UConn Puppet Slam! — Saturday, January 21st at 8 p.m.!

UConn Puppet Slam! — Saturday, January 21st at 8 p.m.! UConn Puppet Slam! -- Saturday, January 21st at 8 p.m.!

World of Puppetry exhibition at Bradley International Airport

World of Puppetry exhibition at Bradley International Airport World of Puppetry exhibition at Bradley International Airport
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“Red Gate: Pauline Benton and Chinese Shadow Theater” to open at Ballard Museum April 1

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Ballard ~ 0 Comments

The Ballard Institute will celebrate Spring on Sunday, April 1 with the grand opening of Red Gate: Pauline Benton and Chinese Shadow Theater in the United States, an exhibition of rare Chinese shadow figures from the collection of Pauline Benton, curated by Stephen Kaplin and Kuang-Yu Fong of New York’s Chinese Theater Works.  Noted writer Grant Hayter-Menzies will be on hand…

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UConn Puppet Slam! — Saturday, January 21st at 8 p.m.!

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Ballard ~ 2 Comments

Join us Saturday night, January 21st at 8 p.m. in the Studio Theater on UConn’s Main Campus to experience the Spring 2012 UConn Puppet Slam!  See exciting new works by celebrated puppeteers from the Northeast, as well as new creations by emerging artists from UConn’s famed Puppet Arts Program. The UConn Puppet Slam will include Lindsay McCaw and Adam Cook, who, as The Dolly…

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Ballard Museum closing for the season December 18th

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Ballard ~ 0 Comments

If you have not yet had a chance to see our exhibition Frank Ballard: An Odyssey of a Life in Puppetry, we invite you to spend some time during the next two weekends at the Ballard Museum because it will be closing December 18th, 2011.  Frank Ballard: An Odyssey of a Life on Puppetry is paired with our second exhibition, Frank Ballard:…

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The Art of the Frouds at Nafe Katter Theater

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Ballard ~ 0 Comments

     Join us this Wednesday, November 30, at 3 p.m. at UConn’s Nafe Katter Theater for The Art of the Frouds. This presentation by Brian, Wendy, and Toby Froud will explore their work illuminating the realm of Faeries and other mystical beings, in their own publications and in collaboration with Jim Henson in The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and Jim Henson’s Storyteller series.  It precedes…

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“World of Puppetry” Exhibition at Bradley International Airport extended through January 2012!

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Ballard ~ 0 Comments

A compelling exhibition of over 70 Ballard Institute puppets from around the world at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut (just north of Hartford) has been extended through January, 2012.  Originally scheduled to close in November, this popular display of world puppetry traditions will now be on display for holiday travelers. The exhibition, titled The World of Puppetry, was curated…

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New children’s book about famed puppeteer Tony Sarg draws on UConn puppetry expertise

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Ballard ~ 0 Comments

Children’s book author and illustrator Melissa Sweet drew on UConn puppetry sources for her  celebrated new children’s book Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade, which chronicles the story of legendary American puppeteer Tony Sarg and his 1920s invention of the inflatable puppets for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parades. Sweet, who did much of her research for the…

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From the Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

New “Connecticut Yankee” Puppet Exhibit at The Mark Twain House in Hartford, now through March 5, 2012

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Ballard ~ 0 Comments

An exhibition featuring puppets from the University of Connecticut’s 1996 production of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is now on view at The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, and will be on display until March 5, 2012 . The exhibition, presented by the Ballard Institute, UConn’s Puppet Arts Program and the Mark Twain House, also features original illustrations for…

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Museum Information

The Ballard Museum is closed for the season but will reopen to the public April 1, 2012 with our regular hours on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 12 noon to 5 p.m., or by appointment.

Admission is by donation.
Group guided tours available for small per person fee.

The museum is wheelchair accessible.

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