See “Mi Casa es Su Casa” at The Wadsworth Atheneum on Saturday, February 11th!!

See “Mi Casa es Su Casa” at The Wadsworth Atheneum on Saturday, February 11th!! See "Mi Casa es Su Casa" at The Wadsworth Atheneum on Saturday, February 11th!!

“Red Gate: Pauline Benton and Chinese Shadow Theater” to open at Ballard Museum April 1

“Red Gate: Pauline Benton and Chinese Shadow Theater” to open at Ballard Museum April 1 "Red Gate: Pauline Benton and Chinese Shadow Theater" to open at Ballard Museum April 1
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See “Mi Casa es Su Casa” at The Wadsworth Atheneum on Saturday, February 11th!!

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Ballard ~ 0 Comments

As part of its year-long “World of Puppetry in Hartford” project the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, Mi Casa Family Service & Education Center, and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art will present a free performance of Mi Casa es Su Casa on Saturday, February 11 as part of the Wadsworth Atheneum’s Second Saturdays for Families series.  The entire Second…

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“Red Gate: Pauline Benton and Chinese Shadow Theater” to open at Ballard Museum April 1

Posted on February 6, 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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New “Connecticut Yankee” Puppet Exhibit at The Mark Twain House in Hartford, now through March 5, 2012

Posted on February 4, 2012 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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Ballard Institute Puppets at The Nathan Hale Inn

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Ballard ~ 0 Comments

 Puppets from the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry are currently on display at the lobby of the Nathan Hale Inn & Conference Center on the UConn Campus in Storrs.  The puppets include a handpuppet Devil used by the Ridiculous Theater’s Charles Ludlam in his Punch and Judy shows, a Czech Kasparek marionette used in family household theaters, a German handpuppet from a 19th-century Kasperl set, and…

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Video about University of Connecticut’s Puppetry Arts Program

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Ballard ~ 1 Comments

A video about the Puppetry Arts program featuring John Bell and Bart Roccoberton

Dr. Manuel Moran, of UNIMA-USA, holding Dr. Bell's award and his book American Puppet Modernism.

Ballard Institute Director awarded research prize from the Institut International de la Marionnette

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Ballard ~ 0 Comments

On September 19, 2011, the Institut International de la Marionnette in Charleville-Mézières, France (France’s premiere puppet institute) awarded Ballard Institute Director John Bell the ”Prix de la Recherche” (research prize) for his book American Puppet Modernism (published by Palgrave/Macmillan in 2008). This award comes soon after Dr. Bell was given the Jalal Sattari prize at Iran’s Third International Traditional-Ritual Performances Seminar in July for his essay…

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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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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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