Lantern Festival and CircleFest
For more information, please contact the Community Arts Department, 216-707-2483 or neisenberg@clevelandart.org
2009 Winter Lights Lantern Festival
Friday, December 4–Sunday, December 13, 2009
The Cleveland Museum of Arts presents the 16th annual Winter Lights Lantern Festival—a free event inspired by centuries-old, cross-cultural traditions of ceremonial lighting displays. Enjoy lantern displays inside the museum and the Environment of Lights installation on Wade Oval.
2009 Winter Lights Lantern Displays
2009 Holiday CircleFest
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 1:00–5:30 p.m.
Lantern Procession 5:30 p.m.
Activities at the museum on Sunday, December 6, are part of University Circle Inc. Holiday CircleFest.
The museum joins two dozen neighboring institutions for this annual community open house.
CMA CircleFest Activities
1:00–5:30 Café exhibition: CIA Students: Cleveland, 2009
1:00–3:00 Wanna Be in Pictures? Picture yourself in CMA works of art using distance learning technology.
1:30 and 3:30 Highlights Tours of East Wing and 1916 galleries
1:15 God’s Trombones, Karamu Theatre holiday production (excerpt) in the Cafe
1:45 God’s Trombones, Gallery talk by Caroline Goeser on Aaron Douglas’ painting Go Down Death
1:45 Music in the Café: The Townsmen Orchestra
2:00–4:30 Winter Lights Lantern-making Workshops
Make simple Asian-inspired lanterns to carry in the procession.
2:30 Exhibition Tour
Paul Gauguin, Paris,1889 (ticket required)
4:30 Music in the Café: Motivation through Excellence
Food and Shopping throughout the afternoon
5:30 Winter Lights Lantern Procession
Dancers, giant puppets, and guest artists carrying hand-made lanterns will encircle Environment of Lights installation. Begins at North Entrance.
The Winter Lights Lantern Festival is sponsored by Medical Mutual of Ohio, a CMA Community Arts Partner.
2009 Preparatory Lantern Making Workshops
November 6–22, 2008
Fridays 6:00–8:30 and Sundays 2:00–4:30.
Community Arts Artistic Director Robin VanLear and her staff lead a series of workshops on batik lanterns.