{"id":131455,"date":"2017-11-10T08:15:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T13:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=131455"},"modified":"2017-11-09T15:40:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T20:40:15","slug":"exhibit-puts-spotlight-sports-mascots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2017\/11\/exhibit-puts-spotlight-sports-mascots\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibit Puts Spotlight on Sports Mascots"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jonathan the Husky, UConn's current mascot, right, poses with ESPN's mascot Buster Brackets. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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Jonathan the Husky, UConn's current mascot, right, poses with ESPN's mascot Buster Brackets. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Jonathan<\/a>
Jonathan the Husky, UConn's current mascot visits the exhibit 'Mascots! Mask Performance in the 21st Century' at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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Jonathan the Husky, UConn's current mascot visits the exhibit 'Mascots! Mask Performance in the 21st Century' at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"A<\/a>
A previous version of UConn's Jonathan the Husky, left, and Lil' Red from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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A previous version of UConn's Jonathan the Husky, left, and Lil' Red from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Baby<\/a>
Baby Jay, left, and Big Jay, mascots of the University of Kansas. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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Baby Jay, left, and Big Jay, mascots of the University of Kansas. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"The<\/a>
The Famous San Diego Chicken, left, and Clutch the Rockets Bear wearing a Chinese language jersey. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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The Famous San Diego Chicken, left, and Clutch the Rockets Bear wearing a Chinese language jersey. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Jonathan<\/a>
Jonathan the Husky, UConn's current mascot, right, poses with the Famous San Diego Chicken. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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Jonathan the Husky, UConn's current mascot, right, poses with the Famous San Diego Chicken. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Winger<\/a>
Winger the Eagle, left, the alumni mascot of the Washington Capitals, and Youppi! the mascot of the Montreal Expos and Montreal Canadiens. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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Winger the Eagle, left, the alumni mascot of the Washington Capitals, and Youppi! the mascot of the Montreal Expos and Montreal Canadiens. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Slider,<\/a>
Slider, the mascot of the Cleveland Indians. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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Slider, the mascot of the Cleveland Indians. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

‘Mascots! Mask Performance in the 21st Century,’ costumed mascots of college and professional sports teams, is the new exhibition at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry.<\/p>\n

Featured mascots include UConn’s Jonathan the Husky, Big Jay and Baby Jay from the University of Kansas, and Lil\u2019 Red from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, to famous professional sports team mascots including Boston\u2019s favorite mascot, Wally the Green Monster; Winger, the former mascot of the Washington Capitals; Clutch from the Houston Rockets; and the Famous San Diego Chicken.<\/p>\n

“Although mascots are an ever-present element of American culture, they are very rarely celebrated and considered as a part of centuries-old global mask traditions,\u201d says John Bell, a puppet historian and director of the Ballard Institute. \u201cThis exhibition will allow us to look at mascots in a new way.”<\/p>\n

The exhibit continues through Feb. 11. For more information go to bimp.uconn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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