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Atlanta Magazine names the Center as one of the 25 experiences every Atlantan should have.The Center receives an Abby Award for Outstanding Arts Organization from the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce in October.
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WINNER’S CIRCLE: 10 Years of the UNIMA-USA Citations of Excellence in the Art of Puppetry opens January 25 and features Cookie Monster, puppets from Shining Time Station, and the John Cusack marionette from the movie Being John Malkovich.
PUPPETS 2002, puppetry festival, consists of UNIMA Conference (June 20-23) and Puppets Take Atlanta (June 1-August 18) UNIMA Conference attended by over 300 visitors from around the world Puppets Take Atlanta, a collaborative effort between the Center and the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, unites the city with exhibits, performances and workshops.Center’s 20 th anniversary Cheryl Henson leads the toast at the 1998 Puppetry Arts Festival featured guests were Bear and Tutter from Jim Henson’s Bear in the Big Blue House.Creative Loafing names Jon Ludwig Best Local Playwright (Best of Atlanta, October).
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Education Department collaborates with VOX/Youth Communication, a newspaper produced by inner city teens, to create a puppet show expressing youth voices and concerns project culminates with free community performance and reception at the Center.
Distance Education/GSAMS established in September provides free videoconferencing programming to schools across Georgia and the nation. World premiere of adult work Kwaidan, created by Jon Ludwig, theatre artist Ping Chong and designer Mitsuru Ishii, which later embarks on a seven-city tour of the USA, appears at Spoleto, and tours Japan. The Center hosts the Puppeteers of America Southeast Regional Festival and Conference, June 25-28 includes 300 people from eight countries and 36 states and features adult and family performances special guest Steve Whitmire appears with Kermit the Frog performances of The Muppets Take Atlanta. Fifteen Asian puppets from the Center’s permanent collection are on display in Concourse E at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Special Exhibit, The Muppets in Atlanta: Vision of Jim Henson Exhibition, (J– January 4, 1997) features Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Big Bird, and others, as well as video highlights of The Muppets and other Henson productions. Newsweek praises the Center as “…one of the most exciting companies in American theater”. Jon Ludwig’s Frankenstein debuts as part of the Olympic Arts Festival. The Center participates in the 1996 Cultural Paralympiad, offering museum tours and performances that were sign interpreted and audio described. The Center participates in the 1996 Olympics Arts Festival, viewed by over 22,000 people from around the world it garnered the Center international press coverage. The Center receives an Abby Award for Arts Education from Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce in October.
The Center completes major renovations, including renovation of the Mainstage Theater and the addition of the Love Family Atrium.Center’s second major Capital Campaign, “Making a World of Difference in Atlanta” reaches its goal to raise $2.78 million.