![]() ![]() IVAN OWEN (American Puppeteer) & RICHARD VAN AS (South African Carpenter), for using puppetry mechanics to design plans for an affordable prosthetic hand that can be downloaded by anyone around the world and built with at the aid of a 3-D Printer. Through these articles we can look back for ideas and inspiration and these essays by Fred give us the materials from which young and old puppeteers alike benefit. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has lauded Ludwig as “the most consistently inventive theater artist working in Atlanta today.”įRED PUTZ has written and published articles in the Chicagoland Puppetry Guild Newsletter ‘Puppet Patter.’ His articles on early puppeteers have been most informative and represent a great deal of research and writing of oft-neglected puppeteers’ history. His work was exhibited at Revealing Roots, 1994 and Breaking Boundaries, 1993, at the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts, New York City, a group exhibit of puppets made and designed by artists selected by The Jim Henson Foundation in conjunction with the Henson International Festival of Puppet Theater.Įight of Ludwig’s productions have received Citations of Excellence from UNIMAUSA, and in 2007 he was one of the first recipients of the Arts Medal from Atlanta’s Charles Loridans Foundation for his contributions to the Atlanta arts community. He has taught workshops on puppetry for the Puppeteers of America Festival, the University of Texas Drama Department, University of Maryland, the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America National Conference, Georgia Institute of Technology School of Architecture, and NYC’s New Dramatists. Ludwig has served as Artist in Residence at the National Puppetry Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and Emory University. Ludwig has also collaborated with national and international artists as well as numerous theatrical companies. His adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, commissioned and produced for the 1996 Olympic Arts Festival, was heralded as one of the highlights of the Festival by art critics, including Newsweek magazine. His production Safe as Milk was featured at two Puppeteers of America festivals and the Henson International Festival of Puppetry between 1992-1994. In 1980, he co-founded the Center’s Xperimental Puppetry Theatre, a program which continues to provide funding and support for new puppet works for adults. Ludwig is also recognized as an innovator in the field of adult puppet theater. In 2010, he adapted and directed the immensely popular Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer®, based on the classic television special. Most recently, he adapted and directed Ruth and the Green Book, based on the award-winning children’s book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey. His family productions educate and appeal to children and adults. At the Center, Ludwig has written and directed 33 distinctive shows. in Theater from Chicago’s Columbia College and is a member of The Directors Guild of America and ASCAP. In 2005, along with Mitchell Kriegman and Dean Gordon, Ludwig received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Director for The Book of Pooh episode “The Great Honey Pot/Paging Piglet.” He holds a B.A. In children’s television, Ludwig wrote, designed, and puppeteered the shadow puppet segments for the Disney Channel/Henson Production show Bear in the Big Blue House. He is the Center’s Artistic Director and has worked at the organization since its inception. JON LUDWIG is an accomplished performer, director, and theater designer who has worked in Atlanta, New York, and abroad. Click here for list of Past Award Recipients, 1968-2009.Any member of Puppeteers of America can make a nomination for an award. ![]() ![]() The Marjorie Batchelder McPharlin Award for educationĪwards are presented every two years at National Puppetry Festivals. Three newer awards are named for distinguished artists who are inspirational role models: The Jim Henson Award for Innovation ![]() The Puppeteers of America Award recognizes service to the art of puppetry from outside the immediate field. Two awards were established to recognize and encourage service to the puppetry community: The Directors Award (formally Trustees) honors service to the Puppeteers of America. The recipients include: Jim Henson, Bil Baird, Burr Tillstrom, Julie Taymor, Peter Schumann, Frank Ballard, Rufus and Margo Rose. The President’s Award is the only honor in USA puppetry that recognizes a body of work or entire career in puppetry. The awards recognize extraordinary contributions to of the art of puppetry and to the community of puppeteers. Each award presented by the Puppeteers of America is a unique and distinct honor. ![]()
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