 |
 designer and builder, puppeteer, artist, HandyNan |
|||
|
||||
|
Artist Bio | |||
|
Annett Mateo has been an artist all her life but was sidetracked by a high tech career for 15 years as a mainframe legacy application programmer. She has been a resident of the Fremont community of Seattle for nearly 20 years. Her creative endeavors include designing, building and performing small theater puppets to giant sized festival puppets. You have seen her at many of the festivals of the region and might have also seen her at the libraries in the area performing original takes on favorite tales for the libraries summer reading programs. | |||
|
||||
|
Annett is thrilled to be on staff at the Seattle Children's Theater after having built puppets under the guidence of Douglas Paasch since 2002. Annett is also one of the co-founders of Monkey Wrench Puppet Lab, the folks who produce the more or less annual Drunk Puppet Nite. She was also managing director, puppet builder, and graphic artist for Monkey Wrench Puppet Lab’s amazing production of Frankenocchio. |
|||
|
||||
|
Annett has been an active member of the Fremont Arts Council for many years, serving as one of its charter board members as well as participating in, and assisting organizing the variety of community arts celebrations produced throughout each year. These events include the Fremont Solstice Parade and Pageant, May Day festival, Annual Garage Sale, and Trolloween. She has also had involvement in other community festivals such the Illuminares Festival in Vancouver BC, the University Street Festival in Seattle, and the Heart of the Beast annual May Day festival in Minnesota. | |||
|
||||
|
In 1997, Annett was co-author/illustrator of Lanterns: Ancient Technology; Eternal Beauty, a self-published book containing a brief history of lanterns and illustrated instruction for a variety of lantern types. | |||
|
||||
|
||||