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Assist Exhibitions Director in research for new exhibitions. Since 1978, the Center has introduced millions of visitors to the wonder and art of puppetry and has touched the lives of many through enchanting performances, curriculum-based workshops and the hands-on Museum, as well as Distance Learning and Outreach Programs.Oversee Collections Management interns and Library volunteers.Supervise library patrons and handle research requests.Monitor Gallery and Collections Storage temperature and humidity rates.Prepares monthly report of potential artifact donations to the collection for the Acquisition Committee to review.

Work with Exhibitions Director and Preparator in installing and de-installing exhibitions.

Manage artifact checklist for special exhibits and permanent gallery rotations.

Is responsible for ongoing inventory of museum collection.

Work with Preparator on finding appropriate mounting solutions for pieces going on exhibit.

Manage contract conservators working on puppets from the Jim Henson Collection and the Global Collection on an as needed basis.

Manage the museum’s Past Perfect database.

Process paperwork for accessions, incoming loans, and outgoing loans.

Catalog, condition report, and re-house all incoming donations and any items going on or off exhibit.

Manage and maintain object, archival, and library collections.

The Center currently holds over 3000 items in its collection, including a recent donation of over 400 items from the Jim Henson Collection. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, cataloging and condition reporting incoming donations, managing the collections management database system (PastPerfect) and assisting with exhibitions, including the installation and de-installation of special and permanent exhibitions. Reporting to the Exhibitions Director, the incumbent will manage and maintain the museum’s object, archival, and library collections. The Center for Puppetry Arts Museum seeks a Collections Manager to assist in all areas of collections management and exhibition registration. The Center’s high quality, accessible programming includes performance, museum and education. It is a uniquely creative cultural destination dedicated to celebrating the magic and wonder of puppetry by inspiring imaginations and entertaining the young at heart. “It was incredibly generous,” she said.The Center for Puppetry Arts is the largest nonprofit organization in the United States dedicated to the art form of puppetry. Come on!” But the donor stayed with the bidding, buying the pair for $368,000. Explore AJC Guide to the Center for Puppetry Artsīids rose above $300,000, and Schiavo thought, “There’s no way our donor will go that far. She knew that a certain Atlanta individual had an eye on the puppets, with the goal of lending them to the center. The selling price was expected to be $150,000 to $250,000.īeth Schiavo, executive director of the Center for Puppetry Arts, got updates from the auction as the bids went up.

Kevin Kriess of Time and Space Toys in Zelienople, Pa., acquired the figures, had them restored, and sold them to a collector who put them up for auction this year on Nov. In 2006 a nephew of a Rankin/Bass employee brought two battered but surviving stars - Rudolph and Santa - to the experts at the PBS production “Antiques Road Show,” and they were judged to be genuine, and worth $8,000 to $10,000.

No one imagined then that the figures would become treasures. One crew member gave about a half dozen to the children in her family, who played with them harshly. Rudolph, Santa, Hermey the elf, Sam the Snowman, Bumble, Clarice (Rudolph’s crush) and others, were scattered. After the production wrapped, the filmmakers handed out the poseable figures as souvenirs. The way that the center has kept the spirit of the (show) and the look of the puppets, it’s delightful to have both the originals and also the live theater puppets there, Cheryl Henson, president of the Jim Henson Foundationīut while the film has lasted, the puppets that starred in it haven’t. The center’s yearly performance of “Rudolph” is always its most popular show.īoard member Cheryl Henson, daughter of the late Jim Henson, said the figures have come to the right place. In 2010 the center debuted a puppet show based on the Rankin/Smith film.Ītlanta’s puppet builders viewed the film frame-by-frame to recreate scrupulously accurate puppet versions of the figures. The Midtown puppetry center is a logical home for Rudolph and Santa. 13 and gave them to the center on semi-permanent loan. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and his boss Santa have piloted their sleigh to Midtown’s Center for Puppetry Arts.Īn anonymous donor bought them for $368,000 at auction Nov. The puppet hero of the 1964 animated children’s feature. The most famous reindeer of all has flown to Atlanta.