Bonnie Erickson: The Woman Behind Miss Piggy

Bonnie Erickson was a key collaborator and member of the original design team for The Muppet Show. She created crowd favourites such as Miss Piggy, and Statler and Waldorf, and multiple other characters across a range of Jim Henson productions. Bonnie will share her work across design and storytelling, discuss the impact of Jim Henson’s vision across puppetry, television, film, special effects and media technologies, and share insights from her time as Creative Director for the product division of The Jim Henson Company and Children's Television Workshop.