To celebrate pride month in New York City, the Poster House wanted to bring together pride and a new Japanese exhibit they just released.  To accomplish this goal, they contacted the staff at Taro’s Origami Studio and began to plan out an event for their First Friday series.

1: Planning

The goal was to teach rainbow models that represented communities of all kinds coming together.  Luckily modular origami is the perfect way to tie everything together and the staff, fresh off their event at LinkedIn, got to work planning the models and paper options.

The event was also well publicized and was even promoted in a New York Times article.

2: Teaching

When the day arrived, Senior Origami Teacher Frank Ling traveled to the Midtown museum and got to work teaching a sold-out crowd.

It took about an hour for Frank to teach all of the models.  After that the guests were allowed to fold as they wanted and several people managed to create origami cubes made of 6 or more interlocking multi-colored units called “sonobes”.  These units have a pocket and tabs system that allows folders to create shapes with as little as 2 or 3 pieces, all the way up to hundreds for shapes like the Epcot ball.

It was a real joy to teach so many people excited about trying a new artform and promoting creativity and inclusivity.