Dear friends, relatives, colleagues, and community members,

My dear friend, the talented, imaginative, kind, generous Mary Brehmer lost her art and puppet making studio in Hot Wood Arts due to the massive fire at the Redhook warehouse. There were 40+ years of machinery, materials, tools, puppets, and creative projects in her studio. Mary has built puppets for film and TV at the Henson Company, Puppet Heap, Spiffy Pictures, and wrangled for many Muppet movies. Any help to get her back on her feet will be deeply appreciated!! She will use the funds to replace what was lost in her studio.

Info on the fire:

https://abc7ny.com/post/massive-fire-destroys-artist-warehouse-injures-2-firefighters-red-hook-brooklyn/17840266/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/nyregion/red-hook-warehouse-fire.html