UNIMA PRESIDENT

Louise Lapointe holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from Laval University (Québec,1981), a Bachelor’s in Theatre / Technical Production from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (Toronto, 1984), and a Certificate in Puppet Construction from ESNAM (Charleville-Mézières,1992). She worked at the Montreal Conservatory of Dramatic Art from 1988 to 2012 as a stage technician and props master. She has also collaborated on numerous professional productions as a set designer and mask/puppet maker. Louise has been involved in puppetry associations for over thirty years. She has served as Secretary of the Quebec Puppeteers Association (AQM), as an advisor for UNIMA-Canada, and was elected to UNIMA’s Executive Committee in 2016. She founded CASTELIERS in 2005, which programs an annual international puppet festival and serves as a research and creation center. In 2022, Louise was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government for her contributions to puppetry.