The UNIMA-USA scholarship committee is now accepting applications for 2015 to take a workshop abroad. The deadline for applications is December 1st, 2014. The committee will review applications in early December, and will notify candidates of their decision by December 31st 2014. Please check the UNIMA-USA site: http://www.unima-usa.org/scholarships/ Please, propose the workshop you wish to follow; […]
Southeast Puppet Jamboree!
Aretta Baumgartner, Education Director at the Center for Puppetry Arts and a lifelong (P of A festival attendee), sent us her thoughts on the Southeast Regional Festival, AKA “Southeast Puppet Jamboree.” Enjoy! ARETTA: “WOW! What a fabulous time we had at the Southeast Puppet Jamboree this past weekend at Unicoi State Park & Lodge in […]
Welcome new blogger – Camilla Henneman
I am pleased to share that we have a new blog contributor. Camilla Henneman will be writing blog posts, sharing stories about her work in the film and television business and what’s currently happening now in the medium. Are you interested in contributing to the puppeteers.org blog? Please send a statement of interest and a […]
National Day of Puppetry: 2014 Recap
Every year, the National Day of Puppetry unites puppeteers across the country in an effort to open our doors and celebrate our art. Below you will find a summary of how a variety of puppetry guilds, centers, and libraries raised laughs, awareness, spirits, and now and then money, on or near the 2014 Day of […]
In Memory of John Henson
John Henson (April 25, 1965 – February 14, 2014) John Henson was born in Greenwich Connecticut to his parents, Jim and Jane Henson. At seven years old, he and his family moved to Bedford NY, where they lived through John’s childhood years. At sixteen, John, with his friend, John Kahn, bought an old school house […]