
Resume

at the Black Cherry Puppet Slamwich. photo by Dessie Delaplaine
The things I do
•Shadow theater & puppetry, consultation, teaching
-Shadow puppetry and Crankie Theater – design, creation, performance, and consultation
-Puppet show and Crankie Festival co-coordinator
-Collaborations in dance, theater, film, and music
-Workshops for the passionate and the curious: shadow puppetry, giant puppets, paper maché, printmaking, toy making
-Guest lectures about my art and its roots in puppet theater, printmaking, and music
•Education in seasonal partnership with
Spiral Q / Asian Arts Initiative / Fleisher Art Memorial / Camden FireWorks / Burlington County NJ Parks / Temple University / Haverford College
Education and Community Roots
•Puppet Oven
•Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Workshops
-Shadow Puppetry II with Linda Wingerter
-Crankie Theaters with Myra Su
•Philadelphia Animation Ensemble
•University of Connecticut (UConn), Puppetry Arts unmatriculated student, Advanced Shadow Theater with Annie K. Rollins
•2023 National Puppetry Festival
•2021 O’Neill Puppetry Conference
•2018 Bread & Puppet Theater Summer apprentice, Grasshopper Rebellion Circus, and Out-of-Joint Hamlet
Funding
Center for Cultural Vibrancy Crankie Fest Grant, co-coordinator
Puppet Slam Network Funding, co-coordinator
Art is PHL grant
Bartol Foundation Teaching Artist Micro-grant
Illuminate the Arts Grant, distributed by the Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy, and Philadelphia City Council