Calling all artists, puppeteers, makers and the creatively curious! Find new inspiration at the Puppet Power Conference, this June 1-3, in Calgary, AB. Explore your creativity and have some fun with hands-on workshops (3 hours). Needle felting, puppet lanterns, fragmented puppets, fantasyscapes, and more . . . Here are just a few to choose from: Iinisikimm … Continue reading Calling all artists, puppeteers, makers, and the creatively curious!→
Can’t make it to the Puppet Power Conference but would like to attend a workshop or talk? No problem! You can now purchase a ticket for a workshop or talk of your choice! Tickets are limited as most a reserved for conference attendees, so get your tickets early! Click on the image of interest below … Continue reading Tickets Now on Sale for Conference Workshops & Talks!→
We are thrilled that our Artistic and Founding Director, Wendy Passmore-Godfrey, won ATB Financial’s Healing Through the Arts Award at the Mayor’s Lunch for Arts Champions for our View from the Inside project! A huge thank you to ATB Financial, Calgary Arts Development, the City of Calgary, the Office of the Mayor Naheed Nenshi, 4 Directions … Continue reading Winner of ATB Financial’s Healing Through the Arts Award→
The City of Calgary has joined other cities around the world proclaiming this coming Wednesday, World Puppetry Day. The charge to proclaim a civic-wide day to celebrate puppetry was led by WP Puppet Theatre. Wendy Passmore-Godfrey started WP in Calgary over 25 years ago and she’s devoted her career to puppetry and this event helps in the … Continue reading Interview with Artistic Director on CBC’s Daybreak Alberta→
The City of Calgary has joined with other cities around the globe to proclaim and celebrate World Puppetry Day, March 21st. Mayor Naheed Nenshi signed the proclamation that cites World Puppetry Day as a day to “spark curiosity, promote understanding about the world we live in and inspire audiences to embrace the art of puppetry.” … Continue reading Calgary Proclaims March 21st World Puppetry Day!→
As an audience, there are certain assumptions and conventions that come into play when we view a movie, a play, and to an even greater extent – a puppet show. Audiences are complicit in accepting a metaphorical barrier of engagement that sits between themselves and the performers. For Pia Banzhaf, how audiences understand and view … Continue reading Puppet Conference explores the psychological relationship between audience and puppets→
Sometimes, even the humblest of puppets can be among the most effective voices of strength during the worst of times. For Philippine puppeteer, Amihan Bonifacio-Ramolete, puppetry was her tool for helping her country rebuild and recover after the disastrous typhoon hit her country in 2013. She’ll tell audiences how in her talk, Promoting Resilience through … Continue reading Learn how Puppetry Promotes Resilience after a Natural Disaster at the Puppet Power Conference→
Have you ever wondered — how does a particular puppet sleep, or wake-up? For that matter, how do puppets become aware of their limitations, react to stimuli, project emotions, breathe, wait, or die? Can a puppet escape its puppeteers? Puppeteer Andrew Periale has spent a great deal of time focusing on just these types of … Continue reading Walking Through Walls with Puppetry at the Puppet Power Conference→
