Two women work on spherical lanterns in the foreground of a rustic indoor setting with a window and wooden beams in the background.

River Clyde Arts

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<p dir="ltr" fr-original-style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" id="isPasted" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;">Learn how to make your own illuminated sculpture out of red osier dogwood and old bedsheets with puppet designer Laura Stinson. Participants will be guided through a multi-step process in advanced yet accessible sculpting techniques to build their own lanterns. All ages are welcome; no experience is necessary. We will be using sharp tools, so participants under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.<p dir="ltr" fr-original-style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p fr-original-style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" id="isPasted" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;">Workshop is open to all ages. Youth under&nbsp;12&nbsp;must be accompanied by an adult.<span fr-original-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Workshop Date &amp; Location:<ul fr-original-style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px; box-sizing: inherit;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;">Thursday, December 10, 6:00-9:00pm <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" id="isPasted" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">at the Loft of The Mill in New Glasgow (5592 PE-13)</li></ul><span fr-original-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">About the Instructor:&nbsp;Laura crafts images from both found and traditional materials. These creations become narratives, characters and atmospheres in a variety of theatrical spectacles. She began her career in puppetry with Bread and Puppet Theater in 2016, where she apprenticed under Peter Schumann and has continued to develop her puppet manipulation and construction techniques with &nbsp;Mermaid Theatre (NS, Canada), Compagnie Arketal (Cannes, France) and &nbsp;Compagnie Coatimundi (Ch&acirc;teaurenard, France). In 2017, she collaborated with Noella Murphy and Julia Walker to form A Road Less Gravelled Productions, which has performed puppet shows at art festivals throughout Nova Scotia. After four years working as a touring member and subsequent resident puppeteer for Bread and Puppet, Laura co-founded <a fr-original-style="" href="https://northbarntheatre.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">The North Barn Theatre</a> Collective in 2020. She currently lives and makes art in Mi&rsquo;kma&rsquo;ki. Want to learn more about the lantern-building technique? <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.riverclydepageant.com/solstice-walk" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Check out the 2022 Solstice&rsquo;s three part video tutorial here</a>.&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p fr-original-style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;">Access Information:This workshop takes place in the Loft at The Mill, which is reached by a steep flight of stairs. Lantern building can be done either seated or standing. It takes some hand strength and dexterity to bend and tie the dogwood branches and to work with sharp tools.&nbsp; The Mill in New Glasgow: Loft Getting in: The only way up to the Loft is via a steep flight of stairs. There is no elevator or ramp. If stairs are hard for you, please contact us before registering so we can talk through options. Washrooms: An accessible, gender-neutral washroom with two stalls is on the main floor. A second gender-neutral washroom has a small step to enter. If you have questions or access needs, please contact Hope Rector, Accessibility Coordinator, at <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:access@riverclydearts.com" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">access@riverclydearts.com</a>.<p fr-original-style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p fr-original-style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">This free workshop is part of&nbsp;<span fr-original-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">the 2026 River Clyde Solstice Walk<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">. If you&#39;re able to&nbsp;<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://riverclydearts.com/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">make a donation</a><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">&nbsp;to support our ongoing programs, we welcome your contribution!<a fr-original-style="" href="https://riverclydearts.com/solstice-walk" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Learn more about The River Clyde Solstice Walk</a>

Learn how to make your own illuminated sculpture out of red osier dogwood and old bedsheets with puppet designer Laura Stinson. Participants will be guided through a multi-step process in advanced yet accessible sculpting techniques to build their own lanterns. All ages are welcome; no experience is necessary. We will be using sharp tools, so participants under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Workshop is open to all ages. Youth under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.Workshop Date &amp; Location:<ul><li>Thursday, December 10, 6:00-9:00pm at the Loft of The Mill in New Glasgow (5592 PE-13)</li></ul>About the Instructor: Laura crafts images from both found and traditional materials. These creations become narratives, characters and atmospheres in a variety of theatrical spectacles. She began her career in puppetry with Bread and Puppet Theater in 2016, where she apprenticed under Peter Schumann and has continued to develop her puppet manipulation and construction techniques with  Mermaid Theatre (NS, Canada), Compagnie Arketal (Cannes, France) and  Compagnie Coatimundi (Châteaurenard, France). In 2017, she collaborated with Noella Murphy and Julia Walker to form A Road Less Gravelled Productions, which has performed puppet shows at art festivals throughout Nova Scotia. After four years working as a touring member and subsequent resident puppeteer for Bread and Puppet, Laura co-founded <a href="https://northbarntheatre.ca/" target="_blank">The North Barn Theatre</a> Collective in 2020. She currently lives and makes art in Mi’kma’ki. Want to learn more about the lantern-building technique? <a href="https://www.riverclydepageant.com/solstice-walk" target="_blank">Check out the 2022 Solstice’s three part video tutorial here</a>.  Access Information:This workshop takes place in the Loft at The Mill, which is reached by a steep flight of stairs. Lantern building can be done either seated or standing. It takes some hand strength and dexterity to bend and tie the dogwood branches and to work with sharp tools.  The Mill in New Glasgow: Loft Getting in: The only way up to the Loft is via a steep flight of stairs. There is no elevator or ramp. If stairs are hard for you, please contact us before registering so we can talk through options. Washrooms: An accessible, gender-neutral washroom with two stalls is on the main floor. A second gender-neutral washroom has a small step to enter. If you have questions or access needs, please contact Hope Rector, Accessibility Coordinator, at <a href="mailto:access@riverclydearts.com" target="_blank">access@riverclydearts.com</a>. This free workshop is part of the 2026 River Clyde Solstice Walk. If you're able to <a href="https://riverclydearts.com/donate" target="_blank">make a donation</a> to support our ongoing programs, we welcome your contribution!<a href="https://riverclydearts.com/solstice-walk" target="_blank">Learn more about The River Clyde Solstice Walk</a>

River Clyde Arts

Dogwood Lanterns with Laura Stinson—New Glasgow

5592 PE-13

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