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* An illustrated timeline of Henson's life and career |
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==Behind the scenes== |
==Behind the scenes== |
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==Tour Schedule== |
==Tour Schedule== |
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*09/07/07 - 11/25/07: Arkansas Arts Center (Little Rock, [[Arkansas|AR]]) |
*09/07/07 - 11/25/07: Arkansas Arts Center (Little Rock, [[Arkansas|AR]]) |
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*12/15/07 - 03/09/08: Arizona Museum for Youth (Mesa, [[Arizona|AZ]]) |
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Revision as of 12:31, 16 November 2010
The exhibit at the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, AR
Jim Henson's Fantastic World is a large traveling exhibit that opened in September 2007. The exhibit will give a firsthand look into the creations, imagination and works of Jim Henson.
The exhibit is organized by the Jim Henson Legacy and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, with cooperation from the Henson family, the Jim Henson Company, the Muppets Holding Company and Sesame Workshop.
The 3,000 square-foot exhibit will visit twelve locations across the United States for twelve-week showing periods, running from September 2007 to May 2011.
For the exhibit's stop at the Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum in Seattle, the puppet band Mudgarden Experience was created by local artist Annett Mateo, for a hands-on experience with Muppet-style puppets of Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Carrie Akre and Keith Moon. Visitors could rock out to Me First and the Gimme Gimmes' version of "The Rainbow Connection", while a Master Replicas Gonzo poser "operated" the camera set up on top of a "1234 Seattle" stoop.[1]
For the exhibit's stop at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Miss Piggy in her wedding gown from The Muppets Take Manhattan was added as a special item.
Exhibit Features
- Several of Henson's Muppets and Creatures (including characters from The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, and other productions)
- Over 100 framed works of art (include paintings, sketches, cartoons, and storyboards)
- A large collection of rare photographs
- Unique production documents
- Additional artifacts and film props
- Over 30 minutes of special video presentations
- An illustrated timeline of Henson's life and career
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Behind the scenes
Tour Schedule
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Miss Piggy in Chicago
- 09/07/07 - 11/25/07: Arkansas Arts Center (Little Rock, AR)
- 12/15/07 - 03/09/08: Arizona Museum for Youth (Mesa, AZ)
- 03/29/08 - 06/22/08: Louisiana Art and Science Museum (Baton Rouge, LA)
- 07/12/08 - 10/05/08: International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC)
- 10/25/08 - 01/18/09: Atlanta History Center (Atlanta, GA)
- 02/07/09 - 05/03/09: Orange County Regional History Center (Orlando, FL)
- 05/23/09 - 08/16/09: Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum (Seattle, WA)
- 09/05/09 - 11/29/09: James A. Michener Art Museum (Doylestown, PA)
- 12/19/09 - 03/14/10: Mississippi Museum of Art (Jackson, MS)
- 04/03/10 - 06/27/10: National Heritage Museum (Lexington, MA)
- 07/17/10 - 10/10/10:
Fresno Metropolitan Museum (Fresno, CA)
- Canceled because the museum closed its doors on January 5, 2010
- 10/30/10 - 01/23/11: Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, IL)
- 02/12/11 - 05/01/11: Lakeview Museum of Art and Science (Peoria, IL)
Sources
- ↑ Akimbo Puppets Mudgarden Experience puppet band commission information