posted: August 30, 2011

Milwaukee Artists Celeste Contreras 

& Celeste Ixchel 

have been building the Quetzalcoatl puppet down 

town at the All City People's Parade space

(same place we are building the 

Dia de los Muertos Parade This year!!)

Please come and help or come and 

see us on Monday, September 5th, 

2011 at Milwaukee's Labor Day 

parade downtown!!!!!!


Quetzalcoatl's feathers; made of dyed & painted cornhusks. 

Supply LIST & NEEDS for parade success.

September 2, 2010

SUPPLY LIST:

 

 - Everything Translated from English TO Spanish

-Posters made for Parade and teach-ins (we welcome all students, Artists, community members)

-Flyers made for Parade and teach-ins (we welcome all students, Artists, community members)

-Volunteers

-t-shirt design

-print and make t-shirts

-make Día los muertos inspired art postcards-to sell for supply funds

-update website

-help with teach-ins

-help with planning parade

-getting the word out about the parade

-newspaper ads

-email blasts about event

-clean-up crew the day of parade

-puppet making workshops

-Supplies for ALL workshops and art making(poster making,prints,copies,postcards,etc.)

-$$$$$$$$$

-funds

-donations

-support

-peace

 

Supplies:

-boxes

-tissue paper

-fancy papers

-scissors

-fancy scissors

-hole punchers

-stickers(flowers,food, and candles)

-glue

-model magic

-lace and doilies(scraps are perfect)

-pipe cleaners

-butterfly templates

-strips of paper to write notes on

-tape(scotch,colored,fancy,fun)

-clothe(pieces and scraps)

-markers

-permanent markers

-string to hang butterflies

-Wire

-Beads

-Photos from home or personal items to include in ofrenda(kids bring)

-wire

-paper mache

-news paper

-pieces of wood to build puppets with

-buckets to make drums with

-shoe boxes (to build ofrendas in)

-beads

-felt

-yarn

-yarn needles

-skeleton templates(I have these)

-crayons/poster crayons

-scraps of paper

-scraps of fabric

-Tacky glue/glue dots/glue sticks

 

Update.

September 2, 2010

El Día De Los Muertos Parade Project 2010

 

Our biggest supporters right now:

 

Walker’s Point Center for the Arts

Latino Arts Inc.

Milwaukee Mijas

Ballet Folklorico Mexico De Los Hermanos Avila

The Milwaukee Public Theatre

 

From now till the parade on Friday, October 29th, 2010 we will be having teach-ins through the Latino Arts Inc. and puppet making times for the entire community at The Walker’s Point Center for the Arts.

Contact Latino Arts Inc. at their website http:...


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Masks

April 10, 2010
We need teachers, students, community members, artists, moms, dads, grandmas, etc. to help make masks. 

 

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