Brownies Visit COPA...

About fifteen Brownies from a local troup paid a visit to COPA on Monday, March 8, 2004. They were delighted to see such large variety of puppets. Curator Alan Cook and other COPA members toured the group through the office, photography area and storage room where many marionettes can be seen hanging on racks.

A Volunteer¹s Shining Example...

COPA Newsletter #5 - February 23, 2004

Read about Spit, Shine & Glisten

The COPA board would like to invite all members and friends to a general membership meeting on Sunday, March 7 from 1 pm until 4 pm to discuss how best to achieve the short and long term objectives and goals of the organization.

Learn how to take pictures, repair puppets and download information on the computer. You will get hands on experience in these important skills. Then schedule volunteer time to work at COPA, make new friends and help with an important project.

It is critical that COPA develop a hands on support group to continue the important work of documenting, repairing and storing the puppets and related artefacts and books. Once this has been done, COPA will be ready for the next step; scheduling exhibitions, workshops and puppet shows.

• Donation from anonymous collector of museum quality puppets
• Held Open House and membership drive at new location
• Hosted Bakersfield Museum Blue Ribbon Group for tour of COPA
• Renowned puppeteers from outside the area toured the collection
• Coached volunteers on use of iMac, Filemaker Pro and digital camera
• Received over 20 rod puppets from Barbara Mackay's U.C.L.A. production of The Rose and The Ring.
• Partnered with Visual Arts and Design Academy for interns to learn procedural training in the arts.