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Carnaval project needs list

Community members: We are looking for donations of the following items to support the Carnaval project. Please contact loyce-arthur@uiowa.edu if you are able to provide any of these items.

Bamboo rods
Broomsticks
Wooden dowels
Fiberglass rods
thin light-weight hollow shower rods
metal shower rods

White & off-white clothing
blank colored t-shirts
Straw Hats

light weight rope

straw or hay
batting
weaving caning, flat reeds
baskets

Flags from any country of Iowans or those living in Iowa, including American & state flags (borrow)

White or off-white Cotton sheets
Solid colored sheets
Lightweight fabric in lengths
Sheer fabric in lengths
lace tablecloths and curtains
bright colored nylon fabric
bright colored lining fabric
fine & coarse netting

tomato cages

wooden tongue depressors

foam tubing
PVC plastic piping

ribbon
package bows
brown paper rolls
white paper rolls
toilet paper & paper towel rolls

plastic sheeting & tarps
shower curtains
Small carts and wagons
14 & 16 gauge Wire

sequins
piette sequins
metallic garlands

sponges
paint brushes
foam brushes
Acrylic paint- all colors
fabric dyes- primary & bright colors

white glue
hot glue sticks
rubber cement
contact cement

balloons
paper lanterns

Carnaval Costume Construction Workshops

With the University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts in preparation for the Iowa City Carnaval parade on June 9 2013, as part of the Iowa Arts Festival.

Every Saturday
Feb. 16 through May
1:00-5:00 p.m.
North Hall B1

Free & open to the public!

Solid-colored cotton fabric, small carts or wagons needed! Either yardage, sheets and/or T-shirts. Bring donations to the workshop and get the complete list.

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Schedule of Events

March 16
Iowa family portrait workshop at the Iowa Children’s Museum, 9am – 11:30am

March 25 – April 5
Jaime Cezario, Brazilian carnavelsco, residency

March 25
Jaime Cezario, Brazilian carnavelsco, reception & public presentation, 6pm – 9pm, Old Capitol Museum, Senate Chamber

March 30
Jaime Cezario presentation on Brazilian float design, Iowa Children’s Museum

April 13
Armando Duarte carnaval dance workshop, Iowa City Public Library, 10:30 – 11:30am

April 22 – May 2
Clary Salandy, UK/Caribbean carnaval designer, residency

April 20
Clary Salandy, UK/Caribbean carnaval designer, meet-the-artist
University of Iowa Museum of Art event at the North Hall carnaval workshop

1:00 p.m.-1:40 p.m. - Presentation by Carnaval costume designer Clary Salandy
1:50-2:15 p.m. - African and Caribbean plantain tasting and recipe discussion
2:15-3 p.m. - Trinidad Carnaval and African dance demo by Modei Akyea
3 p.m.-5 p.m. - Costume Workshop: Get started on your Carnaval costume or float for the parade!

April 24
Clary Salandy, UK/Caribbean carnival designer reception & public presentation, 6pm – 9pm, Old Capitol Museum, Senate Chamber

April 27
Clary Salandy, UK/Caribbean carnaval designer presentation and animal costume workshop, Iowa Children’s museum

May 1 – June 10
Exhibit of carnaval costumes designed by Clary Salandy and Jaime Cezario from the University of Iowa Museum of Art

June 7
Gallery Walk/Iowa Arts Festival Weekend reception at Domby’s with carnaval exhibition

June 8
Carnaval mask & flag workshop at the Iowa Arts Festival Children’s Day

June 9
Iowa City Carnaval Parade at the Iowa Arts Festival Global Village Day

Visiting carnaval designers

Clary Salandy, is an award winning carnival artist and theatre designer specializing in large scale body sculptures for events such as London’s Notting Hill Carnival and the 2012 London Olympic Games Arts Festival. As Artistic director of Mahogany Community Ventures Limited, UK, founded in 1989 with fellow designer Michael Ramdeen, she has established a centre of excellence for Carnival, designed to raise the awareness of the arts in the community.
Mahogany has presented spectacular performances at the Queens Golden Jubilee Parade, the Millennium Dome Opening Ceremony, Chingay (a Chinese New Year Festival), the Thames Water Festival, Sweden’s Water Festival, and the Brent Diwali Parade. Salandy has also designed the opening and closing ceremonies of the first Afro Asian games in Hyderabad India, the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics in Leicester, the Millennium Gran finale, Singapore, and the recent London Olympic Games Arts Festival. Her designs appear annually in London’s Notting Hill Carnival and the Lord Mayor's Parades.

Architect and interior designer Jaime Cezário is also one of the most famous Brazilian Carnavalescos in Rio de Janeiro. Mr. Cezário has been an award-winning designer, internationally recognized for his work as an avid carnival researcher, professor and contributor for many carnival magazines and newspapers in Brazil. For the past 20 years he has created, designed and directed numerous carnival parades for some of the most important Schools of Samba of Rio de Janeiro, including São Clemente, Porto da Pedra, Acadêmicos de Cubango, Caprichosos de Pilares, and the prestigious Estação Primeira de Mangueira. He has also worked with schools of samba through out Brazil. . He has received SAMBANET awards including the best School of Samba, best series of sculptures and collection of costumes among others as well as the Plumas e Paêtes, best Carnavalesco, best design for a female costume, best allegories and best sculpture in the carnival parade.