Wise Fool AHA Festival

A beloved and award-winning non-profit organization at the center of Santa Fe’s community arts scene, Wise Fool serves 2,000 youth and adults annually with hands-on activities, and 14,000 audience members with high-quality experiences built upon their core values of community, arts accessibility, and social justice.

On September 17, 2017, Wise Fool collaborated with the AHA Festival and MAKE Santa Fe to provide an opportunity for the community to create artwork and bring it to life in a public forum, using giant puppetry and street art as the mediums for this temporary interactive art installation. During a two-week street art intensive, as well as free public workshops at their studio, Wise Fool helped a diverse, multi-generational mix of community members work as a team to create something larger than themselves. The resulting creations, from whimsical to powerful, were brought to life in a celebratory pop-up art installation throughout the Railyard Park + Plaza.