Inside Summer Solstice 2022
Photographer Ingrid Bostrom Follows the Floats and Faces of Santa Barbara's Famous Parade Workshop
Nobuo saws plywood for a float platform at the Solstice Workshop. He provides technical help to any of the artists that need it. | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Pali-X-Mano has been involved with the Solstice Festival since 1990. He’s a master of elaborate concepts for floats and costumes and perhaps most known for his large inflatable creations. | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Carlos Cuellar has been creating for the Solstice parade for approximately 20 years. He prefers working on his own in his designated work space and “party tent,” vibing to music. One of his several projects this year includes a creation to honor beloved Solstice artist Anne Chevrefils, who passed recently. | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
He will restore Chevrefils’s monkey to be reused in her honor. | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Riccardo Morrison, Solstice Artistic Director | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Sun sculptures at the Solstice Workshop | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Claudia Bratton, artist in residence | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Sun Bear Wilshun takes a Workshop break to pet Moose. | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Raven Wylde, Pali-X-Mano (artist in residence), and Penny Little (Solstice special projects manager) | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Newlyweds Raven and Pali-X-Mano dance atop the platform of one of Pali’s works in progress. They were married at the workshop location, and one of Pali’s floats will feature the arbor from their wedding. | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Mask maker Hathor Hammond tries on her new bear mask. Pali-X-Mano helps her adjust the wig. | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Hammett in her bear mask. | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Hammett holds a photo of her masked self in one of her creations. | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Mask maker, Hathor Hammett, holds a photo of herself (masked and in a nurse costume). 
Hammett studies her bear mask. | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Sun Bear Wilshun eyes his dragon creation, contemplating repairs needed after transporting it. His dragon will be repurposed after use in previous parades. | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom 
Summer Solstice Workshop 2022 is held at 631 Garden Street. | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom
Join photographer Ingrid Bostrom as she dives into the Summer Solstice workshop in downtown Santa Barbara. Over the next three weeks, she’ll be meeting the colorful cast of artists, both established pros and first-time amateurs, who are building floats to celebrate the coming of summer during the annual parade and festival on June 25.
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