Giant Moose Lantern Puppet Minnesota — These activities are made possible in part by the voters of MN through organizational grants from Arrowhead Regional Arts Council (ARAC)thanks to appropriations from the Minnesota State Legislature's general and arts and cultural heritage funds. A Cultural Heritage grant supported the Giant Moose Lantern Puppet build led by UK artist, Andrew Kim, in June with nine MN artists. Leah Yellowbird did the final paint flourishes! See this at DASN on Nov 2nd!

Mary Plaster

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Mary Plaster is a Minnesota-raised, world-traveled, trans-disciplinary artist/activist/facilitator based on Spirit Mountain near the southern tip of Lake Superior.

Her artwork of over 40 years includes mixed background across several areas of expertise, including wood carving, sculpture, papier-mâché, graphics, painting, film, photography, puppetry, and theatre design and she has extensive spiritual companioning training.

Mary is the founder/artistic director of the annual November multicultural art festivals, Duluth ALL Souls Night (DASN), exploring grief since 2008.

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Duluth ALL Souls Night

Join us for our Duluth ALL Souls Night, on Saturday evening, November 8th, 2025. The evening begins at Clyde Iron Works Event Center, 2920 W. Michigan Street.

Duluth ALL Souls Night (DASN) is a fall arts festival that has taken place in our Northern Minnesota city annually since 2008. It is intergenerational, multicultural, and multidisciplinary, nurturing expression from everyone as we recognize loss and embrace what is life-giving at the postharvest/pre-winter time of year when leaves have fallen and things look a bit bleak.

This night has consistently attracted people by acknowledging and transforming grief with displays, poetry, music, dance, and spectacle arts like giant puppets, aerialists, and fire spinning.

Join us in skeleton garb if you dare!

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