An Evening of Crankies with Katherine Fahey

Folk art is not static; it shifts with the times, uncovering new meanings in old words, new ways of talking about the communal pathways that led us to where we are today. For artist-puppeteers Katherine Fahey and Dan Van Allen, crankies (scrolling artwork inside a box) are a way to interpret our uncertain times and to draw artistic inspiration. Their work transports audiences to another time and place, with their authentic and personal interpretations of folk tales, oral histories, and songs of America and Canada.

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Presented by the RISD Libraries Division in association with the RISD Museum, Fleet Library, Film, Animation + Video and Illustration Departments, and the Fine Arts Division at RISD.

Baltimore based artist Katherine Fahey is a candid and thoughtful multidisciplinary artist who combines the crafts of storytelling, hand-cut papercut artwork, and shadow puppetry in the form of crankies, hand cranked scroll of artwork inside a box. Visionary artist Dan Van Allen accompanies the Crankies as puppeteer and foley artist.