Puppeteers are Cool

This week Mark Wagoner Productions met up with the Paperhand Puppet Intervention people in Saxapahaw and I was lucky enough to get a chance to take some production shots with Mark's camera while we were there. Lots of interesting stuff goes on in this building, as you can see above, and really exciting, beautiful things happen when they take all this art out into the community. These puppets and their creators have been all over the country getting involved in all sorts of things from Earth Day festivals to puppet shows to World Trade Organization protests. This is art on a giant scale (some of the puppets are literally over 30 feet tall) and it's made of recycled materials and things people throw out. It's beautiful and surprising and inspiring to people of all ages. Click HERE to find out more about all that is cool in the world of puppets. Very soon you will be able to see a short piece about Puppethand by Mark Wagoner Productions on CurrentTV.

An Artist at Work

This slideshow was also made for our Multimedia class. We were asked to find someone we did not know well with an interesting story to share. Through sound and photographs we attempted to tell this story (or at least part of it) in 3 minutes. Julie was very welcoming and fun and I hope I've done her justice!