Processional Art

Bring masks, costumes, parade puppets and people together and you have a procession. I enjoy participating in several existing annual processions in the Portland area, facilitating processional arts workshops, and collaborating in the creation of new events.

Held the First Saturday evening after All Hallow's Eve at Green Anchors & Cathedral Park, Portland, Oregon

Parade lanterns made from paper mache and branches.

The 3rd Annual All Souls River Procession is coming up on November 4th, 2023!

Photo by Mark Graves/The Oregonian, 2020

Annual Portland Krampuslauf Procession

December 2013-2015, 2017-2020, Portland, Oregon

I have enjoyed participating in several of our local Krampuslaufs, held each December along SE Hawthorne Blvd. These are photos of some of my son's and my costumes over the years.

Photo by Mark Graves/The Oregonian, 2020

Photo by Mark Graves/The Oregonian, 2020

Photo from the Krampus Lauf PDX facebook page, 2019

Photo from the Krampus Lauf PDX facebook page, 2019

Photo from the Krampus Lauf PDX facebook page, 2018

Photo from the Krampus Lauf PDX facebook page, 2018

Photo from the Krampus Lauf PDX facebook page, 2017

Photo from the Krampus Lauf PDX facebook page, 2015

Giant procession-style bear puppet for "A Winter Feast of Story & Song"

December 20, 2019, Portland, Oregon

8' puppet performed by three puppeteers. Paper mache (recycled newspaper and grocery bags, cellulose fiber) and burlap over armature made from recycled cardboard. Painted with charcoal pigment using a methylcellulose binder.

2016

Echoes in Time Mask Night

July 2015, Champoeg, Oregon
July 2016-2019 & June 2022, Monmouth, Oregon

Mask Night is held on the final night of the annual Echoes in Time ancestral skills gathering, and both the opening procession and evening celebration feature many masks, costumes and puppets created by my Echoes in Time workshop participants.

2019

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2018

2016

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2016