![]() “Being in this wonderful Storrs Center is a fantastic location because of the bookstore and coffee shop next door. You need the community to support the arts for them to survive,” she says. “One of the things that’s very important to me is being involved with the community. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)īrid Grant, dean of the School of Fine Arts, says the relocation of BIMP from UConn’s Depot campus to Storrs Center provides greater opportunities for community involvement with the University. It fulfills everything that was in our vision.” An exhibit of rod puppets by Frank Ballard, the namesake of BIMP. There is nothing that could make it more unique than this Puppet Museum. ![]() We wanted it to be unique and a place of destination. “We’re grateful for the vote of confidence that the Mansfield Downtown Partnership, LeylandAlliance, and EdR placed in our region by envisioning and carrying out the Storrs Center project, and excited that the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry is now part of it.”Īdds Mansfield Mayor Betsy Patterson, “We’ve always envisioned this project. “The wonderful synergy between UConn and Storrs Center has grown with the opening of every new business and service, and the UConn Co-op and the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry are both great additions to an already-thriving project,” says UConn President Susan Herbst. “Reverse Cascade” is based on the life of Judy Finelli, a circus performer and record-setting juggler whose life changed dramatically after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The puppet performance will be the debut of “Reverse Cascade,” an original, full-length found object puppet work with live music created by Anna Fitzgerald, a graduate student in the Puppet Arts program. School of Fine Arts students perform ‘Reverse Cascade’ by MFA student Anna Fitzgerald, the inaugural production for the new black-box theater at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry. “Puppets through the Lens: Photography by Richard Termine ’75 (SFA) is a gallery of work by an alumnus of the Puppet Arts program who is the performing arts photographer for the New York Times, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and as a documentarian of the puppet culture.“The World of Puppetry: From the Collections of the Ballard Institute” is a representative sample from the Museum’s permanent collection of 2,500 marionettes, hand puppets, rod puppets, and shadow fingers from around the world.“Spectacular Extravaganzas: The Rod Puppetry of Frank Ballard” demonstrates Ballard’s innovative use of rod puppets – of all different forms and sizes – in rich spectacles featuring scores of characters and lavish sets.Three exhibitions will open the Museum’s new space, including two that pay tribute to BIMP’s namesake, the legendary puppeteer Frank Ballard, who founded the Puppet Arts program: I feel glad we filled it with strong exhibits of different kinds that are all connected to UConn puppetry and Frank Ballard’s work.” It’s everything we hoped for and more.” says John Bell, museum director, puppeteer, and theater historian. The new home of the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry (BIMP), previously located on UConn’s Depot Campus, includes expanded exhibition and performance space that now is part of the Co-op’s award-winning trade book division, which regularly celebrates authors with readings and book-signings. ![]() Bart Roccoberton, professor of dramatic arts, looks over an exhibit of photography by Richard Termine ’75 (SFA), ‘Puppets Through the Lens.’ BIMP’s new home includes expanded exhibition and performance space. The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, part of UConn’s world renowned Puppet Arts Program, will open in its new location as part of the program of Grand Opening activities for the UConn Co-op Bookstore and Le Petit Marche Café in Storrs Center on Saturday, March 1, from 1 to 4 p.m.Īctivities for the Grand Opening event will include tours of the Museum and the Bookstore, refreshments provided by the café, a puppet performance, and book signings by several best-selling authors, including novelist Wally Lamb, children’s author and illustrator Barbara McClintock, and essayist Sam Pickering. Copy Link An exhibit of Frank Ballard’s rod puppets is one of three exhibitions on display for the opening of the new Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at Storrs Center.
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