News and Updates


August Online Event

Sign up Below for our August Special Event – Featuring 3 Great Topics When: Sun., Aug. 15th 4-5ish pm on Zoom. Join us for an exceptional hour combining 3 areas of interest for puppeteers an award-winning Zoom show performed by teens highlights of July’s Puppet Experiment submissions a look at the […]


Puppet Experiment – Extended

Puppet Experiment is extended! The Theme of July and August: Found Materials from your Natural Environment The world has collapsed, and you managed to survive as an urban Robinson Crusoe. And now, you need to create your puppet project! You have to “hunt” your puppet materials in nature; wild nature, […]


July 2021 Newsletter

Hello from John Arnold, your guest editor. Don’t miss this month’s newsletter, we have a letter from your new guild president, the start of a new Puppet Experiment-Found Objects in your environment, programming around the corner in august, an article about Sergei Obraztsov, amazing 3d printing techniques used by Images […]


2021 May Guild Meeting

May Guild Meeting: Presenting Stinky Tales® plus the Basics & Tips of Grant Writing  Sun. May 16 from 3-5 pm Sign Up Below Times may vary slightly 3-3:30 SF Bay Area Guild Meeting led by Camilla Henneman – Puppet News & Events! 3:30-4:15ish Stinky Tales® with Doug & Annie Zesiger […]


March 2021 Workshop with Art Gruenberger & Guild Meeting on Zoom

Saturday, March 20, 3 – 5 p.m. PST on Zoom Join us for a fun afternoon of puppet shows, tech tutorials and lively connections! This event is open to members of the San Francisco Bay Area Puppeteers Guild as well as non-members alike.  Our program will include:  3 PM Guild Meeting: Get the latest news of upcoming guild events and puppet happenings in the Bay Area and beyond 3:30 PM Puppet Show: “The Three Little Pigs” by Puppet Art Theater Co. 4 PM Q&A: Backstage Tour of Stage Set-Up for Live Streaming How Do I […]


January 2021 Newsletter

January 2021, with the promise of a new year and hopefully a new outlook, is upon us.  The guild is planning a fantastic and quite special virtual holiday event that you won’t want to miss.  Read all about it in the newsletter.  Your January 2021 Newsletter for printing and/reading.


January 2021 Holiday Party & Guild Meeting on Zoom!

Come one, come all for a delightful afternoon of jingling and mingling plus a dazzling performance by Manual Cinema!  Saturday, January 23rd from 3-5 pm   Our schedule will loosely be as follows (because it’s a party!):  3 PM Guild Meeting: Meet and greet members, get the latest puppet news of upcoming guild events and puppet happenings and watch some puppet shorts!  4 PM Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol: Don’t miss this family-friendly visually inventive adaptation designed for streaming! In signature […]


December 2020 Newsletter

Check out the December 2020 newsletter.  I know I say this every time, but this time I’m saying it again because it’s true…THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT NEWSLETTER! Thanks to all our wonderful contributors, our newsletters are just getting better and better.  So read it and learn and enjoy!   AND!!! Don’t forget […]