INSTALLATIONS,

MURALS & EVENTS

Lantern Processions, Murals & Participatory Creative Projects

Creative, collaborative projects that bring communities together and transform spaces, events and celebrations.

Children taking part in a carnival parade with a large-scale handmade puppet created through a CreatingART participatory art project.

CREATIVE PROJECTS

WITH IMPACT

CreatingART designs and delivers participatory art projects for festivals, communities, schools and public events across Wales and throughout the UK.

Led by Emily Cooling, projects range from focused community workshops to large-scale creative builds and lantern processions involving hundreds of participants.

With more than 30 years of experience, projects combine thoughtful participation, professional creative direction and strong visual outcomes.

Handmade paper lanterns created during a CreatingART lantern-making workshop for a community lantern procession.

LANTERN PROCESSIONS & ILLUMINATED EVENTS

CreatingART delivers lantern workshops and lantern procession projects at a range of scales, from individual school and community workshops to multi-school processions involving hundreds handmade lanterns.

Projects may include:

Community lantern workshops
School lantern events
Multi-school lantern processions
Seasonal illuminated installations
Themed lantern commissions for festivals

Participants are guided through the design, construction and finishing stages, creating lanterns that are visually striking and suitable for live events.

Projects can be adapted to suit the venue, budget and audience scale — from intimate community gatherings to larger public celebrations.

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LANTERN PROJECTS IN ACTION

Children dressed in colorful costumes participating in a parade or festival, with some wearing butterfly and fairy costume wings and headpieces, and others holding decorated hearts and flowers.

CARNIVAL, COSTUME & LARGE-SCALE PUPPETS

Collaborative carnival masks, headdresses, costume pieces and large-scale puppets created for festivals, schools and public celebrations.

Projects combine creative participation with strong visual design, producing work made for movement, visibility and spectacle.

Six children, three girls and three boys, wearing school uniforms and casual clothes, pose in front of a colorful painted backdrop of trees with orange, yellow, and red leaves.

PUBLIC & COMMUNITY MURALS

Collaborative murals for schools, community spaces, festivals and public venues, developed in response to place, theme and participants.

Projects create visually engaging shared artwork that reflects local identity and community participation.

Decorative illuminated art installation in the shape of a vintage car with intricate black lace-like patterns, illuminated from the inside, with a balloon reading "HER WHO" in front of it, and colored lights illuminating a building in the background.

PARTICIPATORY INSTALLATIONS

Creative installations and sculptural builds for festivals, community programmes and public spaces.

Projects may use recycled materials, lanterns, textiles and mixed media, combining hands-on participation with strong visual impact.

PROJECTS, PEOPLE & PLACES

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Participatory art projects created with schools, communities, festivals and organisations across Wales and the UK.

HAVE A PROJECT IN MIND?

From community workshops and school projects to large-scale installations, murals, carnival builds and public events, CreatingART can develop a creative project around your participants, setting and aims.

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