Arts Hub Australia -- To countless big kids around the world, The Jim Henson Company and its stable of felt and feathers are a cultural touchstone. In Australia, you’d be hard pressed to find a thirty-something whose childhood memories didn’t star a Muppet or two.
5 Apr 2007
Venessa Paech
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Arts Hub Australia — To countless big kids around the world, The Jim Henson Company and its stable of felt and feathers are a cultural touchstone. In Australia, you’d be hard pressed to find a thirty-something whose childhood memories didn’t star a Muppet or two.
Venessa has worked as an actor, singer, producer, choreographer, director and writer in New York and Australia. She earned a BFA in Theatre from New York University (Tisch School of the Arts) and an MA in Creative Media from the University of Brighton (UK). She was head of Community for Lonely Planet for several years and is currently Lead Community Manager for Community Engine. She is a published social media scholar and regularly speaks and consults around online communities: clients include Melbourne Cabaret Festival, Live Performance Australia, Ad:tech, Eye For Travel, Media140, Australian TAFE Marketing Association, SitePoint, Social Media Club Melbourne, Print NZ and more. Venessa is the former Editor of Arts Hub Australia.
