Innovation in Puppetry: From Animatronics to CGI
Jim Henson’s Creature Shop — Tuesday, January 13, 2009

PROGRAM
6:30 – 7:30pm    Social Hour
7:30 – 8:15pm    Presentation on the Henson Soundstage:
                           Overview of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop with
                           live demo of the Henson Digital Puppetry Studio
8:15 – 8:30pm    Q & A from the audience
8:30 – 9:15pm    Self-guided tours of the lot and guided tours
                            of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop

• Tours of the Creature Shop, Viewing of short film about the Henson Studio and self guided tours will be offered before and after the presentation 
• Line up outside Building 8 by the “Little Tramp” footprints for the Creature Shop Tour: 6:30, 6:50, 7:10, 8:30, 8:50, 9:10 and 9:30
• Line up outside Building 2 to view short film about studio  
• Map of Henson lot Attached

LOCATION:  Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, At The Jim Henson Company
1416 N La Brea Ave., Hollywood, CA  90028   323.802.1500

DIRECTIONS & PARKING:  The Jim Henson Company is located in central Hollywood, at the corner of La Brea Ave and DeLongpre, one block south of Sunset Blvd. For parking, please pull into the DeLongpre Ave gate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts lot, across the street from The Jim Henson Company. From there, walk through the front gate of The Jim Henson Company at 1416 N. La Brea Ave. (Just look for the giant Kermit statue).
See http://la.siggraph.org for more info.

This event is free to LA ACM SIGGRAPH and Visual Effects Society members and $20 for non-members. New LA ACM SIGGRAPH members who sign up on site and pay the $40 annual membership fee (checks or cash only) do not have to pay the $20.