Baker Artist Portfolios

Valeska Maria Populoh works as an educator, cultural organizer, artist and performer in Baltimore. She teaches at the Maryland Institute College of Art and is an affiliated artist with Black Cherry Puppet Theater.  Valeska utilizes costume, mask and puppetry techniques to create performances and actions that respond to environmental and social concerns.  An interest in acts of transformation, from materials to situations, informs her work. Valeska has performed at the International Toy Theater Festival in New York City as well as Streets Across America! organized by the Kennedy Center in 2012, Puppet Uprising in Philadelphia, the Puppeteers of America Festival and The Creative Alliance in Baltimore.  She has been a curator and coordinator of the Transmodern Performance Festival and is the co-founder of the Puppet Slamwich! at Black Cherry Puppet Theater.