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Recent Acquisitions
The Center for Puppetry Arts Museum occasionally acquires new puppets
to add to The Collection that further its goal of presenting various types
of puppetry from different cultures around the world.
Some of the puppets acquired recently include:
"Lion King" Prototypes
Miscellaneous Donations
Sarasota Opera Donation
Photos by Bradford Clark.
Tony Award winner and Oscar nominee Julie Taymor has donated two mask
prototypes from Disney’s The Lion King to the Center for Puppetry
Arts Museum collection. Mufasa and Scar, both sculpted by Taymor in 1997,
will be on view to the public in the special exhibit, KINGS OF BROADWAY:
Mufasa and Scar Unveiled, which opens Nov. 8, 2003.
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"UP UP" from Romper Room and Friends. Bequeathed by puppeteer Bruce Hall. |
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Vietnamese water puppet; gift of UNIMA-Vietnam. |
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A three-operator puppet from the Awa district of Japan. |
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Mamulengo from Brazil; gift of Nancy Lohman Staub. |
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Puppet from Tunisia; gift of Miguel Arreche. |
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In February 2003, the Center for Puppetry Arts accepted a donation of 73 puppets and puppet related items from the Sarasota Opera Association, Inc. of Sarasota, Fla., which had been donated to them in 1995 by the late Marian McKennon.
Ms. McKennon made some of the marionettes in this collection for a company called "Puppets and People" in Washington, D.C. These are exquisite examples of her skills as an artist.
One of the most interesting puppets in this collection is one made by Tony Sarg to use at parties to grab goodies from children. Manipulation was by inserting a fist as the face under a wig with the body hanging below. A rod moved a separate arm. There is also a marionette likeness of Eleanor Roosevelt by Tony Sarg. These pieces are not expected to be exhibited due to their delicate condition but will be available for researchers by appointment.
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