Center For Puppetry Arts

As a VENUE: Host your event…

Add some imagination to your next event! Whether you’re planning a * Wedding * Corporate Social * Baby Shower, or * a memorable Company Outing, the Center for Puppetry Arts offers a truly unparalleled, unforgettable experience. Your guests can witness the magic of a performance, participate in a Create-A-Puppet Workshop™ or discover the Worlds of Puppetry Museum. Make your next event a creative experience, and we guarantee your guests will take home memories that last. * Birthday Memories are a specialty: The festivities begin with priority seating for family and friends at one of our live puppet shows, including a special announcement before the show recognizing the birthday child. Next, it’s off to Harlequin Hall for the perfect birthday celebration! You can even add a Create-A-Puppet Workshop so each guest can make a souvenir puppet to take home. It’s a one-of-a-kind party for your one-of-a-kind kid! Six distinctive spaces are available:

• The Love Family Atrium: The Love Family Atrium, with the adjacent Worlds of Puppetry Museum, is a fantastic space for your next party or corporate meeting. With 18 foot ceilings, airy columns, and the beautiful entrance to our Museum, this space can easily be transformed for your next function. With rental of the adjacent Worlds of Puppetry Museum, guests can explore the art of puppetry in conjunction with your event. The Love Family Atrium is available for rent for after-hour events only.
  • Capacity: Seated – 100 guests  I  Standing – 175 guests
  • 2,100 square feet    
• Mainstage Theatre: The Mainstage Theater is fully equipped to handle most lighting and sound requirements for presentations and events.
  • Capacity: 320 seats
• Vince Anthony Founder’s Theatre 
  • Capacity: 170 seats
• Harlequin Hall: This colorful, multi-purpose room can be divided into 4 smaller spaces, making it ideal for all events, from baby showers to breakout meeting spaces.
  • Capacity: Full Room Seated – 80 guests  I  Full Room Standing – 100 guests  I  Half Room Seated – 40 guests  I  Half Room Standing – 50 guests I  Quarter Room Seated – 15 guests  I  Quarter Room Standing – 30 guests
  • 425 – 1,700 square feet
• Martha Hodgson Ellis Education Historical Classrooms: Our beautiful classroom spaces take visitors back in time, when the historic Spring Street Elementary educated Atlanta-area school children. Polished hardwood floors, large windows, and bright trim make our Classrooms the perfect venue for book club meetings, corporate presentations, or small parties such as baby showers or small corporate socials.
  • Capacity: Seated – 40 guests  I  Standing – 60 guests
  • Size: Varies
• Conference Room: The Conference Room is a cozy, dynamic space perfect for meetings and cocktail hours. Featuring a gallery-like collection of framed puppetry posters, the Conference Room will be a welcome oasis for your guests.
  • Capacity: Seated – 25 guests  I  Standing – 35 guests
  • 440 square feet

Support the Center for Puppetry Arts… by simply booking your next special occasion here:
https://puppet.org/visit/facility-rentals/

As a SHOP: Discover unique gifts…

Let Us Help You Grow Your Own Puppet Collection: The Center for Puppetry Arts’ Museum Store is filled with unique and educational gifts for all ages. Choose from a wide array of puppets, collectibles, craft kits, books and more!  Items are also available in our online store. Merchandise is catalogued within these collections: * Warm Center Apparel * For the Kiddos * The Ghastly Dreadfuls * Center for Puppetry Arts Apparel * Center for Puppetry Arts Office Items * Center Accessories * Center Housewares, and * Center Souvenirs.

Support the Center for Puppetry Arts… by simply purchasing your specialty merchandise here:
https://puppet.org/visit/museum-store/

Be a DONOR: Show that you care…

Your Time, Donations and Sponsorships Bring Our Puppets to Life.  As 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the Center for Puppetry Arts relies on support from generous donors to make our programs possible. Every field trip, every guided tour, every performance and workshop—everything we do depends on the time and resources you share. Your generosity is so greatly appreciated!

Membership

• Membership at the Center for Puppetry Arts – Our members are needed more than ever! Membership contributions make it possible for the Center to offer creative experiences for thousands of children, families, adults, students, and school teachers through arts-infused education that helps everyone explore their creativity in exciting new ways! Know that you are a part of an incredible community of people who are ensuring the future of the Center for generations to come. Make an extraordinary impact to the Center for Puppetry Arts by becoming a member today! Love visiting Center for Puppetry Arts? Now you can share your love of the Center with others by buying them an annual gift membership. Membership at specified levels are offered: * Student * Individual * Dual * Family * Puppet Prime * Sustainer * Benefactor, and * Impresario. Gift Memberships are encouraged.

Donation

Why Donate to Center for Puppetry Arts: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the Center for Puppetry Arts relies on your tax-deductible donations to share our collection and programs throughout the world. Each year, with your help, the Center opens its doors to more than 200,000 on-site visitors; engages learners from 90 countries around the world through Digital Learning programs; and reaches thousands more through community outreach programs. In short, your donation toward the Center’s operating costs will provide critical funds where they’re needed most. Thank you!

