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Bernice Silver (October 7, 1913 – April 18, 2020) [1] was an American puppeteer and activist, known in her field as "the Queen of Potpourri", referring to the combination of puppetry, storytelling, music, and politics in her open-mic performances.
Mary Phipps Putnam Churchill (December 29, 1930 – November 16, 1997) was an American puppeteer, educator, and entrepreneur. [1] Her puppet troupe, The Cranberry Puppets, entertained children for 25 years with witty feminist adaptations of folktales.
The ballet puppet dancers had molded legs attached to Falkenstein’s fingers and a head and arms controlled by strings. [8] This technique was later called “Ballerette”. [9] Falkenstein also worked on puppetry for the community and founded a puppetry guild in Orange County in 1961.
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In the last year, membership has spiked at the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry. Inside the new generation of artists continuing its mission. Puppetry is booming in L.A. Meet the new generation of ...
The Puppeteers Cooperative is known for its community outreach and education. The Cooperative has giant puppet pageants, [9] community workshops [10] that stress community involvement, and Free Puppet Lending Libraries [6] [11] [12] that make giant puppets available to the general public.
The Invergordon Common Good Fund owns the bust, which was purchased in 1930 for about $6.35. Now, the historical bust could sell for $3.1 million.
In 2016, the award went to Sara Peattie, a puppeteer and puppet builder who runs the Puppet Free Library in Boston. [14] In 2020, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry celebrated Davis's career with an exhibit. [15] “Paul Vincent Davis and the Art of Puppet Theater” called Davis "one of the United States's most dynamic 20th-century ...