Educator/Scholar
The development of young craftspersons and artists and the reinvigoration of practicing artists have become my passion. This had not been one of early goals. However, encouraged in this direction by Margo Rose and Albrecht Roser, I have found great satisfactionIncluded below are samples from my work as Founder and Director of the Institute of Professional Puppetry Arts, articles I have published, Symposia I have organized and in which I have participated, Master Classes I have lead and training opportunities I have helped to develop and guide.
- Institute of Professional Puppetry Arts poster, 1985
- Behind the Puppet Stage, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, 1988
- Make A Shadow Theater, FACES Magazine, 1989
- Puppet program creates new faces, Traditions, Spring 1995
- At UConn, this major comes with strings attached, Boston Globe, April 7, 1996
- The Man Who Pulls the Strings, The Hartford Advocate, April 25, 1996
- Discover Life in Asia, Daily Campus, February 7, 1997
- What Makes A Puppet Play?, a Symposium Transcript published by UNIMA-U.S.A., 1997
- Puppet Power, The Advocate, Greenwich Time, May 9, 1999
- Puppetry Symposium and Master Classes, Hong Kong, 2000
- Puppetry Symposium and Master Classes, Guang Dong, 2000
- Puppetry Symposium and Master Classes, Hong Kong & Guang Dong, 2000
- National Puppet Arts Academy of Taiwan, Program for Session Two, 2000
- National Puppet Arts Academy of Taiwan, Program for Session One, 2000