The Center for Puppetry Arts – Part 2
Awards
The Center was chosen by the Ford Foundation as one of 28
national organisations acknowledged for its successful innovative and
management programmes. The Center was awarded grants on three separate
occasions by the Kresge Foundation, in support of the Center’s capital
campaigns.
The 1996 […]
The Center for Puppetry Arts – Part 1
The Center for Puppetry Arts, founded in Atlanta in 1978 by
a gentleman by the name of Vincent
Anthony, is North America’s largest non-profit dedicated to puppetry. The
venue, which has won numerous awards, today offers distance learning
programmes, classes, workshops, the Nancy Lohman […]
The Muppets and Muppeteering – Part 2
It isn’t easy to keep things in perspective and calls for some out-of-the-box thinking. Sets that show just Muppets are typically “Muppet-size”, while sets with human actors could either be man-size or a combination of the two.
The Muppets and Muppeteering – Part 1
A big announcement was made in July of 2007 that the international press soon caught wind of.
Puppet Shapes – Part 3
The screen
The screen is where the puppet moves, and from where the audience is told a story. There are numerous shadow screen types, with each juggling several key factors.
Puppet Shapes – Part 2
Wired Puppets
While you could use a 16 – 14-gauge soft waste to control your puppets, feel free to experiment by trying out various other types of wire. One of the strongest wires is piano wire although it isn’t at all […]
Puppet Shapes – Part 1
Shadow Puppets
Puppetry has a close relationship with conjuring and magic. All throughout history, magicians have entertained the general public in the streets, as well as on the stage. The very first known magician went by the name of Dedi in […]
The History of Puppetry in Cinema – Part 2
We saw a whole host of critters and cute puppets making their way across cinema screens in the 1980s., including the star of E.T. from Carlo Rambaldi and the loveable mogwai Gizmo from the Gremlins franchise. Advanced combinations of pneumatic […]
The Top 5 20th-Century Puppeteers
Puppetry has been entertaining us ever since ancient Greece, and the likes of Punch and Judy have carried on the tradition in the Middle Ages. Unfortunately, the names of the most adept puppeteers from that era may mean little to […]
Puppetry from Around the World
Every year on the 21st of March, we celebrate World Puppetry Day. It’s a chance for all puppet fans to celebrate the rich and diverse culture and history associated with various styles of puppetry from all over the world. In […]
