Grian
MacGregor finds inspiration for her puppetry from her life experiences. She
is a gardener, beekeeper, writer, mask-maker, dancer, recycler, traveler,
collage artist, and creator of wearable art. Her recycling and environmental
outlook are the result of her upbringing as the oldest of nine children. In
1981, upon the birth of her daughter Hannah, she left the formal teaching
profession to pursue an uncertain future in the world of puppet theater. These
days, when she is not volunteering as an adult literacy tutor, or paddling
her own canoe around upstate New York, she can be found in libraries and classrooms
from Seattle to Maine to North Carolina, guiding children down the joyful
path of puppetry.
SELECTED GRANTS and AWARDS
1998-2002: Teaching Artist, Empire State Partnership
Grant between Bard College & Mill Road School, Red Hook, NY
1997 New York Foundation for the Arts, Performance
Art Fellowship
1995 New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization
Project: Ongoing puppet theater workshop with junior high students
1994 Arts-in-Education Grant, New York Foundation
for the Arts, Saratoga City Schools. Working with 140 first graders, adapted
three folk tales to puppet stage. Produced a one-hour program.
1987 Special Purpose Grant, Mid-Hudson Library System;
Collaboration with author/illustrator Daniel Pinkwater
Contact: Grian MacGregor
PO Box 62, Lake Hill, NY 12448
(845)679-8312 email: ivyvine@ulster.net
