Since 1992, Karen Falk has served as Archives Director and historian for The Jim Henson Company, and is Vice President of The Jim Henson Legacy. She is author of Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal and the main contributor to the Jim's Red Book blog on Henson.com, featuring excerpts of Jim Henson's personal journals alongside supporting archival material. Falk curated the touring exhibition 'Jim Henson's Fantastic World' and has organised numerous Henson exhibitions for museums and universities worldwide. She works closely with the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta on their Jim Henson Collection, and collaborates with the Museum of the Moving Image in New York on their permanent Jim Henson Gallery, where she also serves on the board. Falk has contributed to numerous publications, documentaries, websites, and video releases exploring the life and work of Jim Henson.

Amanda Slack-Smith is Curatorial Manager, Australian Cinémathèque at QAGOMA and curator of ‘Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of the Jim Henson Company’. Her focus is curating contemporary art and film across the Gallery’s exhibition spaces and cinemas with an emphasis on moving image, media arts and performance. In recent years Amanda has curated exhibitions including ‘Fairy Tales’; ‘Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe’; ‘Daniel Crooks: Motion Studies’; ‘National New Media Art Award’ (with Peter McKay); and ‘Physical Video’. Selected thematic film programs she has curated include ‘Forbidden Hollywood’, ‘Beauty in the B Grade’ and ‘Fairytales and Fables’, and the ‘Golden Age of Czech Animation’, as well as comprehensive director retrospectives ‘Alfred Hitchcock’, ‘Shirley Clarke’, ‘Ida Lupino’ and ‘Carl Theodor Dreyer’. Amanda was the Artistic Director of the Brisbane International Film Festival (2018-2020) and holds a Master of Arts (AIM) from RMIT University.