Welcome to Juniper Tree Puppets

Juniper Tree Puppets has been a long time center for puppetry and storytelling arts.
We are interested in the art and archetype, the magic and meaning, the wisdom and healing of story and ensouled puppetry.

Upcoming Events 2013 Now Booking

 If you would like to learn more about these events, please contact me at:     suzanne@junipertreepuppets.com

  • Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 4,5 – Regional ECE Puppetry Workshop – The 4-Season rod Puppet – ‘The Grandmother’
  • Development of Language and how Story and Puppetry Support Speech – May 7-9 Milwaukee WI Lifeways Training – open to all
  • Lifeways National Conference – Marin County, CA – May 18  Presenter
  • San Francisco -May 19 -Wet Felting for Early Childhood – creating sturdy GNOME HOUSES
  • Santa Monica Waldorf School ECE pro-development June 17,18
  • HAWAII -  June 20,21,22- Development of Language and How Story and Puppetry Support Speech - Lifeways Hawaii – This section is open to all.
  • Fair Oaks, CA –  July 1,2,3 The Art of the Story Apron for the ECE Trainings at Rudolf Steiner College
  • Denver CO – July 8-12  Final Session of the Advanced Therapeutic ECE Program – Theme Autism
  • NEW SERIES – CERTIFICATE PUPPETRY TRAINING BEGINS JULY 2013   IN KEENE NH – TAKING APPLICATIONS!
  • Michigan August 23-24  – ECE Regional Workshop – Theme TBA
  • NYC - October 11-14  The Mother and Baby Rod Puppet workshop – Touched Into Being.
  • Kimberton, Pennsylvania – October TBA
  • Buffalo, NY Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Development of Language, Puppetry, and Storytelling – open workshop in the Lifeways Training
  • Fair Oaks, CA, Nov 8-10 – Presenter at the Western States ECE Conference at Rudolf Steiner College – Keynote – Dr Adam Blanning -
  • Fair Oaks, CA.  Nov. 11,12  The Art of The Story Apron ECE Dept. Rudolf Steiner College
  • Vancouver BC, December  TBA

 

 I am now booking events for 2014. Contact me to sign up.

Certificate Training in Puppetry and Story Arts

The School: The Certificate Training and the Summer Institute are ongoing each year.  Contact suzanne@junipertreepuppets.com   to find out about the Trainings.

  • We offer a serious one-year part time training program focusing on 3 key areas:
  • Pedagogical puppetry with an early childhood focus
  • Practical insights and therapeutic aspects of puppetry
  • Artistic presentation through silk marionette theater and fairy tales
  • Our 16th Certificate Training Course begins Summer 2013 in New England
  • Our Summer Institute offers ECE Professional Development Intensives each summer

Book Now I am now booking Training Programs for 2013. Contact me to sign up.