Hot Workshops for Cold Nights

Construct beautiful illuminated lanterns, mardi gras masks, and dream trees in preparation for the biggest night of the year: First Night!

Grand Procession Lanterns

Come join this hands-on workshop and make your own procession lantern. Made with balloons and paper mache', this workshop is great for families. Kids 5 and up are welcome with an adult. All materials provided
Wed Dec 9th @ 7-10pm
Wed Dec 16th @ 7-10pm
All workshops take place at the Artists Cooperative 746 Broadway,
Workshop instructor & artist Leslie Zenz has been leading lantern workshops for 15 years. She loves a parade!

Mardi Gras Masks

Make your own Mardi Gras mask! This participatory workshop is a hands-on experience in mask making. Masks blanks provided as well as materials to decorate with. Jewels, feathers, sequins and paints all provide beautiful options for your own unique design. All families with kids 5 and up are welcome with an adult. All materials provided.
Sat Dec 19th Two workshop sessions
1st session @ 1-3pm &
2nd session @ 3-6pm
All workshops take place at the Artists Cooperative 746 Broadway,
Workshop instructor & artist Oleana Perry has been leading artists workshops for ten years and she loves to facilitate art for children and adults.

Dream Trees

Observe artists as they build Dream Trees to be used in the First Night celebration. We will build the trees and then the night of the event we will facilitate the public adding wishes and thoughts to the trees via tying on rice paper. Then at midnight we will burn the trees sending all of our wishes up to the sky and letting all of our woes of 2009 float away on the breeze!
Artists workshops-
Wed Dec 9th @ 7-10pm
Wed Dec 16th @ 7-10pm
Sat Dec 19th @1-6pm

All workshops take place at:

Speakeasy Arts Cooperative
746 Broadway St.
Tacoma, WA, 98402