As an artist, I am interested in the places where the strange and the fantastical intersect with the everyday. I find puppetry to be the perfect medium for exploring the possibility in the mundane, mixing found object aesthetic with a constructed style. In my current work, I am using this combination to explore ideas of storytelling, identity and queerness. I strive for my work to be relevant and to encourage a dialogue about the issues that it speaks to while still being entertaining. My work combines puppetry, video media, installation, and performance to draw the audience into the world of a piece.
Discipline:
Theatre – performance
Amanda Villalobos
Discipline:
Theatre – performance
Region: Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2014
More:
www.avpuppets.com
Studios
New Hampshire
Amanda Villalobos worked in the New Hampshire studio.
New Hampshire Studio, originally named Peterborough Studio, was given to MacDowell by Mr. and Mrs. William Schofield, Mrs. H. A. Chamberlain, Mrs. Andrew Draper, and Miss Ruth Cheney. The studio was renamed in 1943. The Gilbert Verney Foundation established an endowed maintenance fund in 1990, and a bequest in memory of MacDowell Fellow Victor Candell underwrote the…