Toy lovers, art lovers and design lovers of all ages are invited to Bard Graduate Center for a free, fun-filled day of activities and performances inspired by the exhibition, Swedish Wooden Toys.

Visit the Exhibition: Hear live music on toy instruments and use unique kid-friendly activity books to experience Swedish Wooden Toys.
Donate a toy or children’s book to Toys for Tots!

Workshops and Performances: Marionettes march us through a day that includes puppet performance and demonstration and toy-making workshops. Marionetteatern, the Swedish-based puppet troupe, will bring marionettes to life and dazzle children of all ages with special performances at 12 and 2 p.m. And Brooklyn-based ConstructionKids will lead a toy-making workshop to help kids be more creative and share in the joy of building, revising, repairing and problem solving.

Marionetteatern is a Swedish theatre group that is part of the Kulturhuset Stadsteatern in Stockholm. ConstructionKids introduces kids to a broad range of materials, tools and projects that are scaled for small hands.

Phyllis Chen is a pianist, toy pianist and composer. Her albums include Cuddle Magic & Phyllis Chen (FYO Records, 2014) and little things (New Focus Recordings, 2013). She is one of the founding members of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), based in New York City.

Free admission!

Special thanks to the Consulate General of Sweden in New York and Embassy of Sweden in Washington, D.C., for their help and support for this event.