In October and Novemb, 2009 I exhibited puppets, props, and ephemera from Growing Up Linda at Avalon Gallery in Orlando
GROWING UP LINDA
BIRTHDAY TRAUMA
Growing Up Linda was an ensemble actor-puppetry performance in which a woman who believes she’s the daughter of a famous ice cream mogul must come to terms with her troubled past. In Birthday Trauma, a scene from Growing Up Linda, Linda recounts the events of her fifth birthday when she first started communicating with food.
EXHIBITION
Thursday, October 15th
through
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Opening Reception
Thursday, October 15th 6:00PM-9:00PM
Gallery at Avalon Island
39 S. Magnolia Avenue
Orlando, Florida 32801
Located in downtown Orlando, The Gallery at Avalon Island is a contemporary art space that hosts exhibitions for established artists, literary and film events, and musical performances. The gallery is housed in the oldest operational building in Orlando – the historic Rogers building, a Queen Anne style building that has stood since 1886.
NO STRINGS ATTACHED
The installation was part of No Strings Attached, an exhibition that highlighted various art forms encompassed by the craft of puppetry.
Sarah Yates and Ibex Puppetry curated No Strings Attached, which featured the work of local and nationally renowned artists and focused on puppetry-related art rather than the puppet as a puppet – with sketched imaginings for puppet shows yet to be built; interactive automata; and sculptural pieces highlighting a haunting sense of movement, artifice, and personality.
No Strings Attached was part of the Orlando Puppet Festival, where I was also performing Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
- Darlene Allen
- Jack Fields
- Heather Henson
- Lyon Forrest Hill
- Jenny Mae Hill
- Davy Jordan
- David Kahler
- Holly Laws
- Tamara Marke-Lares
- Curtiss Mitchell
- Michael Morrison
- Michael Noles
- Scott Radke
- Brad Richard
- Helaine Schneider
- David Stephens
- April Tennyson
- Lorca Wood
- Vandy Wood.
PRESENTER
Ibex Puppetry is an entertainment company dedicated to promoting the fine art of puppetry in all of its mediums. Founded in 2000 and receiving multiple UNIMA (Union Internationale de la Marionette) awards, Ibex Puppetry supports puppet art in the mediums of film, stage, gallery exhibits, workshops and artist presentations.
Foreign Travel Fund
Associate Artist Funding
