Resources For Puppet Artists And Enthusiast's

https://puppetpie.com/

Puppet Pie is a puppetry arts studio, that adds to the whimsy and fun of downtown Phoenix through puppetry. 

Puppet Pie's mission is to use puppetry to empower people of all ages to explore the world around them through the lens of creativity. This is accomplished through: performance workshops that allow people to use puppetry as means of exploring different communication techniques; puppet-building workshops that introduce STEAM concepts to kids and adults in easily digestible ways; open-ended puppetry workshops that allow space for creative problem solving.

We offer both custom or ready-made, easy-to-use puppets for almost every age group, as well as classes and workshops in puppeteering and puppet building for small groups, schools, libraries, and corporate team-building events, and festivals and street fairs with our puppet ice cream truck. 

Puppet Pie's was founded by Stacey Gordon, who also has the honor of performing one of Sesame Street’s newer friends, Julia, a curious 4-year-old Muppet with autism. In addition to her work on Sesame Street, she teaches puppetry to a neurodiverse audience at Puppet Pie and at schools, libraries, and conventions around the country. She also delivers keynote speeches promoting inclusion, kindness, and the arts. Stacey is a proud member of the Puppeteers of America, Art Link, and SAG-AFTRA.

Offers workshops and private coaching  from professional puppeteers, some from the Jim Henson Company. Puppeteers such as Michael Shupback, Victor Yerrid, and founder Stacey Gordon.

https://www.littleshadowproductions.com/

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Little Shadow ProductionsLittle Shadow Productions is a Full Service Production Company that specializes in boutique production needs including web, commercials, theater and more.

Known for our specialization in the art of puppetry, we offer a broad scope of services to the entertainment industry for any type of project. Whether it’s building puppets for your next project or creating viral videos, short films, or  specialized theater productions, Little Shadow can do it for you, “turn key”.

Offers workshops and private coaching  from professional puppeteers, some from the Jim Henson Company. Puppeteers such as Raymond Carr, Sarah Nolan, Tyler Bunch,  Jean Marie Keevins.

https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/Stan 

Winstons School is the world's premier online destination for learning the art and technology of character creation from Hollywood's leading artists and technical wizards. Creating compelling characters requires a vast range of skills and techniques, from big-budget cinematic approaches to DIY methods you can practice in your home workshop. With 1000+ hours of on demand video instruction to choose from, students can subscribe to gain instant, anytime access to our entire course library. We also offer Live  Online Courses, providing students with the opportunity to connect with our award- winning faculty in real-time! If you're an artist, creator, or maker who wants to learn from the best, welcome to SWSCA. Imagine, Learn, Create! 

https://www.unima-usa.org/

The organization's mission is to: 
• link puppeteers nationally and internationally
• publish information on and for the field
• offer support and technical assistance for professional puppeteers through seminars, conferences, and symposia
• stimulate the general public's interest in the art of puppetry
• promote the visibility of American puppeteers all over the world
• promote the visibility of U.S. puppeteers all over the world, without distinction of race, politics, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, or physical ability.

https://www.puppeteers.org/

Puppeteers of America is a national non-profit organization founded in 1937 to provide information, encourage performances, and build a community of people who celebrate puppet theatre. We support puppeteers and advance the art of puppetry by presenting knowledge, providing inspiration and promoting preservation. Knowledge. Inspiration. Preservation.

The specific purpose of Puppeteers of America, Inc. is educational. To instruct the public and raise awareness about puppetry as a means of communication, an extension of human expression, and as a performing art. This includes teaching the community about the importance of puppetry as well as enhancing the proficiency of the Art of Puppetry, both professional and amateur, by publications, educational materials, workshops, forums, conventions, festivals, panels, lectures, advisory services, and all other means and methods.

Puppeteers of America has produced over 160 national and regional festivals to celebrate and share the art of puppetry. The organization publishes the quarterly magazine, The Puppetry Journal. Founded in 1949, The Puppetry Journal provides a continuing chronicle of contemporary puppetry.

We are proud that so many greats in the field like Jim Henson, Bil Baird, and Burr Tillstrom were active members providing leadership, advice and inspiration. We invite you to explore our website, learn more about this incredible art form, check out the benefits of membership, and join Puppeteers of America today.

https://www.greenfeather.org/

Health and Healing for the Planet

Green Feather Foundation is a multi-platform non-profit encompassing existing programs of IBEX Puppetry, Handmade Puppet Dreams, Puppet Slam Network, as well as the educational and philanthropic works of Heather Henson. Founded by Henson in 2020 -- umbrellaing work dating back to 2000 -- Green Feather’s mission is to promote health and healing of the planet through artistic spectacle, puppetry, and the reconnection of individuals with the land through immersive cultural, environmental and arts education.

https://www.handmadepuppetdreams.com/

A part of Heather Henson's Green Feather Foundation, Handmade Puppet Dreams is a traveling film series that promotes independant artists exploring their handmade craft specifically for the screen. These films all focus on real-time puppetry, and allow artists to build their vision, and then breathe life into their dreams.