{"id":35961,"date":"2020-04-22T15:58:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T20:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puppeteers.org\/?page_id=35961"},"modified":"2020-09-02T14:01:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T19:01:53","slug":"relief","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Direct Relief Fund for Puppet Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Direct<\/a>One of the key tenets of Puppeteers of America is to foster and support community. Because of social distancing measures necessary due to COVID-19, many in our community have lost work doing what we love — performing, teaching, and sharing the art of puppetry in all its forms. To that end, Puppeteers of America, in partnership with UNIMA-USA, announces a new initiative: a Direct Relief Fund for Puppet Artists. This fund began with seed money from Cheryl Henson and Heather Henson specifically for this purpose, with the hope it can be sustained with merchandise purchases and support from ongoing donations.<\/p>\n

Who is eligible?<\/strong>
\nPeople who are members of PofA or UNIMA-USA (or have been within the last year) that have documented losses of a minimum of $500 of work in the puppetry field due to COVID-19. Additionally, applicants must have a bank account in the United States. Members of the Board of PofA and the Fund Committee may not apply.<\/p>\n

How does it work?<\/strong>
\nOne-time grants of $500 will be distributed on a first-come, first-served, rolling basis. When the fund is depleted, qualified applicants will be placed on a waiting list and served if\/as additional funds become available.<\/p>\n

Who put this together?<\/strong>
\nThe Fund Committee includes representatives from Puppeteers of America, UNIMA-USA, and IBEX Puppetry. We are Dustin Curtis, Alex U. Griffin, Paul Robinson, Jessica Simon, and Chad Williams.<\/p>\n

How can I help?<\/strong>
\nMake a donation to the fund and spread the word! Please share this information with anyone you know may be eligible to apply.<\/p>\n

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Thank You!<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Direct Relief Fund began with seed contributions from Cheryl Henson and Heather Henson and has continued to grow through generous donations from the Marc Dunworth Foundation for the Performing Arts, the Dragon Con Fund of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, UNIMA-USA, and numerous individuals. Thank you all for supporting community by either your donations or merchandise purchases! Thank you!<\/p>\n

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Eva Adderley
\nRobert Amico
\nPam Arciero
\nLee Armstrong – Images in Motion Media, Inc.
\nAlexandra Ashworth
\nGrant Baciocco – Under The Puppet
\nPaula Bacolini
\nKendall Bailey
\nJennifer Bain
\nKerry Sue Bartelt
\nAretta Baumgartner
\nSara Begley
\nJohan Beyerly
\nTaylor Bibat
\nMichael & Lauren Bird
\nLaura Bonar
\nKori Bormann
\nAmy Boyle Johnston
\nPat Brady
\nJamie Bressler
\nJames Brooks
\nBeau Brown
\nBrian Brown – BSB3 Photography
\nHeather Caplap
\nCheryl Cappezuti
\nJohn Carter
\nTanya Cefalu
\nFrances Cheng
\nShu-Yun Cheng
\nYuk Yee Cheung
\nJenni Cockrell
\nTrudi Cohen – Great Small Works
\nConnecticut Guild of Puppetry
\nRuth Coppersmith
\nMarc Considine
\nJuliana Cope – International Studio & Curatorial Program – on behalf of Deborah Hertzberg
\nPamela Corcoran – Corcoran Puppets
\nMichael Courville – Open Mind Consulting
\nKimberly Cox
\nDustin Curtis
\nRob Cutler – UConn
\nKathleen David – No Strings Attached
\nBrett DeBruyn
\nEmily Decola
\nHoustoun Demere
\nKatrina Denney
\nPaula Drammeh-Davis
\nJustin DuPont
\nNancy Engen-Wedin
\nJean Enticknap
\nMadeline Esterhammer-Fic
\nLaurie Everitt
\nSteven Faddis
\nJefferson Fietek
\nMichelle Finston
\nKuang-Yu Fong – Chinese Theatre Works
\nSarah Fornace
\nOliver Frates
\nSally Friedman
\nOra Fruchter
\nSheila Garg
\nCameron Garrity
\nRachel Gibas
\nJennifer Giddens
\nDeborah Glassbert
\nKindred Gottlieb
\nJean Goul
\nGreen Feather Foundation, Inc.
\nAlex U. Griffin
\nArt Grueneberger – Puppet Art Theater Co.
\nAndrew Grunzke
\nScott Gryder
\nCheryl Hadley
\nElizabeth Hara
\nChristopher Harris
\nLisa Haslbauer<\/p>\n

