Robin Frohardt is a painter, builder and puppeteer based in Oakland California.  She has spent the last couple years working on projects in Thailand and Taiwan.  She  worked with local communities and schools to build giant puppets and floats, paint murals,  and develop performances and costumes for parades, puppet festivals and theater productions.  While in the Bay Area she builds floats, paints sets and collaborates with other local artists on puppet shows and plays. She also plays music and sings in the local band The Runaway Truck Tramps.