Celebrating 80 Years of our Guild!
The Detroit Puppeteers Guild, founded in 1946 and chartered by the Puppeteers of America, Inc. in 1963, is a fellowship of people who invite you to share their love of puppetry, their creative ideas and their experience. Our members are performers, puppet craftsmen, collectors, writers and people like teachers and librarians who use puppetry in their work. Other join simply because of an interest in and a love of puppetry.
The Detroit Puppeteers Guild has been one of the largest most active guilds in North America. We are in the process of rebuilding the guild to surpass it's prior glory. Our bi-monthly meetings offer a variety of performances, workshops, lectures and social events.
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Each April, in celebration of the National Day of Puppetry, the Guild sponsors a "Day of Puppetry," an outreach event open to the public. It features professional performances, workshops, an exhibit and a puppetry store.
The Guild has participated in other events, such as the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Festival of the Arts, the Mount Clemens Art Festival and the Bixby Puppetry Festival in Saline in past years. We look for new opportunities to expand our love of puppetry.
All members receive our recurring e-publication, the Detroit Puppeteers Guild Newsletter, which keeps members abreast of puppetry activities in Michigan as well as events and Festivals throughout the Great Lakes Region and the nation.