Asian New Year - February 12 & 13 - 2005

            This year's Asian New Year Celebration will build a cultural bridge to Thailand and Malaysia. Besides an exhibit of Thai kites, activities for school children and adults will include shadow puppet shows, elephant stories, photographs of ancient and heritage monuments and temples, dancing, music and food. The next newsletter, the e-letter, web page and other publications will bring times and places.

 

Plastic Bag Kite Art - February 28 & March 1 - 2005

            A special treat from the Drachen Foundation and Fort Worden Kite Makers Conference, Marten Bondestam from Finland will make kites from plastic with 4^th, 5^th & 6^th graders, with senior citizens and families. Using a wood burning knife he will show a technique for combining different colored plastic sacks into sky decorating kites.

 

Bary Crites Workshop - The Revolver - March 19, 20 - 2005

            Bary Crites, a master of cellular kites, will teach how to make The Revolver, a kite that twirls in the sky. It is a revolving box kite, about 36 inches tall, takes a good 6-8 mph to fly and will fly in 35 mph winds on 50# line. Using complimentary colors, you'll make a flying kaleidoscope. Price and details will be available soon. Be sure to reserve your place early as class size is limited. Cost: $65 For more details www.worldkitemuseum.com.

 

Berlin Airplane Kite Workshop by Bob and Charmayne Umbowers - April 23, 24 - 2005

            The airplane is a beautiful, elegant, low-wind kite. It is an old German
design, which we believe is called "the Berlin Flyer". It is a fairly easy
kite to cut out, sew, bridle, and assemble and is certainly easy to fly in
gentle and moderate winds. Register your place early as class size is limited. For more details www.worldkitemuseum.com.

 

Spirits of 1805 in the Sky - May 21 & 22

            John Pollock, Grand Champion Winner of the American Kite Association's Comprehensive Kite Competition in 2004, has agreed to teach his technique of painting on ripstop nylon and make a kite. John's winning kite is a picture of the spirits of the Crow Indians symbolized as large black birds carrying the buffalo ponies that they stole from Lewis & Clark. The Museum hopes to attract kite makers and other artists to depict various images that represent Lewis & Clark's destination here at the Pacific. Those spirits can be plants, animals, canoes, longhouses, pots and baskets, head and other decoration, landscapes etc. If you are a kite maker and prefer a particular kite shape, that's great. For those who are painters, we will help you get the kite made. Begin the creative thoughts, by March more details will be available. For more details www.worldkitemuseum.com.