Museum of Jewish Heritage, Courage to Act
2023, New York, NY
Visual experience design lead, graphic production
The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust asked Local Projects to create Courage to Act, a children’s exhibit that could make Holocaust education meaningful for kids 9 and up, empowering them to be courageous in their own lives.
The exhibit’s unique narrative framework weaves together real people connected to this history and fictional characters (composites of a range of stories and lived experiences within this historical period developed in partnership with historians and survivors.)
Local Projects Team: Robert Vinci, Olivia Crosby, Jenny Wong, Caroline Blockus
Illustrations by Sveta Dorosheva
Press: Frame, Fast Company, TimeOut
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"The exhibition’s target audience may be young minds, but the techniques Local Projects employed certainly struck a chord with my adult brain, too. That’s because Courage to Act doesn’t just convey the facts through a succession of artifacts encased in glass. It tells a story, with a beginning, a middle, and an end. And like every good story, it gives us characters to root for.”
– Elissaveta Brandon, Fast Company
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