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    • NORTHWEST PUPPET CENTER
    PRESENTS

    THE WORLD OF PUPPETRY
    Treasures from the Cook/Marks Collection

    FREE EXHIBIT AT SEATTLE CENTER!

    July 23-Aug. 1, 2010

     Over the past six decades, Alan Cook has amassed an internationally acclaimed collection with over 5,000 puppets. Included are traditions from around the world and works by prominent puppeteers from the past few centuries. After a panel of artists, consultants and advisors carefully considered institutions across the West Coast, Northwest Puppet Center was chosen to become the permanent home for the collection!

    The Cook/Marks Collection is named for Alan Cook and Jacqueline Marks. In 1999, a group of friends gathered in California to help Alan with the important task of organizing the collection and helping decide a permanent home. Jackee has been one of these dedicated volunteers and a generous benefactor. In addition to the unique cultural and historic resource of the collection being donated, a very kind and visionary contribution by The Jacqueline Marks Fund of The California Community Foundation has been made to support the endeavor.

    To introduce The Cook/Marks Collection, Northwest Puppet Center has organized an exhibit at Seattle Center Pavilion B (next to the skateboard park). Please join us in celebrating the arrival of these puppets and be amongst the first in town to see them on display! Admission is FREE and the schedule is as follows:

    6pm-9pm on Fri. July 23, 2010 - Exhibit Opening
    11am-4pm on Sat. July 24 - Sun. July 25, 2010
    11am-3pm on Mon. July 26 - Fri. July 30, 2010
    11am-4pm on Sat. July 31 - Sun. Aug. 1, 2010

    This exhibit is sponsored by The Jacqueline Marks Fund of The California Community Foundation and Seattle Center.


    More of the collection on display at Northwest Puppet Center during the 2010-2011 Season! If you would like to assist with this enormous effort, please consider making a donation to Northwest Puppet Center and help create a world-class museum of puppetry.


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