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Festival Website: https://www.puppeteers.org/national-puppetry-festival-2019
When: Tuesday July 16th through Sunday, July 21st, 2019
Where: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota - New Location!
What: Puppet Shows, Workshops, National Puppet Slam, Professional Day for Teaching Artists and Therapists, and More
Call for Proposals: Propose a Show, Propose a Workshop, Propose a Slam Piece - Deadline for All is October 31st, 2018!!!
Puppet Palooza ATL (#PuppetPaloozaATL) is an afternoon of puppetry fundraiser event for the Atlanta Puppetry Guild. Proceeds will go to the guild's scholarship fund, to help puppeteers further their craft, and to the Clarkston Community Center.
This year's Puppet Palooza ATL will be held at the Clarkston Community Center (3701 College Ave, Clarkston, GA 30021).
$10 per person (parents bringing kids, and kids under 2 get in free)
Take I-285 to Exit #40 (E. Ponce De Leon / Church Street) and go east to N. Indian Creek Drive. Turn right, and the community center will be on your left behind the Clarkston Public Library.
Our next meeting is Sunday, August 5th, 2018 at 4:00 PM at Lee Bryan's house (see the mailing list email for the address). .
The primary purpose of this meeting will be planning for the upcoming Puppet Palooza fundraiser.
Sound like fun? Then be sure to join us for our next meeting. Watch for more details to be posted here and on our Mailing List.
The Atlanta Puppetry Guild provided puppetry demonstrations at the Center for Puppetry Arts during their celebration of the World Day of Puppetry on Saturday, March 24th, 2018.
For a sampling of this event, please see our 2016 World Day of Puppetry Report, courtesy of guild member Paulette Richards.
Heidi Carpenter (In Jest Puppets ) has been awarded the Carol Daniel Memorial Scholarship to support her attendance at the 2017 National Puppetry Festival of the Puppeteers of America. Congratulations to Heidi, and remember, you too could receive a scholarship in a future year. You just have to be a member of the guild to be able to apply.