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2009 Winter Lights Lantern Displays

2009 Winter Lights Lantern Festival
December 4-13, 2009


Lantern Displays

Environment of Lights Installation, Wade Oval
On Sunday, Dec. 6, as part of Holiday CircleFest (1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.), the Lantern Festival will climax with a Procession of Lights to Wade Oval, where it will encircle and wind through the Environment of Lights. Open to everyone, the procession will begin from the museum’s North Entrance at 5:30 p.m. Dancers from Inlet Dance Theatre will join other dancers and puppeteers as giant puppets, dancers and the invited artists with their own specially created lanterns, lead the crowd into and through the installation

Winter Lights Lantern Displays throughout the museum:

Han Dynasty Reflections, North Lobby

In Memory of You, Artists Debbie Apple-Presser and Wendy Mahon; East Wing, Level 1

Guest Lantern Artists, Classroom Level
Debbie Apple-Presser, Story Lee Cadiz, Roaidi Cartaya Carbajal, Tracy Doran, Wendy Mahon, Nancy Prudic

The artists will lead the lantern procession on Sunday, December 6 at 5:30.

Suburban Hawk Angel, Artist Story Lee Cadiz, Along Art Detour



Lantern Events at Holiday CircleFest

Sunday, December 6, 2009 1:00-5:30
Lantern Procession at 5:30

2:00-4:30 Winter Lights Lantern-making Workshops
Make simple Asian-inspired lanterns to carry in the procession. Free timed-ticket required.

5:30 Winter Lights Lantern Procession
Begins at North Entrance
Led by guest lantern artists and Environment of Lights performers

Handmade lanterns for sale in the museum store.



The Winter Lights Lantern Festival is sponsored by Medical Mutual of Ohio, a CMA Community Arts Partner.

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