Aretta Baumgartner [she/her] is a performer and teaching artist specializing in puppetry, mask and movement. She’s been a professional puppeteer since 1992, and has presented many hundreds of workshops, master classes and keynotes at arts/arts education events all over the country. Aretta served multiple terms as President of the Board of Directors for the Puppeteers of America and as Education and Advocacy Director at Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts. She performs regularly as a puppeteer, actor and backing vocalist. Aretta is dedicated to using puppetry as a tool to unlock potential, passion and story in every human she meets.