BRINGING STORIES TO LIFE
A Virtual Museum of Puppetry
This exhibit runs from
June 12-July 12, 2008 with a reception
during the festival on Friday, June 13 from 6:00-7:30pm
Red Gallery
Curatorial Statement
The exhibitions department of the Savannah College of Art and Design hosts Bringing Stories to Life, an exhibition that explores modes of storytelling in puppetry arts. Puppetry has been used throughout the world to tell historical, political, and folkloric stories through the use of various media such as video, animation and live performance. Storytelling is a celebrated foundation of puppetry arts and continues to evolve as puppeteers explore new techniques and adaptations of traditional puppetry. This exhibition features a group of artists who explore the whimsical, satirical, autobiographical, poetic, fictional and non-fictional genres of storytelling in puppetry arts. . SCAD's curator for this
Red Gallery Puppet Exhibit is Erin Dziedzic. Here are some of the contributors lined up.
 Red Herring Puppets, Asheville, NC
Has been designing, building, and performing puppets and specialty costumes for over 30 years. Lisa Sturz is the artistic director and has worked with Walt Disney Imagineering, Jim Henson Productions, Lucasfilm, PBS, NBC, ABC, UNC-TV, The Ice Capades, the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, the Asheville Symphony and the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Red Herring Puppets will be bringing three large (8') Petrouchka rod puppets created for a joint production with the Asheville Symphony.
website: http://www.redherringpuppets.com |
More Exhibitors
(photos coming)
Holly Laws
Simon A. Brown (video)
Jeanna Stern (video)
Richard Mansfield (video)
Mucky Puppets
Hoby Ford
Puppet People
Margo Rose
Selection from Heather Hensons IBEX Puppetry
Fran Dowie
Terry Snyder
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