The Guild is the primary resource for the puppetry arts in San Diego County. Its major focus is bringing curriculum and standards based programming to the schools, but it also provides puppet instruction, building, and training expertise to local colleges and theatres. It frequently collaborates with other arts and culture organizations, museums, libraries and community centers when their programs call for puppetry. It is committed to creating, presenting and mentoring a wide variety of performances, workshops, giant puppet parades, exhibits and hands-on arts experiences for all ages. Finding funding to bring free puppetry programming to underserved populations is, as always, a high priority. Its current teaching and performing artists have, collectively, well over 200 years professional experience in almost all phases of the art, and strongly believe in the power of puppet theatre to educate, inspire, and change the lives of those it touches in profound and positive ways.