Puppet Therapy Diploma Classes Now in English
/International Puppet Therapy Diploma 2021 in its FIRST English version will be offered April 29, 2021.
Read MoreInternational Puppet Therapy Diploma 2021 in its FIRST English version will be offered April 29, 2021.
Read MoreMother Nature fills your heart with inspiration, joy, and energy, where the value of Art is supported and respected and a Puppeteer is granted knighthood.
Read MorePuppetry International is combining forces with the Puppetry Journal for a One-Two punch of puppet pleasure.
Read MoreA model of how puppeteers can connect with audiences at a time when the future of live theater is uncertain.
Read MoreLost wages due to COVID-19? Relief is available.
Read MoreAn important message from UNIMA-International: World Puppetry Day & Pandemic Impacts.
Read Moreby Stephen Kaplin- Scholarship Committee Chair
Applications are now being accepted for the 2021 UNIMA Scholarship. Every year we make a grant of $1000 available to help cover tuition costs or program fees for an American puppeteer who wishes to further their professional study of puppet theater outside the United States. The study and training covered by the Scholarship Fund may be undertaken with a recognized puppetry professional, or at a professional program, or, in some cases, at an international puppet festival, as long as it includes educational opportunities, like workshops. Candidates may use their scholarship at any time during the 2021 calendar year, depending on when the courses are being offered.
Applicants should be puppeteers with some professional experience, who have a university degree in puppetry, or who can otherwise demonstrate a serious commitment to the art form.
If you are interested in this unique opportunity to study and practice with master puppet artists around the Globe, please check out the eligibility requirements and download the Application Form.
The deadline for applications is December 30th for study programs that take place during 2021. The committee will review applications in January, and candidates will be notified of their decision by January 30th.
If you’ve ever been to a puppet festival then you know that the best part is sharing meals with fellow artists.
Read MoreIf anyone needs help and truly deserves it in these troubled times, it is certainly Chris Somerville and the Harlequin Puppet Theatre.
Read MoreWhere will you be in 1 month? 6 months? 1 year?
Read MoreDuring this unusual moment, it is enlivening to be involved in keeping critical conversations on puppetry active.
Read MoreWe have wrung ourselves out thinking about this pandemic but it’s impossible not to seek and find the silver linings in all of this.
Read MoreCan puppetry be a cure in a time of crisis?
Read MoreThere’s some wonderful stuff out there. Seek it out. Brighten your day. Help anyone you can.
Read MoreIt sounds wild, but we and the other 13 puppet companies were treated like rock stars and represent our country in what was mostly an Asian festival.
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The recent events surrounding the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic have the world watching with concern.
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The spectacular balloons bounding along the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade owe their origins to a sea serpent, a hoax, and a man named Tony Sarg. American Experience tells the story.
Read MoreBellingham plans to expand the celebration for 2020, collaborating with the local community college and Jansen Art Center to host a wider array of performances, workshops, and presentations.
Read MoreIn July of 2019, The Gottabees traveled on a 10- day tour of India, performing for over 800 children and families in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Ahmedabad as part of Ranga Shankara’s Aha! International Theater Festival for Children.
Read MoreRepresentatives of UNIMA-USA bring issues of PI to festivals in other countries and give them to puppet people who might spread the “gospel” of international friendship and understanding through the art of puppetry.
Read MoreRecelebrate
World Puppetry Day!