The Ontario Puppetry Association
When I first started looking into puppetry seriously about six years ago, I came across a local organization called the OPA (Ontario Puppetry Association). They are an organization that supports puppetry and people involved in puppetry throughout the province of Ontario (Canada). It is a great way for any aspiring puppeteer, puppet builder or puppet enthusiast to make connections with reputable puppet people in Ontario.
For anyone interested, they are having their annual general meeting this November.
For more information on their annual general meeting and on the OPA, please go to the OPA website.
[…] Well it would seem that there is some very cool things happening over at the Ontario Puppetry Association (see previous post). First off I would like to congratulate Phil Arnold and Mike Harding (see previous post), on their new positions as President and Vice President of the OPA, respectively. I must admit that I was a member years and years ago, and I have let my membership expire. I may just have to join again and get some puppetry socilaizing in. It was a lot of fun and I actulaly met many of the members (who are now running the OPA) when I first joined years ago. […]