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October 2023 Newsletter

And here’s what you’ll find in October:The guild is turning 70 and plans include apuppet festival and a Puppetathlon!Mary Nagler will be teaching an exeptionalindepth workshop on puppet construction(limited to 12!)The Guild’s recent Show and Tell wasfantasic-see write up and videosMeet a new guild member in our new columnGiant Puppets […]


Annual Puppet Fair at Fairyland

Sat., Aug 26 Fairyland, Puppet Fair 10:00-4:30 Fairyland699 Bellevue Avenue, OaklandOakland, CA Your Guild has been participating in Puppet Fair at Fairyland since 1956! Join us for this action-packed day of puppet shows, a puppet exhibit and events, provided by Fairyland. Admission: Admission to Fairyland is free to Guild members […]


Guild Event: The Joshua Show

1st Guild “Live” Event in Over 2 Years! Join us for the The Joshua Show in Napa on Sunday, May 8, at 3pm. Joshua Holden has graciously offered to meet with the Guild after the 3 pm show and do a short “backstage” tour. It’s Mother’s Day, so what better […]


November Meeting with Swazzle

Join SFBAPG for a virtual workshop tour and puppet building demonstration with Swazzle. The puppet company Swazzle co-owners Sean and Patrick Johnson will give SFBAPG members an exclusive virtual tour of the Swazzle Puppet Studio. Participants will get an exclusive peek behind the curtain of the workshop that built puppets […]


August Online Event

Sign up Below for our August Special Event – Featuring 3 Great Topics When: Sun., Aug. 15th 4-5ish pm on Zoom. Join us for an exceptional hour combining 3 areas of interest for puppeteers an award-winning Zoom show performed by teens highlights of July’s Puppet Experiment submissions a look at the […]


Puppet Experiment – Extended

Puppet Experiment is extended! The Theme of July and August: Found Materials from your Natural Environment The world has collapsed, and you managed to survive as an urban Robinson Crusoe. And now, you need to create your puppet project! You have to “hunt” your puppet materials in nature; wild nature, […]


July 2021 Newsletter

Hello from John Arnold, your guest editor. Don’t miss this month’s newsletter, we have a letter from your new guild president, the start of a new Puppet Experiment-Found Objects in your environment, programming around the corner in august, an article about Sergei Obraztsov, amazing 3d printing techniques used by Images […]


2021 May Guild Meeting

May Guild Meeting: Presenting Stinky Tales® plus the Basics & Tips of Grant Writing  Sun. May 16 from 3-5 pm Sign Up Below Times may vary slightly 3-3:30 SF Bay Area Guild Meeting led by Camilla Henneman – Puppet News & Events! 3:30-4:15ish Stinky Tales® with Doug & Annie Zesiger […]