Winter Luminary Classes | Free for Orcas residents

||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD |||

Create your own beautiful paper lantern Luminary to shine a warm light during the winter. Classes for beginners and intermediate are taught by Orcas artists and welcome sign-ups to reserve a seat. Drop-ins if room available. RSVP recommended.

Beginners meet for 1 – 2 hr session. Intermediate meet for 1 – 4hr session. No fee to participate, families welcome.

The Orcas Community Winter Solstice Parade is Saturday, December 21, and November is a good time to get started on your lantern – or lanterns. Make your own, or form a contingent with a special theme. A river of salmon? A sea of jellyfish? A pod of Orca?

A Big Thank You to the Orcas Island Community Foundation and Orcas Island Parks and Rec for supporting these workshops. Learning activities are hosted by the Orcas chapter of the San Juan Islands Makers Guild, with support from the Paul Allen Community Accelerator grant program.

Class option details, sign up links, and information at: sanjuanmakersguild.com/winterluminary2024/

Sign up for Beginner class – simple forms and papering:

• Sun. Nov 17 at Public Library Community Room, 11:30am or 1:30pm.
• Sat. Nov 30 at Odd Fellows Hall, 10am or noon.
• Sat. Dec 7 at Odd Fellows as part of Winter Market, 11am or 1pm.
• Sat Dec. 14 at School Cafeteria, 10am, noon or 2pm.

Sign up for Intermediate workshops to make 3D star lanterns, ages 12 and up with some arts experience:

• Funhouse Nov 23, 10-2.
• Odd Fellows Nov 30, 10-2.
• Public School Cafeteria Dec 14, 10-2.

Shine a Light this Winter!