Street Creature Puppet Collective

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  • Secret Agent 23 Skidoo Show

    We are collaborating with a icon of the children’s music scene and it is SO fun! Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, aka Cactus, reached out to us about 3 months ago with an invitation. After sharing songs, puppets and conversation, we agreed to bring our community powered puppet fun to his birthday show at the Grey…

  • Space for Art

    It’s been about a year since we moved into the Asheville Mall. This is an appreciation post for the good folks there, especially the manager Sam Cerniglia. He has a vision of a mall that reflects and supports the local community. To that end he helped our super low budget, volunteer powered collective get into…

  • Mini Floats at the Library

    Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card! Especially because our little Mardi Gras garden floats are visiting the Pack Square Library this month. Thanks to Megan Northcote, the Youth Services Coordinator, who enthusiastically welcomed 9 of our creations: Downstairs in the children’s section we have the Disco Garden, the Treasure Chest, the…

  • A Little Piece of Paradise

    Asheville Mardi Gras 2024 was wonderful! We brought our mini-float gardens and new giant snail named Glisso to the streets of Southslope. The goose that laid the golden egg came back from Halloween House as Mother Goose. The gnomes showed up. We had about 40 people in our group and marched with the fab Brass…

  • Julie Too Tall we love you

    Our dear Street Creature Julie Vann crossed over last night, after a short battle with thyroid cancer. Visionary, Asheville icon, circus performer, inventor, lover of the earth, sister and friend, her sudden diagnosis brought the community together in a powerful way. With her lead we learned how to help someone have a good death. She…

  • Happy New Year!

    It’s the end of the year and we are grateful for the time, space and energy we found in 2023…