• General Fund: These donations go to our general programming, including educational programs and productions. Donations at specified amounts are designated or you may customize your gifts. Recurring options are encouraged.
• Field Trip Fund: With your help, we offer over 70,000 deeply discounted (sometimes free) tickets each year to school and community groups, so all kids can enjoy our arts-infused education programs. Donations at specified amounts are designated or you may customize your gifts. Recurring options are encouraged.
• Museum Acquisition Fund: These donations made in honor of the Center’s main collector and contributor, Nancy Staub, go toward growing our collection of puppets from around the world. Donations at specified amounts are designated or you may customize your gifts. Recurring options are encouraged.
• AmazonSmile Fund: Thanks to the Amazon Smile program, you can help the Center at no additional cost to you! Simply visit smile.amazon.com, select the Center for Puppetry Arts as your chosen charity, then do your usual shopping.
• Monthly Giving: Set it and forget it! Monthly donors provide ongoing, critical support for the Center’s operations – from hands-on educational workshops, to awe-inspiring performances, to one-of-a-kind Museum exhibitions. Making a monthly gift is a convenient way to have a very real impact on the lives of those who engage with the Center’s programs. Your monthly donation also helps the Center to plan ahead and budget more efficiently throughout the year. Best of all, you can adjust or cancel your monthly gift easily at any time.
• Featured Creature: Get a Nameplate on the Wall. “Featured Creatures” are personalized puppet nameplates installed right on the Center’s wall! Each nameplate is digitally printed with an image of a puppet from the Global Collection or the Jim Henson Collection, along with your inscription or dedication. You and your loved ones will be able to see your personal nameplate every time you visit the Center! If you wish, the Center can send a notification of your gift and nameplate dedication to your honoree or their family.
• Name a Seat: Make Your Mark on the Center’s Mainstage Theater. Honor or memorialize your favorite theater-goer by naming a seat after them in the Center’s Mainstage Theater. Your seat sponsorship gift of $250 is fully tax-deductible and will support the Center’s daily operations. This is the perfect birthday or holiday gift for the puppetry aficionado in your life!
• Memory Gifts: Honor a Loved One and Continue Their Legacy. You can make a gift in honor or in memory of someone anytime, in any amount. Upon your request, we will also notify the recipient that you have made a gift in their honor.
• Matching Gifts: Double Your Impact! Many companies will match charitable donations or the tax-deductible portion of your Center Membership! Find out if your company offers a matching gift program by contacting your Human Resources Department. Then contact the Center to set up your matching donation.
• Naming Gifts: Perfect for Larger Sponsorships. For those who wish to showcase their support of the Center by naming a Center space or exhibition, the Center offers a variety of naming opportunities.
• Stock Gifts: Give Stocks or Securities and Increase Your Tax Benefit. The Center welcomes gifts of appreciated securities, such as stocks and mutual funds. In fact, these gifts may provide you with a greater tax benefit than an equivalent cash gift.
• Planned Gifts: Make the Center for Puppetry Arts Part of Your Own Legacy. Has the Center for Puppetry Arts played an important role in your life? If so, consider making a planned gift, to ensure that your generosity leaves a lasting impact for years to come. By leaving the Center in your will or living trust, or by designating the Center as a beneficiary of your life insurance plan or retirement plan, you’ll help future generations of children and arts lovers engage with the Center. Making a planned gift is easier than you might think – and planned gifts offer flexibility as well as tax benefits for your estate.
• Donate Auction Items: Our annual fundraiser is promoted to 350+ attendees and our entire email list. Donating auction items is a great way to get publicity for your business and support a great cause!
  • Chef’s dinners, wine tastings and gift cards
  • Vacations and behind-the-scenes experiences
  • Jewelry, art, and other luxury goods
  • Sports tickets or autographed memorabilia
• Donate Museum Puppets: Our Museum accepts donations of puppets only if it intends to accession them into its collections. We must be very selective to ensure that objects acquired are appropriate to the collection’s mission statement and can be properly cared for and displayed.
• Donate Educational Puppets: The Center offers engaging workshops, residencies, and live video conferencing programs to allow learners of all ages and experience levels to enjoy the art of puppetry. Puppets accepted as donations into the Education and/or Distance Learning Department collections will be used in these hands-on, curriculum-based presentations.
• Donate Goods & Services: Running a puppet theater, museum, and educational center takes a lot of supplies! We gratefully accept donated goods or services (i.e. in-kind donations). Our wish list includes: * Gift Cards for groceries * gas * office supplies, and * construction supplies. (Ex. Office Depot, Target, The Home Depot, Publix, and Amazon); * Office supplies such as * pens, * Sharpies * tape * post-it notes * glue, and * more; Puppet workshop supplies such as * masking tape * foam shapes * construction paper * “magic” erasers * crayons * markers, and * glue sticks.
• String Fling: String Fling is the annual fundraising event for the Center for Puppetry Arts, raising nearly $250,000 each year to support the Center’s operations, including theatrical productions, museum exhibitions, and arts-infused educational programming. Your attendance and support through String Fling help make all of this possible, and keep puppetry alive and thriving! Please consider donating or getting involved! For more event information about String Fling sponsorships or donations, please contact the Museum’s Development Manager.

Corporate Sponsorship: Keep the Art of Puppetry Alive for Generations to Come. The art of puppetry depends on the actions of passionate arts advocates like you! By supporting the Center for Puppetry Arts, you support efforts across our theater, museum, and education programs – from field trips to creative outreach programs, exhibitions of cultural history, artist-created installations, and collecting and preservation. Your funding also directly supports the work of writers, musicians, set designers, costumers, lighting and theater technicians, and – of course – puppet builders and puppeteers working to develop and present new puppetry theater productions. Corporate Sponsors at the Center are able to grow visibility in the community, get perks for employees, and so much more!

Volunteer: Our volunteer positions are for both teens and adults who want to help make our visitors’ experiences more magical. General volunteers help at events like our puppet shows and DragonCon events. They include roles like greeters, ticket takers and workshop helpers. If you want to be more involved in tours, we also have docent positions. Our docents are extensively trained, so they can share facts about puppetry around the world.

Support the Center for Puppetry Arts… by simply joining, contributing, and volunteering here:

https://puppet.org/support-us/