From: Stephen Kaplin <skactw-AT-tiac.net> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:57:09 -0400 To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] "Puppets through the Lens" at the Ballard Institute On Mar 31, 2008, at 9:28 AM, Bell, John wrote: > Dear Puptcrit Colleagues, > Please see below the press release (below) about our upcoming > "Puppets through the Lens" exhibition at the Ballard Institute and > Museum of Puppetry in Storrs, Connecticut, and consider yourselves > invited to the opening, on Sunday, April 27. If you are in the > Northeast from then until the end of November, please come by and > visit! > > Yours, > John Bell > *********** > The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry > University of Connecticut > Depot Campus > 6 Bourn Place U-5212 > Storrs, Connecticut 06269-5212 > 860 486 0339 > > > March 25, 2008 > > For Immediate Release > Puppet and Visual Art Exhibit (for all ages) > Media Contact: John Bell, 617 599 3250 (cell), 860 486 0806 (work), > john.bell.puppeteer-AT-gmail.com > [300 dpi images available] > > > "PUPPETS THROUGH THE LENS" EXHIBITION > BRINGS PUPPETS FROM FILM, TELEVISION, AND THE AVANT-GARDE > TO THE BALLARD INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM OF PUPPETRY > GALA OPENING SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2008 > > > "Puppets through the Lens", a brand-new exhibition of puppets in > film, television, and the avant-garde, will bring over sixty famous > and obscure puppets, from across the United States to the Ballard > Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut, > from April 27, 2008 to November 30, 2008. > > "Puppets through the Lens" will feature famous puppets from film and > television, including Howdy Doody; Shari Lewis's Lambchop and Charlie > Horse; Jim Henson's Scooter; Davey and Goliath; the Jukebox Band from > Shining Time Station; a Compsognathus dinosaur from Jurassic Park II, > and the Gopher from Caddyshack. It will also feature rod puppets used > in an episode of Murder, She Wrote; historic figures from landmark > 1930s puppet films by Margo and Rufus Rose and Bil Baird, and Frank > and Elizabeth Haines; and 1950s television puppets by San Francisco's > Ralph Chessé and Cincinnati's Larry Smith. The exhibition will also > feature compelling examples from contemporary avant-garde puppetry by > such artists as Janie Geiser, Jeff Sias, Basil Milovsoroff, Theodora > Skipitares, Laura Heit, Sandow Birk, and Paul Zaloom; as well as > innovative internet puppetry created by Jim Napolitano, Tim Lagasse, > and Christine Papalexis. A special section of the show will feature > puppets in television advertising, including an animated telegram from > a McDonald's commercial; a stop-action Santa Claus from a Canadian > cell phone company ad; and, from Mike Bannon's commercials for > Connecticut's Bob's Stores, a talking chair and an animated figure of > Bob's Stores founder Bob Lapidus. > > Each element of the "Puppets through the Lens" exhibit, according the > Ballard Institute Director, Dr. John Bell, will include three aspects: > the puppets themselves, the contexts in which they were filmed, and > footage from the final product. "We are interested not only in > showing magnificent and historically important examples of American > puppetry," Bell said, "but also in explaining how exactly puppet > movement is captured by the camera in film and television studios and > on stage." Dr. Bell, a puppet historian, adds that "one of the most > important characteristics of modern puppetry is its intimate > connection with moving pictures, from the early days of film in the > late nineteenth century, to the very first experiments with television > in the 1930s, and now the latest examples of puppet performance on > Youtube and other internet sites. Puppet through the Lens will > examine this continuing tradition, so we can understand its history > and its possibilities for the future." > > The gala opening of "Puppets through the Lens" will take place on > Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 2 p.m., at the Ballard Institute and Museum > of Puppetry's Depot Campus home at the University of Connecticut in > Storrs. The opening will feature refreshments, performances, > appearances by many of the participating puppeteers, and guided tours > of the exhibit by the curators. > > "Puppets through the Lens" and the Ballard Museum will be open > Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 12 to 5 p.m. from April 27th > through November 30th. The museum is also open by special > appointment. The Ballard Museum welcomes school groups and community > groups. Special tours and workshops are available. > > A lecture/performance series of talks, performances, and film > showings by artists, curators, and historians will take place during > the run of the exhibit; details will be announced later in the spring. > > > "Puppets through the Lens" at The Ballard Institute and Museum of > Puppetry > Description: An exhibition of puppets in film, television, and the > internet from across the United States, from the 1930s to the present. > Exhibit details: > Opening Reception: Sunday, April 27, 2-6 p.m. Free Admission. > Regular Museum Hours: Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, 12 to 5 p.m. > from April 27 through November 30, 2008; or by special appointment. > Admission: Admission is free; donations are accepted. > Contact: Stefano Brancato, 860 486 0339; bimp-AT-uconn.edu; > www.bimp.uconn.edu. > Directions: The Ballard Institute is located at 6 Bourn Place on the > Depot Campus of the University of Connecticut, just off Route 44 in > Storrs, Connecticut. See www.bimp.uconn.edu for directions. > > ### > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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