Our Vision

Mission Statement

To demonstrate the power of puppetry arts as a professional art form that inspires smiles, creativity and academic self improvment within San Antonio's diverse scholastic, artistic, and entertainment communities.

Our Vision

To establish a permanent repertory puppetry theater and center that will cater to tourist and local families, providing a unique puppetry experience that will inspire the creativity and imagination for thousands every year.

* Family Shelter Fund

Here in the city of San Antonio there are a number of Family and children's shelters for the homeless, neglected and abused. We believe art is a spark and light to those who need hope and we wish to contribute artistic workshops for the children of these families in these institutions. These institutions have limited budgets for programs like these. We want to help but to do that we need to take it out of our own pocket, especially materials. Please consider giving to this fund and helping us reach this goal so we can provide an artistic outlet for these little ones. The smiles they generate are priceless but we can't do it alone. Your giving will help us provide a program to these children through to the spring of 2011, one school calender year. We will keep you apprised of all the activity your donations have provided for.

Thank You For Your Generosity

2010 Wish List

A Late Model 15 Passenger Van - Our present transport has over 250,000 miles and no room to transport extra actors and instructors to workshop or performance sites. It is in need of replacement.

Upgrade Our Puppet Theater - We need new materials (Pipe and Curtain) to improve upon the puppet frame we have been using for the last 5 years. We would need to enhance the frame for better portability and set up time as well as install an addition for an upper canopy and bar that can support lighting and special effects that would add greatly to the quality of our performances.

Lighting and Sound Equipment - With improving our performance frame, we would need lightning equipment to really add to the drama of what we do. In addition it would give us the ability to perform at night or under any darkened condition. We also need new self amped speakers. Because of constant use, of the ones we have, one has gone down and the others' quality has diminished a bit.

Studio Space - We have have been blessed by the many art centers and friends that have provided studio space for as we have grown. Now, though, it is time to consolidate our equipment and our local so we can produce bigger and better. Not to mention a place clients and customers can visit and observe what we do, recieve training, conduct workshops and purchase puppets. Ultimately we would esrablish a small permanent theater.

"Every bit of creativity touches someone's destiny. Every brush stroke, written word, musical note, every new idea plays with the course of mankind. From a child's masterpiece lovingly hung on the refrigerator door to every scientific advance, creativity is the engine of history. The absence of creativity would mean the absence of direction, and, so too, the power to make a difference...."

Richard Diaz

Excerpt from a 2007 address to an EPA conference discussing

creative methods of communicating environmetal issues.

Encouraging Scholastic Excellence and Artistic Gifting:

Some of our goals:

To establish a year round puppet repertory theater in or very near to downtown San Antonio w/ ticket sales averaging 45,000 to 100,000 dollars a month.
To develope a year round performance schedule that changes productions every 4 to six weeks.
To provide a scholastic awards program which would award the entire family for a concerted effort for a young person's academic improvement and achievement.
To provided Artistic Scholarship to various workshop programs held at our planned gallery for students that normally wouldn't be able to afford them
To provide free performances for local children's shelters and help in their fundraising efforts.
To provide after school puppetry arts enrichment programs, to students from different local school districts.
To provide theater internships with local high school and college campuses.
To establish a summer camp program for puppetry and art enthusiasts of all ages.

YOU CAN BE A PART A PART OF THE START:

The theater will help use ticket sales to continue fund our artreach (art outreach) but, first, we need to get through the initial stages of acquiring the said space. Each of you can be a foundation stone to a wonderfully unique and rare artform. Your support will add a very distinctive thread to the tapestry of San Antonio's arts and culture by helping us provide a permanent puppetry venue in the downtown area.

AFFILIATIONS:

- The McNay Art Museum
- Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center – Juntos En Arte, Folklorico Dance Academy
-Avenida Guadalupe Neighborhood Association
-21^st CCLC   San Antonio Independent School District
- Alazan Creek Community Development Ministry/BCFS
- Making Connections
- City of San Antonio Mayor's Office
- Office of Cultural Affairs, San Antonio, TX
- Patti Radle and Lourdes Galvan/District 5 San Antonio City Councilwomen
- San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs
-The Alameda/Smithsonian Meso American Museum
- Southwest School of Arts and Crafts – Mobile Artist Program
- Edgewood Fine Arts Academy
- Say Si
-The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, New York City, NY
-The Children's Shelter, San Antonio TX
-The National Council of La Raza, Washington DC
The Environmental Protection Agency, Houston TX/Washington DC
- Puppeteers of America/U.N.I.M.A.

AWARDS:

2006-2008 Neighborhood Artist Grant
City Office of Cultural Affairs, Hispanic Heritage Puppetry Project, Guadalupe Theater, San Antonio, TX

2007-2008 Anne Merit Grant
BGC of Texas, 10 week Children’s Puppet Novela, Guadalupe Theater, San Antonio, TX

2009 Non Profit Resource Center Training (San Antonio Puppetry Arts Center)
City Office of Cultural Affairs, Technical Assistance Award For Training at the Non-Profit Resource Center of Texas, San Antonio TX

COMMENDATIONS

- 21^st Century CCLC 2006
- City of San Antonio Mayors Office 2006
- United States Air Force, Youth Hispanic Heritage, 2006 and 2007
- San Antonio Library Foundation 2007
- Red Cross, San Antonio, 2007
- The San Antonio Council for Alcohol and Drug Abuse

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