Workshops from 12-4:30pm | Gallery Talk 5pm | Community Event 6-8pm
As our days grow shorter and we look for fresh ways to continue to illuminate our daily lives, we invite you to join us us for our first annual Celebration of Shadows Fall Festival!
Register for an afternoon shadow theater or pumpkin carving workshop or join us for the evening festivities with a pumpkin walk through Webster’s Woods, an interactive shadow puppet theater performance on the outdoor stage, warm drinks, and the opportunity for an evening visit to the gallery for our latest exhibition 'Chasing Shadows'.
Register for an afternoon shadow theater or pumpkin carving workshop or join us for the evening festivities with a pumpkin walk through Webster’s Woods, an interactive shadow puppet theater performance on the outdoor stage, warm drinks, and the opportunity for an evening visit to the gallery for our latest exhibition 'Chasing Shadows'.
Festival Schedule
Saturday, October 23, 2021
Shadow Theater Workshop | 12:00-2:00PM | $30-$35
Attend our afternoon workshop from 12-2PM to learn about the art of shadow theater.
Attend our afternoon workshop from 12-2PM to learn about the art of shadow theater.
Pumpkin Carving Workshop | 2:30-4:30PM | $5
Take your carving skills to the next level with creative style and fresh design ideas and enter contest.
Take your carving skills to the next level with creative style and fresh design ideas and enter contest.
Gallery Talk | 5:00PM | Free
Learn about the current exhibition from the curator himself! Terry Valdez will be giving a gallery talk on the 'Chasing Shadows' exhibition. Come see the exhibit before or after the talk in the courtyard.
Learn about the current exhibition from the curator himself! Terry Valdez will be giving a gallery talk on the 'Chasing Shadows' exhibition. Come see the exhibit before or after the talk in the courtyard.
Pumpkin Walk | 6:00-8:00PM | Free
All are welcome to join us on the pumpkin walk starting at 6pm where submitted pumpkins will line the park path. While the judges find our winner, you can also enjoy the creative carvings!
All are welcome to join us on the pumpkin walk starting at 6pm where submitted pumpkins will line the park path. While the judges find our winner, you can also enjoy the creative carvings!
Shadow Theater Performance | 7:00PM | Free
The interactive Shadow Puppet Theater will be open to the public and invites everyone to climb inside the story with our human sized puppet theater box. When the line between audience and performers blurs, anything can happen! Performance starts at 7:00pm in the meadow. Bring your warm clothes & a blanket, grab your cider or hot chocolate, and snuggle in for some top-notch storytelling!
The interactive Shadow Puppet Theater will be open to the public and invites everyone to climb inside the story with our human sized puppet theater box. When the line between audience and performers blurs, anything can happen! Performance starts at 7:00pm in the meadow. Bring your warm clothes & a blanket, grab your cider or hot chocolate, and snuggle in for some top-notch storytelling!
What's a Fall Festival without warm drinks and cider? Enjoy delicious beverages by The Blackbird Coffeehouse and Finnriver Cidery to help keep you warm from 5:00-8:00PM!
Workshops
Shadow Theater: Terry Valdez Sat, Oct. 23 | 12:00-2:00pm Learn about the art of shadow theater by stepping into a human sized shadow box. Through this family friendly interactive workshop facilitator Terry Valdez will dive into the improvisational world of collaborative storytelling as participants gain a better understanding of how their movement and scope of size translates in shadows. Pumpkin Carving
Sat, Oct. 23 | 2:30-4:30pm Take your carving skills to the next level with creative style and fresh design ideas as local artists walk you through various techniques to carve your pumpkin. Pumpkins and tools will be provided. |
Contest
Saturday, October 23 $5/ person Once you create your pumpkin masterpiece during the workshop, it is automatically entered into the Pumpkin Carving Contest to win the grand prize! If you can't make the workshop, carve at home and then drop off your pumpkin to enter the contest! Drop off: Fri. 22- Sat. 23 | 11am-4:30pm |
Community Event
Saturday, October 23 5:00-8:00pm Join us for all of our evening actives, free to attend! 5:00pm- Gallery talk about the current exhibition, Chasing Shadows' by the exhibit curator. 5:00-8:00pm- Get your snacks and warm drinks from Blackbird Coffeehouse and Finnriver Cidery. 6:00-8:00pm- Take a stroll through the pumpkin lined pathway to see all of the carving entries. 7:00pm- Shadow Theater performance in the meadow. Come to watch or even participate! Bring a blanket and a lawn chair, sit back, and enjoy the show. |
A huge thank you to Agnew Grocery and Feed for their donation of pumpkins for the festival and to our neighbors at The Port Angeles Community Playhouse for their support with costumes and props for our Shadow Theater workshop. Thank you to the Blackbird Coffeehouse and Finnriver Cidery for providing drinks and snacks; to Anime Kat, Port Book and News, Brown's Outdoor, Hurricane Ridge Winter Sports Club, and the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce's Winter Ice Village for donating to our contest prizes.
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Community members will be asked to wear masks at all times while in the
Esther Webster Gallery and outside where 6ft of social distance cannot be maintained..
Leashed dogs are welcome in the park; please pick up after your pets.
Esther Webster Gallery and outside where 6ft of social distance cannot be maintained..
Leashed dogs are welcome in the park; please pick up after your pets.