File puptcrit/puptcrit.0803, message 519


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.
>
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