Accomplishments

2022 - Present - Sitting board member of the Jim Henson Foundation.
2018 & 2019 - Awarded 2 grants from the Jim Henson Foundation for “The Hip Hopera of 5P1N0K10”.
2020 - Awarded a grant from Heather Henson’s Handmade Puppet Dreams to produce the short film “5P1N0K10”.
2016 - Puppeteer in the music video “Where They From (WTF)” with Missy Elliott and Pharrell Williams.
2017 - Puppeteer in Amazon Echo commercial with Missy Elliott and Alec Baldwin.
2022 - Puppet builder and puppeteer in the show “Random Acts of Flyness” produced by Terence Nance, season 2, episode 1.
2022 - First candidate chosen for the “Puppetry Now” program at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, GA.
2024 - “The Hip Hopera of 5P1N0K10” at the Chicago International Puppetry Theater Festival
2023 - “The Hip Hopera of 5P1N0K10” at the National Puppetry Festival at the University of Maryland
2023 - “SWIM” installation at the 701c Gallery in Columbia, SC
2023 - “The Hip Hopera of 5P1N0K10” at the LaMama Theater in Manhattan, NYC
2023 - Puppet commission by the Hostorical Clayborn Temple to “Walk With Amal” in Memphis, TN
Jeghetto’s North East Tour 2023: The Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry (UConn), Puppets in Paradise Festival with the Sandglass Theater (Putney, VT), Mayo Street Arts (Portland, MA), Puppet Showplace Theater (Boston, MA)
2022 - The Autobipuppetry of Jeghetto” at the LaMama Theater in Manhattan, NYC
2023 - Jeghetto’s Puppet Invasion residency and parade on historic Beale St. in Memphis, TN
2022 - Artist Residency at 701c Gallery in Columbia, SC
2022 - Puppet Building Residency for the “Isle of Noise” at James Madison University
2021 - “The Phoenix” installation at the Automata Gallery in Los Angeles, CA
2021 - Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Neighborhood Tour with Joshua Holden
2021 - “Just Another Lynching at the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
2018 - Featured segment on the Steve Harvey Show
2018 - St. Thomas Carnival Parade with Paperhand Puppet Intervention
2020 - Puppet Builder and Puppeteer in music video with Kane Smego “Collard Green Music”
2019 - Puppet Builder and Puppeteer in the music video by G Yamazawa “We Made It”
2008 - 2018 - puppet builder and performer with "paperhand puppet intervention" for over 10 years