Guest Artist Henry Lipkis Talk & Open Studio

Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons is thrilled to welcome guest parade artist, Henry Lipkis, from New Orleans. Henry’s parade work is the inspiration for Where the Weird Things Are. Come meet Henry and the cardboard revolution!

Henry Lipkis is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on public murals, parade, social practice, and puppet making. Born in Venice, California, Lipkis moved to New Orleans in 2014, and found himself captured by the spirit of Mardi Gras, drawn to its vibrant and varied pageantry and the city wide suspension of disbelief. With a passion for large scale spectacle, Lipkis and a small group of friends co-founded La Maraude des Monstres, affectionately known as the Monster Parade. Regularly drawing crowds of 1000+ participants, the Monster Parade marries love for the grotesque, the cute, and the fantastical, featuring larger than life monster puppets, and countless hand crafted rolling floats that blur the boundaries between reality and living mythology. Lipkis has also spent the past decade in New Orleans working with various tribes of Black Masking Indians, designing suits to be beaded in the traditional style made famous by luminaries such as Big Chief “Tootie” Montana.

We will have some snacks and beverages and the giant puppet collection will be on view!

DIRECTION NOTE: Come to the blue door near the red Krewe flag. You'll see cars parked there.

Host or Publisher Chantelle Rytter