stuff award. He was named Grand Rapids’ On The Town Magazine’s best local visual artist as part of the 2015 Townie Awards and has performed across the United States – from the National Children’s Museum in Washington D.C. to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Hawaii. The Grand Valley State University graduate grew up in Holland, MI and now lives in Grand Rapids, MI with his wife and family.
Long bio:
Kevin loves to perform, write, draw, sing, make things, and wonder about possibilities. He is an award-winning artist, performer, and children's author of many books and CDs who loves to collaborate with other artists.
Each year, Kevin brings his creativity and love of performing, writing, art, music, and reading to elementary schools, libraries, festivals, and conferences all over the state of Michigan and beyond. He performs regularly in Michigan, often throughout the Midwest, and has been as far as Canada, Hawaii, and Japan. His programs are dynamic, age appropriate, educational, and simply down right fun. Through puppetry, music, poetry, audience participation, multimedia, and humor, Kevin captivates people of all ages. Since the start of his career, Kevin has visited well over 1,000 elementary schools and offers many various presentations and shows.
Kevin has been a full time presenter/performer, artist, and children’s author since 1999, after graduating from Grand Valley State University in 1998 with a degree in Film and Video Production. He is the author and illustrator of The Tomato Collection and I Remember. He is the co-author of This is a Square and A Curious Glimpse of Michigan (a 2006 Great Lakes’ Great Books award nominee), a contributing illustrator of How Much Wood Could a Woodchuck Chuck?, and the co-producer of the music CDs The Tomato Collection: the Big Album (a 2002 Children’s Music Web Award Winner), A Curious Glimpse of Michigan: the Music, and ...and a Happy New Year (a Mom’s Choice Awards® Gold Recipient and winner of three other national awards). His CD,The Monkeys Go Marching (Simple Songs You Can Play Around With) is a 2012 Parents' Choice FunStuff Award Winner. In 2013, Kevin released his first "creativity book" called Can You Think It, Can You Dream It? Brand new new for 2016, Kevin released his most collaborative project yet, Spinach Dip Pancakes - a book and CD.
In the fall of 2010, Kevin was a part of an ArtPrize entry called Plan B. Headed up by the Beerhorst family, a group of artists created an imaginative, multi-medium, interactive, educational environment created entirely out of repurposed materials. Their efforts were rewarded with the 2010 Best Use of Urban Space Award.
In the fall of 2011, Kevin performed 114 shows over the span of 19 days for his 2011 entry into ArtPrize. "Puppeteer-cum-endurance-performer Kevin Kammeraad could be found day after day on the grass outside the Children’s Museum kicking, wiggling, shaking, and singing with an excited crowd of children and parents. His energy was infectious. Playful and educational, I loved what The Kevin Kammeraad and Friends Puppet Theatre added to daily life in the neighborhood of Hillside," said Nicole J. Caruth, a freelance writer and curator living in New York. She also selected Kevin's piece as one of her top 9 picks out of 1,582 entries (not directly affiliated with ArtPrize). For more information on that ambitious adventure check out this page or Kevin's entry at www.artprize.org.
In the fall of 2012, Kevin along with Justin Haveman performed Variety of Puppet Vignettes in G-Major for their 2012 ArtPrize entry. With this entry, Kevin and Justin pursued creating a new indoor puppet theatre including a multi-media screen and the introduction of multiple characters.
In the fall of 2013, Kevin and Justin performed eight hours a day for 19 consecutive days at ArtPrize 2013 with their entry Puppets and Pearl and Monroe.
The fall of 2014 brought this ArtPrize entry: Numbers Everywhere.
2015 brought their entry Inquiring Minds.
Following his tradition of participating in ArtPrize, in 2016 Kevin created The Spinach Dip Pancake Show!
2017 was no exception with an ambitious project: Mr. E.
Kevin is a member of the Michigan Reading Association, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the Detroit Puppeteers Guild, and the Puppeteers of America. His programs are included on the Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association's list of Recommended Assemblies.
Kevin grew up in Holland, Michigan and currently lives in Grand Rapids with his wife, son, daughter, two cats, and a dog in a home filled with books, music, recycle bins, homeschooling calendars, games, vegetarian recipes, toys, and tortilla chips.
To view Kevin's books, click here, and music, here.
To see Kevin in action, click here.
For more info visit:
www.kevinkammeraad.com
www.facebook.com/kevinkammeraad (Individual Page)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kevin-Kammeraad-Friends (Fan Page)
http://kidzmusic.com/portfolio_page/kevin-kammeraad/
To read through some questions with Kevin, click here.
Contact info:
Cooperfly Creative Arts, Inc.
We'd love to keep you updated with our Email list for parents and teachers. Click here to sign up.
www.kevinkammeraad.com
www.facebook.com/kevinkammeraad (Individual Page)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kevin-Kammeraad-Friends (Fan Page)
http://kidzmusic.com/portfolio_page/kevin-kammeraad/
To read through some questions with Kevin, click here.
Contact info:
Cooperfly Creative Arts, Inc.
We'd love to keep you updated with our Email list for parents and teachers. Click here to sign up.