FLEXIBITION by FLEXITOON

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1 FLEXIBITION by FLEXITOON Flexitoon creates puppets, animated objects, and programming for live theatre, television, commercials, film, and the internet The artists will donate 30% of all art sales to Reeves-Reed Arboretum. For information, call Frank Juliano, Title Price Image 1. Face Among a Crowd of Faces $ The Directator (character study for Flexitoon puppet)

2 3. The Taxi Driver (from adult puppet theatre production, LIFEFORMZ) 4. Officer Buriden 5. The School Bus 6. Mister X and Mike O Phone

3 7. Peace Through Television 8. Peer Into the Landscape and What Do You See? 9. The Herald of Funzville (study for abstract marionette) 10. Woman at her Desk 11. Owl/Fish (study for animation sequence)

4 12. YAY! (Exuberance) 13. Window to When (psychedelic study) 14. Red Balloon Afternoon 15. Ahoy for Pete s Sake (study for children s book cover) $ Jacob Marley (study for Flexitoon puppet production of A Christmas Carol)

5 17. Her Busy Day (hand-made frame) $ Gabriel and His Penny Whistle 19. Puppets at a Puppet Show 20. Man with Goatee (study for Beatnik puppet) $ Memory of a Girl and Sky $150

6 22. Hungarian Ventriloquist (personal friend) $ Night (design for stage backdrop) $ Dug $ Craig self portrait $ Eye of the Storm of the Beholder SOLD

7 27. Energy 28. Money Tree 29. Whirl three shapes about to move $100 ABOUT THE ARTISTS Before there was theatre before there were spoken words there were puppets. From the beginning of human existence, the process of bringing life to inanimate objects walked hand-in-hand with evolution. Thus, a select breed of artists known as puppeteers was born. Craig Marin & Olga Felgemacher, better known as FLEXITOON, present a FLEXIBITION of original art work, preproduction sketches and story boards inspired by and created for live theatre, television, commercials, film, and the internet, here at The Hat Tavern. They call their creations FLEXITOONS and have built that trademark into an award-winning puppet production company, THE FLEXITOON PUPPETS. Millions of children have grown up watching their puppets on the hit PBS series, Shining Time Station, starring George Carlin and Ringo Starr; on Nickelodeon s Pinwheel; Showtime s Weekly Reader series, KID S TV; and the long-running The DJ Kat Show, on Fox.

8 The FLEXITOON Talking Stain commercial for Tide-To-Go (winner of the Silver Lion Award at Cannes), was voted a top Super Bowl Commercial of All Time as well as Viewer s Choice Award for the funniest commercial in the world. Other commercial and corporate clients include: Minolta; Wisk; McDonalds; Hardees; Kraft; Teledyne; Oxydol; P&G; Johnson & Johnson; Ortho Diagnostic; Merrill Lynch; Beecham; and Ford. Recognized both nationally and internationally, on film, television, at theatre festivals and theme parks, and art galleries, FLEXITOON has created puppet art both off-broadway and at Lincoln Center. Their multi-media exhibition, Art That Moves The World of Flexitoon, featuring over 100 of their puppets from stage and screen, and in conjunction with live performances, has met with resounding acclaim wherever presented. In 2010, FLEXITOON created a new, site specific production at the Bronx Zoo, commissioned by the World Wildlife Foundation, and appeared before over 120,000 visitors. Craig & Olga are currently in production on a major live theatrical experience. For more info, please visit About Reeves-Reed Arboretum Celebrating over 40 years as an historic public garden, education resource, and non-profit conservancy, Reeves-Reed Arboretum engages, educates and enriches the public through horticulture and environmental education, and the care and utilization of the gardens and estate. Open 7 days a week, the Arboretum is listed on both the National and New Jersey State Historic Registers. Funding for RRA has been made possible in part by the NJ Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State, through a grant administered by the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Dept. of Parks & Community Renewal. The artists will donate 30% of all art sales from this exhibition to Reeves-Reed Arboretum. For information, call Frank Juliano, Reeves-Reed Arboretum a place to grow for everyone!

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