[6] After graduating from Yale in 1984 with a BA in History,[4] she continued working as a puppet and mask maker on various television and film productions including Labyrinth (1986), The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986), and one 1987 episode of Saturday Night Live.
[4] She sold her own original fabric designs and continued to work on specific projects at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop in London and New York, creating puppets for The Storyteller and Mother Goose Stories, and serving as Art Director for The Song of the Cloud Forest, an episode of The Jim Henson Hour.
Hugo was made in the team’s distinctive colors of teal and purple, chosen by fashion designer and North Carolina native, Alexander Julian.
The Foundation also offers two international travel grants per year and a residency in collaboration with The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center.
"[11] Cheryl Henson co-created the Puppets on Film festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, which ran annually from 2011 to 2014.
To see people continue to connect and respond to my father's ideas about imagination, joy and wonder is a tribute to the ongoing legacy of work he created."
[5] Cheryl has also written introductions to Puppetry: How to do it by Mervyn Millar[20] and Out of the Shadows: The Henson Festivals and their Impact on Contemporary Puppet Theater by Leslee Asch;[1] and a forward to The Dark Crystal: The Ultimate Visual History by Caseen Gaines[21] She has been married to Edwin A. Finn Jr. since May 26, 2001.