2016 Parade Photos!

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Parade Photos 2015!

Photos by Gordon Miller. Enjoy!

Artist Lanterns 2015

Parade Photos 2014

Well that’s it for another year! Thanks to everyone that participated and made the effort to turn up in some very challenging wintry weather conditions. We had a fabulous evening and we hope you did too. Here are some parade photos from the evening. Taken by Gordon Miller and Gowri Savoor. Please enjoy!

organized chaos in the gym..

Rachel Kahn with her fabulous covered bridge

NU Students help out before the parade

NU Students with St. Basil’s

Gowri, MK and Angelo

getting ready to join the procession

and we begin!

River of Light 2014

Sambatucada leads the parade

CBMS Junk band

Turning the corner at Stowe and Main

The shuttlecock makes a big impression

John Wolfe and his Alchemist lantern

Seminary Arts Building & the Colchester lighthouse light up the night

The badminton ladies enjoy performing

Anne Lika and Sarah-Lee show off their maple trees

The parade moves to the park

Jyles and his train lantern

Professor Arnold and his 3D students

Artist lanterns take a break

The 2014 Artist Lanterns

The central fire was spectacular

making our way home

Waterbury!

 

Lantern-making in the Community

The last of our community workshops ended on Saturday. Over the course of 3 weeks, we created over 60 lantern structures in workshops taking place in Montpelier, Stowe and Waterbury VT. We had a great turnout at each of our community sessions, with participants ranging in age from 4 to 86. Some of the lanterns have simple forms, others are more complex and reflect the houses and buildings of Vermont – but each one is beautiful and quite unique. The Art + Architecture students at Norwich University are working steadily on their interpretation of St. Basil’s Cathedral – more will be revealed soon!

Union Elementary taking shape at Union Elementary!

deep focus in Montpelier

Montpelier workshop

Rachel and Miranda at NU

the towers of St. Basil’s take shape

testing the paper samples at night

Liz Kennedy at HDAC

Fun and focus in Stowe

Jen and Alison finishing their lanterns at HDAC

Gowri gives a little direction

some fantastical lantern houses were made in Waterbury

Clair and her father George work together in Waterbury

With a little help from our friends…

For the last week, printmaking students from the Architecture+Art department at Norwich University have been busy in production–printing dozens of River of Light Crew t-shirts –and they look amazing. Many thanks to students Brenden Brogan and Jessica Welsh and Professors Angelo Arnold and  Jason Galligan-Baldwin for all your help and support!

Brenden and Jess in production

Professor Jason Galligan-Baldwin and Brenden finish printing the last t-shirt

TBPS Students study Architecture with Angelo Arnold

This week, the 3rd and 4th Graders at Thatcher Brook Primary School have been studying Architecture with Angelo Arnold, sculptor and 3-D Professor at Norwich University. Architecture students Katie Anderson and Kaylan Aufdermaur accompanied him for the week, and helped advise the students and share their knowledge. There were challenges for the 3rd & 4th graders – they were only to use a single sheet of paper, tape, pencil and ruler – but they faced the constraints and made some incredible structures. They also had an opportunity to learn how to screen print their own t-shirts with architecture student Brenden Brogan under Angelo’s supervision.

Architecture seminar with 3rd & 4th graders

Angelo assists with screen-printing

River of Light in Pictures…Parade Night!

Here they are at last–these amazing photographs have been taken by photographer, Gordon Miller. If you are interested in purchasing prints, please do so directly from his website (link to the right). Enjoy!

Peg Monley with her amazing octopus

Leaving Thatcher Brook

Jellyfish lanterns

Getting ready to leave

Jen Campbell’s angelfish

Trees-ah, Meredith and a giant jellyfish

MK Monley

And so we begin..

Parade enters Stowe Street

In full swing

The River of Light 2013

Walking down Stowe Street

Corner of Stowe and Main

Nearly at the park

Norwich University students

John Wolfe’s beautiful salmon

The seahorse!

Chad passes the torch

Gowri and MK light the central fire

warming by the fires

a great spot for hot chocolate

The SD Ireland cement truck made an appearance

sky lanterns-pure joy

Don letting off a sky lantern

Virginia and her lobster

Artist Lanterns

Artists and Norwich Students

Mame and MK

River of Light 2013 in Pictures… Part 1!

Here are a few images, pre-parade.   Many thanks to the students from Harwood Union High School, Norwich University students and staff, TBPS staff and community members who lent a hand to help with the set up and clean up of the parade.

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Artists’ Workshop 2013

What an incredible weekend we have had with a creative mix of over 22 artists, art teachers and teaching artists from around the region including Burlington, Middlebury and New York. This year we were fortunate to have a group of 3D students from Norwich University, which will be a fantastic contribution to this year’s parade. Each year the lanterns made in this 2-day intensive workshop get more complex, more ambitious and more exciting. The Under the Sea theme was taken to extremes with an incredible selection of octopuses,  shells, sea anemones and a healthy shoal of fish. Throw in a penguin, a seahorse and a mermaid for good measure! Thank you, Vermont Arts Council for your support to make this amazing opportunity available!

A pearl for a pearl – Betsy Fram

Just the beginning…

Anahi injects a splash of colour

Angelo starts work on the lights

Dindra and Sandra work on a flying fish

Day two – what a great start

Jennifer and the octopus

Tom and Jennifer balance the octopus

Kylie works on her fish

Mame, MK and Peg talk seahorses

Brendan from Norwich University starts creating…

Jessie and Karla from Norwich University

Virginia works on a crawfish

Rachel gets to grips with the willow