Avanti, Da Vinci! - Center for Puppetry Arts

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Season Highlights Center’s Museum Makes MSN.com Top Ten List In September 2005, the Center announced that MSN.com had recognized its permanent museum, PUPPETS: The Power of Wonder, as one of the top ten children’s museums in the country. PUPPETS: The Power of Wonder also made the list in 2002. As part of MSN.com, Citysearch.com and its team of freelancers selected the best children’s museums in the top 25 U.S. markets. This list was then voted on by a group of Citysearch.com editors and narrowed down to 10 museums. The Center was thrilled to be recognized again by MSN.com. The museum was designed to be an interactive museum that would engage children of all ages. Clearly, the editors of Citysearch.com were engaged as well. PUPPETS: The Power of Wonder opened to the public on September 5, 1995 and was designed by Roy Frangiamore of Atlanta’s Frangiamore Architects, Inc. Featuring more than 350 ancient and contemporary puppets from around the globe, PUPPETS: The Power of Wonder is recognized as the premiere puppetry museum in the country. The diversity is vast, from Indonesian shadow puppets to hand-held pre-Columbian clay figures. Modern day highlights include a Skeksis from Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal, Muppets Link Hogthrob and Dr. Strangepork, Wayland Flower’s Madame and Michael Curry’s animatronic Trashcan Phoenix. Throughout the space there are doors to open, levers to pull, buttons to push and puppets to manipulate. Seed Grant Awarded to Bobby Box comes to Fruition with the debut of Anne Frank Within & Without Associate Producer Bobby Box was awarded two grants by the Jim Henson Foundation to support the development and then production of Anne Frank: Within & Without, created in cooperation with the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust and the Anne Frank in the World:1929-1945 exhibit, under the auspices of the Anne Frank Center USA. In January 2006, Anne Frank: Within & Without had its world premiere at the Center. Box created a celebratory piece that was not just about death, war or “that poor little girl,” but rather acted as a meditation on hope and all that is good in humankind. The show garnered local and international praise and was featured on CNN and ABC News. The New York Times commented that Box’s use of puppets brought “new depth and perspective to the war-time memoir.” Anne Frank: Within & Without played to sold-out crowds during its 10 day run. Photos and text courtesy of the Anne Frank Center, USA-New York; the Anne Frank House - Amsterdam; and the Anne Frank - Fonds, Basel. 18
NEH Grant Announced at Chairman’s Benefactor Reception The Center welcomed spring with the annual Chairman’s Benefactor Reception on April 20, 2006. Long time friends of the Center and new patrons sipped on cocktails and mingled at the Buckhead home of Mrs. J. Erskine Love, Jr. Guests were excited to hear Barbara and Bill Wylly Executive Director Vince Anthony’s announcement that the Center had recently received a prestigious $40,000 planning grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Center is currently researching numerous avenues to plan and build the country’s premier puppetry museum. Atlanta’s Cultural Experience Project Brings 2nd Graders to the Center for Puppetry Arts In February of 2006 the Center was honored to be a part of Mayor Shirley Franklin’s Cultural Experience Project. The City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, area arts organizations and corporate sponsors created the Cultural Experience Project to ensure that every K-12 student in the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) would have onsite exposure to the arts. Because of this project and the corporate support of Aetna, more than 4,339 APS second graders visited the Center for Puppetry Arts during the 2005-06 school year. Students from Beecher Elementary, Capital View Elementary and Finch Elementary, among many others, enjoyed a fun-filled performance of The Shoemaker & the Elves, Rainforest Adventures or Tortoise & the Hare & More. Each show met Georgia Quality Core Curriculum Standards in Language Arts, Fine Arts, Social Studies and Character Education. Children in a Create-A-Puppet Workshop Center Receives VSA Arts of Georgia Award The Center was honored with a VSA Arts 2005 community events award for Special Event Lifetime Achievement. This award recognizes an organization’s dedication to providing access to the arts for people with disabilities and those with low incomes. 19
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