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Snake Sculpture Workshops with Alastair Heseltine

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h4>>Join our Eco-Arts initiative in the creation of a snake sculpture for the Year of the Snake! Artist Alastair Heseltine will lead five half-day sessions at the Firehall Arts Centre Courtyard and teach skills on working with natural materials, including green willow. The snake sculpture workshops are part of a series of events to engage with community members celebrating the lunar new year. The …

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Winterlude………..

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h4>>Well, the mid-winter festivals have been celebrated; today is the first day of a new year. 'The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older' - Pink Floyd. It is a good life when there is something to celebrate in the middle of winter, especially in these cold and dark climes where the daylight hours are so, so, so, short.  Feasting, partying (hopefully with some common sense), …

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Snake Lantern Debut

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h4>>The 21st December was the winter solstice 2012, the longest darkest night of the year, and the night Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese garden was transformed with hundreds of beautiful lanterns of all shapes and sizes hung in the trees, stationed in the ponds, and guarding hidden alcoves and rock features. The lanterns are traditionally created into a variety of shapes in the form of animals, …

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