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The season kicks off with a new Museum exhibition series focused on contemporary artists of color called Puppetry NOW, a brand new Puppet Discovery Camp for 8 and 9.

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And click the video player in this article to check out our exclusive sneak peek at 'Masterpiece of Puppetry: Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance!'ĭownload the FOX 5 Atlanta app for breaking news and weather alerts. The Center for Puppetry Arts has been an Atlanta institution since 1978, when Jim Henson and Kermit cut the ribbon at its opening. The Center for Puppetry Arts is excited to announce its 2022-2023 season, with a full schedule of museum, onstage and online programs, and several new museum programs and events. click here for more information and to purchase tickets.

on Thursdays through Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Amid the coronavirus outbreak, Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts is closed, but as it notes on its homepage, it’s digitally open. The Center for Puppetry Arts is located at 1404 Spring Street Northwest in Atlanta, and current museum hours are 10 a.m. With an average subsidy of 14.25 per person, schools are asked to pay 8.50 per person to see a performance, 4. Regularly playing host to puppet performances for adults and children, the site is also home to a museum featuring permanent and visiting exhibits. 'It’s just a really, really great, creative center for puppetry' says Henson. 'Atlanta has a lot of cool puppetry talent and creative people.'Ībout the exhibit, Henson adds, 'For the ‘Dark Crystal’ display, we made so many characters for that show, and it’s great to be able to show them to people.' Show your love for all things puppets at the Center for Puppetry Arts. When we recently interviewed Brian Henson (son of the late Jim Henson) about his Disney+ series 'Earth to Ned,' we asked about the family’s connection to Atlanta and the puppetry community here. The new exhibit is made possible through the close relationship between The Jim Henson Company and Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts, which already houses the largest collection of Henson puppets, props, and costumes in the world.

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