Puppetry Guild of Pittsburgh

Anyone know a teen that loves puppets? I'm teaching puppet making at Touchstone 's teen week this summer:

Touchstone Teen Week | Touchstone Center for Crafts Immersive Craft Workshops for Teens ages 14-17. Traditional and emerging craft forms in blacksmithing, ceramics, glass, painting, drawing, & special topics

Hey Pittsburghers! Are you ready to join the parade on New Year's Eve? My team and I are looking for a couple hundred puppeteers to make our joyful celebration happen. Join the fun? The commitment is 7:15-8:30 PM. Short, sweet, delightful! Here's the link to join the parade and, if interested, come make your own parade masks for the event:
https://firstnightpgh.trustarts.org/.../parade-workshops

We're turning turning cars into giant puppets. Come on down to 8th and Penn in the Cultural District to join the fun. We're here til 9 tonight and 10-5 tomorrow.

Puppetmobiles popping up in the cultural district all weekend.long. what will it become? Come help at 8th and Penn downtown.

Wake up Thursday am and head to the North Shore Pittsburgh at noon to meet little Amal.

Play in peace - The Walk (Little Amal) As she walks across the North Shore’s Great Lawn, Amal sees a group of children gathered together for World Peace Day. She wants to join in but as she approaches the group bureaucrats rush in to stop her…

Just in case you haven't tired of my endless summer puppet fun:

City's Roving Art Cart rolls through area parks this summer with puppet shows The Roving Art Cart is more than traveling tents and tables filled with paint, crayons and markers. It’s a vehicle to reach a child’s imagination. Artists from the city are available Tuesdays and Fridays throughout the summer as the roving art cart rolls into area parks giving youngsters...

The Roving Art Cart Citiparks kicks off its FREE summer season at Allegheny Commons Park (Near the Aviary--look for the tents). I'll be there making puppets, letting kids try them on and my new puppet show, "Find Your Voice," premieres around 10:30 and 11:30. Don't miss the fun from 10-1.

Want to learn how to make giant puppets? Come to the Educator's Retreat at Touchstone Center for Crafts this summer. Credit available for teachers. https://www.touchstonecrafts.org/workshops/educators-retreat

Hey Pittsburgh puppet people! Happy New Year! Looks like the puppet and art car parade at first night was another success!

I wanted to let you know that next month I’ll be part of a panel at City of Asylum featuring master puppeteer, Koryū Nishikawa V, who is part of a five generation tradition of cart puppetry.

Register here: https://cityofasylum.org/program/exploring-storytelling-through-puppetry/

Exploring Storytelling Through Puppetry with Koryū Nishikawa V, Tom Lee, & David English - City of Asylum Following their recent performance of "AKUTAGAWA," City of Asylum welcomes puppeteers Koryū Nishikawa V and Tom Lee, as well as Pittsburgh-based puppeteer David English, for an insightful conversation on the art of puppetry. This panel examines the ways in which puppetry can be a vehicle to express...