Puppet and mask art has taken root in the Twin Cities over the past 3-4 decades giving rise for groups like In the Heart of the Beast Puppetry and Mask Theatre, The Puppetry Arts Studio, Barebones Productions, Bedlam Theater, Open Eye Figure Theater, Full Moon Puppet Cabaret, Puppet Farm Arts, Z Puppets, and Puppet Lab to name a few. We have reached out to this community of artists their work at Modus Locus!

Masks bring storytelling and theater to life, and through these masks, these artists have revealed themselves as a spectrum of characters ranging from gods and spirits to demons, animals, and ordinary people.  This timeless tradition of masking can have the power to transcend time, identity, and the physical realm by embodying any face of the human condition.