Puppets in Prague

Looking for inspiration and a great learning experience this summer? Puppets in Prague is an ongoing workshop for introducing animators and students of animation to the rich history of puppet-making and performance in Czechoslovakia.

For ten years, Mirek Trejtnar and Leah Gaffen have been organizing puppet workshops for students from around the world. Mirek heads the workshops - he is a puppet-maker himself and also a designer of toys, sculpture and much more with a special background in wood. Leah is an American who takes care of the organizational side of the workshops. Together Leah and Mirek bring together a team of leading Czech artists - woodcarvers, puppet designers, puppeteers, film animators, etc.- who bring the students into the world of puppetry in Prague.

Check out their program on their website: http://www.puppetsinprague.eu

Free Seminar! Breaking into the Business

NEIA and WIFV/NE present a Free Seminar!
Breaking into the Business with Eve Light Honthaner

Thursday, April 2
7:00pm
Pine Manor College
Room: Halden 217
400 Heath Street
Chestnut Hill, MA

New England Institute of Art, Boston, in partnership with Women in Film and Video/New England,
is sponsoring a free event featuring Eve Light Honthaner.

Honthaner is the author of "Hollywood Drive--What it Takes to Break in, Hang in, and Make it in the Entertainment Industry." She also wrote "The Complete Film Production Handbook", which is used in production classes nationwide. She has worked at film companies such as Orion Pictures, DreamWorks, 20th Century Fox and New Regency and most recently served as production coordinator for Ben Stiller's film, "Tropic Thunder."