Momento Mori: Death Imagery in Western Art
Presented by Fiona Finnigan Death, the Great Unifier, unknowable and unavoidable. What else is there to do then, but to make Art about it? This presentation takes a look at death imagery in Western Art, focusing in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. Fiona...
Make a Blood Jar
Presented by David T. Workshop Material Fee – $3 Calling all vampires! Make a fashionable jar to carry some spare blood around. We’ll fill it with a glittering, nonalcoholic “blood” you can actually drink. David T. is a costumer and crafter and...
League of Lady Poisoners (18+)
Presented by Dannyn Qualls-Gibeau A veritable meet-up of Lady Poisoners throughout history, with the main focus being on those women from the Victorian and Edwardian eras. We will cover poisonous plants, chemicals and elements, as well as explore the underlying...
Illumination of the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition: Nosferatu’s Connection with Nikola Tesla
Presented by Douglas J. Dahlberg PE Lighting the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition (World’s Fair) involved Conflict, Competition, and Varied Currents. Nikola Tesla using Alternating Current with Westinghouse and Thomas Edison with Direct Current and General...
Renaissance/Fancy/Exotic Hair Braids
Presented by John F Wardale Learn to braid har in a style one might see at Renaissance festivals. This workshop will give instruction on ropes, 4-strand “round” braids, classic (3-strand) French and (3-strand) Dutch (or inverted-French or underhand) as...
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