Puppets of New York
Design Team: Xiaoxiao Guo, Olivia de Salve Villedieu, Johanna Vargas; Photographs courtesy Brad Farwell and Filip WolakPress: “... the history of puppetry in New York City mirrors the demographics of the city...It was important to tell that story of diversity, of visibility, of inclusiveness, in a way that also showed joy and possibility.” New York Times
Puppets of New York explores the extraordinary, surprising, and diverse history of New York City’s quirkiest residents. Like other New Yorkers, they both enriched the metropolis and were transformed by it, as they encountered the heady mix of other puppetry traditions, practices, and languages that also made the city home. Using color and other elements when designing this 2500 sqft exhibition space, I was able to break up these areas into distinctive sections to tell the story of puppets from the stage to the studio to the streets, and imbue the joy that puppets bring to audiences of all ages.