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Kristin Haverty
\nKate Heim
\nDennis Hembree
\nCamilla Henneman
\nLila Henry
\nKeely Herrick
\nDoris Hicks
\nJonathon Holt
\nDanny Housley
\nPhilip Huber – The Huber Marionettes
\nKurt & Kathy Hunter
\nRachel Jackson
\nAlyssa James
\nLynn Jeffries
\nAnne Johnson
\nBryan Jones
\nEmily Jones
\nLiz Joyce
\nPatricia Judd – Beyond Storytelling
\nStephen Kaplin – Chinese Theatre Works, Great Small Works
\nMartin Kettling
\nTae Yeon Kim
\nTim Knowlton
\nKaren Konnerth
\nJonathan Korfhage
\nDiane Koszarski – Pink Flamingo Puppets
\nAdam Kreutinger
\nAmy Lancaster
\nRebekah Lane
\nRobert Lane – Columbia Marionette Theatre
\nLouise Lapointe
\nMonica Leo-Jenks – Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre
\nBobby LePire
\nMark Lerman
\nSteven Lewis
\nLauren Little
\nKari Love
\nKatherine Luck
\nRobbie Lueth
\nMargaret MacLellan
\nKimi Maeda
\nAdriana Manfredi
\nAnatar Marmol-Gagn\u00e9
\nKen Martinson
\nShari Matthews
\nChristine Meiss
\nValerie Meiss
\nAnn Mesritz Gronvold
\nJudd Millman
\nTroy Moon
\nKenya Morgan
\nWendy Morton
\nStephen Mullinax
\nCharlotte Murphy
\nRoxanna Myhrum
\nMary Nagler
\nPamela Nelson
\nPaula Neuhaus
\nLaurie Nickerson
\nSarah Nolen
\nAiven O’Leary
\nEvan O’Sullivan – O’Television Productions
\nIan Olson
\nSibl Omalley
\nClaudia Orenstein
\nShade Oyemakinwa
\nJames Packard
\nScott Pakudaitis
\nChristine Papalexis<\/p>\n

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Donald Parkes
\nHelena Pennington
\nMelissa Perenson
\nBob Petrucci
\nFerginho Philippee-Auguste
\nStephanie Phillips
\nCharles Pillsbury
\nQuinn Presgraves
\nRachel Reeves
\nJohn Regan
\nThomas Regan
\nCheryl Revkin
\nNancy Riggs
\nKiera Robbins
\nLinda Roberts
\nMichael Robertson
\nAmy Robinson
\nRachel Roccoberton
\nNancy Rodrigues
\nSuzanne Roen
\nKarri Roper – Columbia Marionette Theatre
\nAlisa Rosenthal
\nBrenna Ross
\nJulie Ross
\nAlexis Rudd
\nMatt Sandbank – Matt Sandbank’s Shadow Factory
\nJane Schindler
\nColette Searls
\nMark Segal
\nPam Severns
\nSarah Sherburn-Zimmer
\nJessica Simon
\nJohanna Smith
\nNancy Smith – Great Arizona Puppets
\nPix Smith
\nScott Smith
\nCarol Sterling – School Art league
\nAlissa Stoessel
\nRyan Sullivan
\nRemington Swales
\nJohn Tartaglia – John Tartaglia Productions
\nRoger & Jane Thomas – Rascalion Productions
\nSarah Thomas
\nPeggy Tollefson
\nKaitlin Tredway
\nCarol Trobe
\nLyssa Troemel
\nAllan Trautman
\nGretchen Van Lente
\nAnna Vargas
\nJ Gregor Veneklasen
\nMichael Vetere III
\nMobi Warren
\nNadra Wass
\nNatalie Wass
\nCaroline Wendt
\nAmy West
\nKevin White – nycstringpuller
\nKaty Williams
\nLinda Wingerter
\nJim Witoszynski
\nGregg Wright
\nChole Ziner
\nJonathan Zucker<\/p>\n

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