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Peter Linz & his character, Theo of PBS's "Between the Lions"

Lions and Puppets and Fun, Oh My! Family Day at the Katonah Museum of Art

Released: March 18, 2010

If your family is wild about puppetry, then you won’t want to miss Puppets! Family Day: Design • Create • Perform at the Katonah Museum of Art on Sunday, May 16 from 12-4pm featuring special guests Theo, the bibliophile puppet of PBS’s Between the Lions and his creator, Peter Linz. Family Day is free for Museum members, $5 for individual non-members (ages 3 and up), and $15 for non-member families. There is a $2 materials fee for puppet making activities. For information call 914-232-9555, ext. 0 or visit www.katonahmuseum.org. Family Day has become a perennial favorite and the Muse...

The Katonah Museum of Art Welcomes Masters of Puppetry in "The Intimate Inanimate"

Released: March 18, 2010

The Katonah Museum of Art (www.katonahmuseum.org) invites you to join artists Dan Hurlin, Roman Paska, and Hanne Tierney and curator Leslee Asch for The Intimate Inanimate, a panel discussion that will provide a revealing look into works featured in the Museum’s current exhibition The Art of Contemporary Puppet Theater. Ms. Asch will moderate the conversation at the Museum on Sunday, March 28 at 5:30pm. This event is free for members and $10 for non-members. Reservations are required and can be made by calling (914) 232-9555, ext. 0 or emailing info@katonahmuseum.org. In “The Intimate ...

Scene 1 from Janie Geiser’s Evidence of Floods (detail), 1994–96

The Art of Contemporary Puppet Theater Opens at the Katonah Museum of Art February 28, 2010

Released: January 12, 2010

What do you think of when you read the word “puppet”? The Katonah Museum of Art (www.katonahmuseum.org) will challenge your thoughts and preconceptions with the presentation of The Art of Contemporary Puppet Theater opening February 28 and running in all three galleries through June 13, 2010. In every culture man has created stories and myths to explain the forces surrounding him and the fears, hopes and dreams he carries within. For centuries, masks and puppets have been used to add magic to the storyteller’s art. The Art of Contemporary Puppet Theater will show that puppets are...