About the
Guild

Our mission is to encourage and promote puppetry as a means of communication, an extension of human expression and as a performing art: to enhance the proficiency and the art of puppetry, both professional and amateur, by publications, workshops, conventions, or festivals, lectures, advisory services and any and all of other means and methods. GPAPG will operate exclusively for charitable educational purposes.

Puppeteers of America is a national non-profit organization founded in 1937 to provide information, encourage performances, and build a community of people who celebrate puppet theatre. They support puppeteers and advance the art of puppetry by presenting knowledge, providing inspiration, and promoting preservation. The specific purpose of Puppeteers of America, Inc. is educational. To instruct the public and raise awareness about puppetry as a means of communication, an extension of human expression, and as a performing art. This includes teaching the community about the importance of puppetry as well as enhancing the proficiency of the Art of Puppetry, both professional and amateur, by publications, educational materials, workshops, forums, conventions, festivals, panels, lectures, advisory services, and all other means and methods. Puppeteers of America has produced over 160 national and regional festivals to celebrate and share the art of puppetry. The organization publishes the quarterly magazine, The Puppetry Journal. Founded in 1949, The Puppetry Journal provides a continuing chronicle of contemporary puppetry. For more information, visit https://puppeteers.org/

The GPAPG holds four(4) Guild Meetings per year, quarterly. You can find dates and times for Guild Meetings and other events using the link below.

Guild Events

If you are a member, you will receive four (4) emails before a Guild Meeting. The first email will come thirty (30) days before the meeting with a link to add to your calendar and a form to fill out if you want to present something at the meeting. The second email will come seven (7) days before the meeting with a Zoom Link, a link to add to your calendar, and another opportunity to fill out the form if you want to present something at the meeting. The third email will come twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting as a reminder, will have the Zoom link, and a last chance to fill out the form. The final email will come one(1) hour before the meeting as a reminder and will have the Zoom link.

If you are not a member, you are allowed to attend two (2) meetings before you must become a member. You can request to attend a Guild Meeting by filling out the form on the Contact page by selecting "Attend A Meeting Request" in the "Contact Options" field.