![]() Jeffrey delivering a curriculum-based puppet show and workshop to children in day and virtual camps. If I peek into our second studio, I see Ms. These days, instead of walking by the cafeteria and hearing the squeals of laughter, I can walk up the stairs to our third-floor digital studios to watch a live, interactive puppet show by our Artist-in- Residence, David Stephens, broadcast to children and their families around the world. We are pleased to invite everyone to visit us while the crowd sizes are low and controlled. With CDC and the Georgia Department of Health safety protocols, mandatory masks, timed ticketing and reduced capacity limits, we feel confident that our patrons can visit free of worry that they are being unnecessarily exposed to the risks for which they have become all too familiar. We were excited to reopen our museum doors on July 10 th and have been pleased to interact with visitors from around the country looking for a safe, happy place to visit with their families. ![]() Prior to the pandemic, we entertained and educated over 170,000 patrons a year, six days a week with puppet performances, our popular Create-A-Puppet Workshops ™, and our Worlds of Puppetry Museum that includes our Jim Henson Collection, a Global Collection and a rotating collection of special museum exhibits. The Center for Puppetry Arts is the largest organization of its kind in the world, combining theatrical productions with a museum, educational outreach for teachers and students, and digital learning for schools. Jeffrey make a puppet using items found at home on our Make It! series and would join King Raisin each morning for a few minutes of optimism before facing another day sheltered in place. Children across the United States and across the globe in 89 countries tuned in daily to see Mr. Within 48 hours, we were delivering free content on Facebook Live and were quickly reminded that storytelling through the art of puppetry is simply magical, and puppet characters speak to children in a unique way when compared to animated videos or cartoons. Thankfully, our Center leaders and our puppeteers were not satisfied to simply wait the darkness out. Now our theaters are dark, and the cafeteria tables remain sanitized for the day when we can welcome our patrons, young and old, back into this magical space. Peeking in, I would see tables filled with excited elementary school students and feel an enormous sense of gratitude for the Center and its artists. ![]() On a daily basis before we closed our doors in March, I would grab my second cup of coffee and walk by our field trip cafeteria at the Center for Puppetry Arts. Resilience During the Pandemic: The Center for Puppetry Arts Continues Its Storytelling Magic - SaportaReport Closeīy Beth Schiavo, Executive Director of the Center for Puppetry Arts
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