![]() She also takes many of the photographs of the puppets in the database as well as doing other jobs. She is in charge of cataloguing the puppets. Her work experience includes assistant director of alumni relations at Whittier College, alumni and public relations director at Rio Hondo College and alumni relations at CSU StanislausĪt IPM, her title is Registrar. She has worked at many puppet festivals on registration and doing workshops. She has been a regional director of Puppeteers of America and was a consultant of Public Relations. Her activities in puppetry include president, newsletter editor, and secretary of LAGOP. She is a charter member of the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry. She opened puppet theaters, one in Norwalk and one in Anaheim but being an independent puppeteer suited her better. Her career includes performing mini puppet shows for birthday parties at Macabob's Toy Store in Pasadena for 5 years and traveling puppet shows and performing in the theater at Geniiland in Van Nuys for 15 years. Her enthusiasm and understanding of the goals and needs of IPM are greatly appreciated.īeth Fernandez - started her career when, at the age of 15, she became a student of John Zweers at a YMCA puppetry class. She is a gifted musician who has been a choir singer as well as piano teacher. Sponsorship of puppet shows in Northern California is another way that Mary has contributed to puppetry arts. She has been regional director of the Southwest Region of P of A. She has lent many puppets Mary is currently serving on the board of Puppeteers of America. When IPM exhibited at the Treehouse Children’s Museum in Ogden, Utah, there were a number of outstanding puppets lent by Mary. Many festival exhibits have benefited from her loans of historically significant item. Her collection of puppets is impressive, necessitating rental of a storage facility. She has also shared in her knowledge of puppet related information. She has donated a number of puppets to the museum. Mary Decker – Longtime friend of IPM and a great puppetry enthusiast. Has exhibited portions of his collection at numerous venues including the Atlanta Center of Puppetry Arts, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, San Diego's Museum of Man, Cal State Fullerton, Folk Art Museum Los Angeles, Treehouse Museum, Ogden, Utah, Washington D.C., Great Arizona Puppet Theater, Museum of Crafts and Folk Art, San Francisco. Member of Puppeteers of America and former member of its national Board of Trustees. Co-founder of the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry in 1956. It is the largest private collection in the U.S.A. Alan Cook, CEO, Curator is a professional puppeteer and curator of his collection of over 5000 puppets and puppetry related items, including a library of over 1000 volumes.
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