Monkeybear's 2025 Programming

Monkeybear’s Harmolodic Workshop supports Native, Black, IPOC in developing creative/technical skills in contemporary puppetry. Artists get to create their first works of puppetry and develop further in the form. Your support during Give the the Max will help us carry out our programming for 2025! Your support gives our community access to puppetry!

Three of our main programs include:

Workshops: Puppet Performance Intensive: (prerequisite for New Puppetworks) 7-day long (4 hours each evening) workshop teaching the fundamentals of puppet performance led by master puppet artist Andrew Kim. Practice puppets are used to learn how to bring puppets to life.

We also hold shorter one to two day workshops to gain skills in a specific style of puppetry.

New Puppetworks: Eight month mentorship program for Intensive alumni to create 5-8 minute puppet theater pieces. Participants receive $4,000, materials, mentorship, group feedback sessions, access to our studio, workshops to build technical skills in puppetmaking, and culminating show.

Puppet Cinema: Eight month mentorship program to create 5-7 minute long puppet films. Participants get a $4,000 stipend, sound designer, filmmaking workshops, group feedback sessions, access to Monkeybear studio and filmmaking equipment, and mentorship. 

pics of some of our cohorts: