Mending Unhealing Wounds

Beacons of Hope is a multifaceted project that includes an in-person workshop, a temporary public art installation, and a mini-concert. The project focuses on creating colorful paper lanterns with the community to create a temporary public installation. Inspired by the long history of using lanterns in festivals and celebrations in different cultures across the globe, Beacons of Hope will utilize light and color while focusing on hope and collective healing by bringing the community together to express themselves through art.
Join us in creating a public art installation made of colorful paper lanterns that are lit with LED tea candles.
Register for an in-person workshop at the Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium! In this workshop, we will create colorful paper lanterns together by folding paper to make a lantern and painting the lantern in different colors. After the workshop, The lanterns will be installed in the trees outside the Art Center. This temporary public art installation will be on view until the following Saturday. We will celebrate the opening of the installation on Sunday, October 16th with a performance by a trio of local high school students. Focusing on hope and moving forward together as a community, the lantern installation will represent the collective hopes of our community. The lanterns will remain on view for the entire week so visitors and passersby can view them day and night. On the following Saturday, the participants can pick up their lanterns from the Art Center.
-The workshop is free and all the materials and tools are provided.
-The workshop is open to all ages, but children need to be accompanied by an adult.
-The location is ADA Accissible.