January 2021, with the promise of a new year and hopefully a new outlook, is upon us. The guild is planning a fantastic and quite special virtual holiday event that you won’t want to miss. Read all about it in the newsletter. Your January 2021 Newsletter for printing and/reading.
Check out the December 2020 newsletter. I know I say this every time, but this time I’m saying it again because it’s true…THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT NEWSLETTER! Thanks to all our wonderful contributors, our newsletters are just getting better and better. So read it and learn and enjoy! AND!!! Don’t forget […]
Check out the November 2020 newsletter. There’s some great stuff here, including a free workshop in 3 weeks, a wonderful article on creating a “signature puppet” for preschool classroom work, and some photos of what you may have missed at the guild Halloween event! Thanks to all who contributed! View it […]
October 2020 newsletter Lots of great stuff in this edition!
Join us for this evening with the Bob Baker Marionettes as they share their show, talk about Bob and his theater, demo using Marionettes and even provide the opportunity to try your hand at bringing their Marionettes to life. The guild will be hosting the Make a Puppet and Puppet […]
[wpfilebase tag=file id=70 /] June 2018 Newsletter Inside this Issue Election results Upcoming meetings Review of workshop with DLUX puppets Visit to Lex Rudd’s exhibits New puppet novel by Independent Eye Puppet Festival in Menlo Park Puppet Building for the O’Neill And More!
Sunday, April 29th afternoon, Walnut Creek area More information will follow in the April newsletter This 90 minute workshop is loads of fun and the perfect introduction to performing hand and rod (Muppet) style puppetry! Using professionally made puppets, participants get to learn, explore and practice the fundamentals of puppetry […]
Mark your calendars for this Guild traditional celebration of the Holidays and New Year. RSVP a http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0b48a4a623a13-sfbapg1t Location: The Veterans Memorial Hall of Benicia, 1150 1st. Street, Benicia, CA 94510. Time: 4:30 till 9:00 Room available at 3:15 for set up Jan 20, 2018 Parking: Parking will be difficult due to another event starting […]
Don’t miss this Fun-filled Guild Get-together! This Sunday, Oct 22, 12:30 – 3:30 pm Western Korean Church, 1595 Edgeworth Ave, Daly City Guild Meeting includes… Meet, Greet/Show & Tell If you’d like, bring a puppet or project you’re working on to share with others. If you can, bring a snack or […]
The Art of the Shadow Puppet With Wendy Morton, This exceptional workshop is an introduction to the fundamentals of the traditional style of shadow puppetry where puppets are moved against a screen. Techniques used by Richard Bradshaw, Australia’s master shadow puppeteer will be featured. Participants will have the opportunity to […]
When: Sunday, Oct 22, 12:30 – 3:30 pm Where: Western Korean Church, 1595 Edgeworth Ave, Daly City Blacklight Puppetry is an exciting opportunity to experiment with unique blacklight puppets, such as Stretch-a-Bellies, Toobies and Doodle-Oos, while also learning the fundamentals of blacklight production, equipment and supplies. Q & A and […]
Sat., Aug 26 Fairyland Puppet Fair 10:30-4:30 & Guild Meeting 4:30-6:45 Most Guild members will arrive and spend the day at Fairyland. However, if you are only coming for the Guild meeting, Guild members MUST enter the front gate before 4pm. This is a little different than past years, where […]
July 4 Giant Puppets in the Vallejo parade! Each year an intrepid group of guild members and Vallejo Giant Puppeteers take to the streets of Vallejo to explore the boundaries of giant street theatre in the 1.25 mile walk from parade start to the Bay. We have an honored position […]
Guild member “Tree” Glynn Bartlett will host the guild at his lovely Vallejo home, garden workshop, and location of Glynn’s future puppet theatre for a workshop on large puppet construction, as learned while Tree was in South Africa working with Handspring Puppet Company (creators of War Horse.) The June 4 […]
There are a number of activities this month, where to start! Guild Event “The Magic Flute” “Writing For the Puppet Stage” & Mary Nagler Bon Voyage! Sat., 02/26 at 2-7ish pm The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 2 pm Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder Music Direction by Lynne Morrow Stage […]
