1708 Gallery

InLight Richmond

Lantern Making and Community Lantern Parade

Information on InLight Richmond 2010's lantern making and parade coming soon!

InLight Richmond 2009:

1708 Gallery offered a series of Lantern Making workshops in preparation for the Community Lantern Parade which kicked-off InLight Richmond 2009 on Friday, September 25, 2009. 

Workshops were led by Richmond artists including Sarah Hand, Matt Lively, Noah Scalin, Robert Walz, Paul Teeples and Art on Wheels and featured unique lantern making methods. In addition to workshops for the general public, workshops were organized for a variety of community groups including the Greater Richmond ARC, SupportOne, Inc, and a group of high school students.

The free lantern making fest during September’s First Friday resulted in over 200 lanterns created by our visitors!

We would like to thank all who participated in our lantern making workshops and hope you will join us with your lantern at 7:15pm in front of the Marriott Hotel (corner of East Broad and 5th Street).  The parade will begin at 7:45pm.

It’s not too late to make a lantern at home. For an easy, do-it-yourself lantern, click here for instructions for Balloon Lanterns or click here for instructions for Square Column Lanterns.

1708 Gallery gratefully thanks the MeadWestvaco Foundation, Plaza Artist Materials, Solo Cup and the Visual Arts Center of Richmond for their support of InLight Richmond and the Lantern Project.