About Seth
Artist Statement: Seth is a socially and community engaged mask and puppet artist whose work focuses on a strong research-based dialogue with community or with the history of natural science and environmental education. Seth uses this research-based approach to create work because he believes it allows a deeper and more human understanding of a topic, and he believes that keeping a sense of research and discovery in the creation of work helps stimulate curiosity and wonder in the viewing of the final product. Seth often records community dialogue on an audio recorder or by inviting participants to write down their thoughts, which is then translated, through a rehearsal and object-creation process, into a final performance. He chooses to use objects, like masks and puppets, in a final performance because it allows layers of meaning to be communicated in an instant through the use of visual metaphor, alongside a more traditional theatrical approach with the use of language. Seth's work also has a focus on the environment layering metaphors of biodiversity, ecology, and natural science into thoughts on human society.
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Seth Eberle is a socially and community engaged puppet artist and teaching artist based in Minneapolis, MN. He has a B.S. in Theatre Arts from North Dakota State University and a Graduate Certificate in Natural Science and Environmental Education from Hamline University. Seth has also apprenticed and worked for various companies in puppetry and scenic design, including Magic Lantern Theatre, the Bread and Puppet Theater, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater, Hinterhands Puppetry, Public Domain Productions, Heather Henson's IBEX Puppetry, the Nordnorsk Opera Company of Norway, and VEE Corporation. Recently, Seth has received the NextStep grant through the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council and the Artist Initiative Grant through the Minnesota State Arts Board to work alongside puppet artists and to be mentored in the art form.
Recently, Seth has performed at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre in Make Believe Neighborhood and Music Animated directed by Bart Buch, both were productions that focused on the Phillips Neighborhood of Minneapolis where he lives and celebrated the life and legacy of Fred Rogers. In 2018, he also mounted four different puppet productions over three weekends at Dreamland Arts in St. Paul, including The Ants Who Wanted to Fly, Grandma Greta's Garden, Dream of Owls, and The Loneliest Person in the Universe. Seth has also performed at Open Eye Figure Theatre with Torry Bend's If My Feet Have Lost the Ground.
In the summer of 2015 Seth was a fellow in the Creative Community Leadership Institute, a program of Intermedia Arts, where he delved into making work in and with the community. He is particularly interested in working with youth and recognizes that puppetry as an art is at the crossroads of many art forms. This gives youth a chance to try many different things, and he encourages them to find their own creative voice while working toward a larger project. Seth is currently an artist associated with Silverwood Park, where he teaches a variety of programs focused on art and the natural world and does community engagement through the arts for Three Rivers Park District.
In his personal work, he is interested in creating puppetry for both children and adults, and is consistently working on producing work that has elements of the natural world, home, and his own personal take on relationships in every production. His productions have been part of In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre's PuppetLab, the Minnesota Zoo's Big Bugs! Exhibit, Dreamland Arts, and at community centers, preschools, libraries, and various other venues across Minnesota.
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Seth Eberle is a socially and community engaged puppet artist and teaching artist based in Minneapolis, MN. He has a B.S. in Theatre Arts from North Dakota State University and a Graduate Certificate in Natural Science and Environmental Education from Hamline University. Seth has also apprenticed and worked for various companies in puppetry and scenic design, including Magic Lantern Theatre, the Bread and Puppet Theater, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater, Hinterhands Puppetry, Public Domain Productions, Heather Henson's IBEX Puppetry, the Nordnorsk Opera Company of Norway, and VEE Corporation. Recently, Seth has received the NextStep grant through the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council and the Artist Initiative Grant through the Minnesota State Arts Board to work alongside puppet artists and to be mentored in the art form.
Recently, Seth has performed at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre in Make Believe Neighborhood and Music Animated directed by Bart Buch, both were productions that focused on the Phillips Neighborhood of Minneapolis where he lives and celebrated the life and legacy of Fred Rogers. In 2018, he also mounted four different puppet productions over three weekends at Dreamland Arts in St. Paul, including The Ants Who Wanted to Fly, Grandma Greta's Garden, Dream of Owls, and The Loneliest Person in the Universe. Seth has also performed at Open Eye Figure Theatre with Torry Bend's If My Feet Have Lost the Ground.
In the summer of 2015 Seth was a fellow in the Creative Community Leadership Institute, a program of Intermedia Arts, where he delved into making work in and with the community. He is particularly interested in working with youth and recognizes that puppetry as an art is at the crossroads of many art forms. This gives youth a chance to try many different things, and he encourages them to find their own creative voice while working toward a larger project. Seth is currently an artist associated with Silverwood Park, where he teaches a variety of programs focused on art and the natural world and does community engagement through the arts for Three Rivers Park District.
In his personal work, he is interested in creating puppetry for both children and adults, and is consistently working on producing work that has elements of the natural world, home, and his own personal take on relationships in every production. His productions have been part of In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre's PuppetLab, the Minnesota Zoo's Big Bugs! Exhibit, Dreamland Arts, and at community centers, preschools, libraries, and various other venues across Minnesota.
