Beth Peterson has been creating puppets, masks, pageants, parades and puppet shows for over 16 years. Most recently she designed the puppets and masks for The Pink Dress that performed a run at the Japanese American National Museum and at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet (HOBT) and Mask Theatre in Minneapolis, where she was the Associate Artistic Director for many years. She has worked extensively in schools, communities, and on the professional puppet stage. At HOBT Ms. Peterson directed The Wild Swans, directed and designed two pieces for the 2004 Minnesota Orchestra family concerts, created many family shows, toured to South Korea and the Dominican Republic, and founded and directed the Art Bus summer employment and touring giant puppet show project for Inner city teens. In Los Angeles she teaches puppetry arts workshops, creates temporary public art works with community through LA Commons, and directed Bari Gongju a collaboration with Korean puppet designer Eum Jeoung Ae that debuted at the Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles winter of 2005.