Meddling with Nature at HAIL – Workshops
HAIL Events Outside of HAIL
October 19, 2019
Leaves of Paint – Lloyd Library and Museum
Join Tracy from Hail Dark Aesthetics and Meddling with Nature at the Lloyd Library and Museum to paint your very own botanical art. Select one several botanical illustrations from the Museums extensive collection to paint with watercolors. Painters of any skill level are welcome. More Info Here.
October 23, 2019
House Party – Taft Museum of Art
Shake your bones to the vinyl spinning beats of DJ nill of Hail Dark Aesthetics and catch magical performances by Pones, Inc. on the dance floor. Stroll the gallery halls of the Taft Museum of Art\’s nearly 200-year-old house (and you think Hail has some weird stuff displayed! Woah! Check out some of the Taft family \’interests\’) and witness the art come to life on this haunted night! More Info Here.
October 25, 2019
Fall Back 70s – Kennedy Heights Art Center
Join us at the Kennedy Heights Art Center for a far-out 70s-style DISCO party with music by DJ nILL of Hail Dark Aesthetics – Cincinnati, disco dancers from MamLuft&Co. Dance, light show by Jeff McIntosh, dope decor curated by Karen Sickmann Saunders and Mallory Feltz, groovy games from The Play Library, Shrinky Dinks and pet rocks crafts, photo booth, and dyno-mite food and drinks made popular in the decade. Pay homage to the great TV shows of the 70s. Come on down – and be the next contestant on The Price is Right (and win fabulous prizes)! Get down with us on The Soul Train (\’cause we\’re gonna boogie oogie oogie ‘till you just can\’t boogie no more). More Info Here.
October 30, 2019 – At The HUB
Past Events
February 14, 2019
Nothing says ‘I love you’ like an evening of pinning bugs, eating cheese and drinking wine in the middle of a record and oddities shop. What can be more romantic than that?!
This 2-hour date covers the techniques of preserving and mounting large beetles. Each couple will go home with their very own mounted pair of Fornassinus russus, velvety red flower beetles.
Have more of a love triangle? ….
February 10, 2019
This workshop covers the techniques of preserving and mounting black forest scorpions; Heterometrus laoticus to be exact. That’s right, these guys are actually big enough to wire and stuff (7 inches including tail), so we can classify this as a perfect marriage between arthropod mounting and taxidermy.
SCORPION MOUNTING WORKSHOP
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE! OCTOBER 21, 2018 – NEW WORKSHOP SCHEDULED – This workshop covers the techniques of preserving and mounting black forest scorpions; Heterometrus laoticus to be exact. That’s right, these guys are actually big enough to wire and stuff (7 inches including tail), so we can classify this as a perfect marriage between arthropod mounting […]
Jungle Nymph Insect Mounting Workshop
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! OCTOBER 29, 2018 – NEW WORKSHOP SCHEDULED – Learn how to mount and display your very own Jungle Nymph (Heteropteryx dilatata). These are amongst the most massive of insects allowed on planet earth, only trumped by the Goliathus beetle by weight! This workshop is part insect positioning and part taxidermy. These little babies are […]
BEETLE MOUNTING WORKSHOP
September 16th – 6pm This 2-hour workshop covers the techniques of preserving and mounting large beetles. Each participant will go home with their very own Fornassinus russus, velvety red flower beetle… what happens after that is between you and your maker; framed mount, or bell jar baby, the sky is the limit! *and you’ll walk […]
RAT TAXIDERMY WORKSHOP
May 27, 2017 – 5pm – Past Event – OCTOBER 29, 2018 – NEW WORKSHOP SCHEDULED – Learn how to mount and display your very own Jungle Nymph (Heteropteryx dilatata). These are amongst the most massive of insects allowed on planet earth, only trumped by the Goliathus beetle by weight! This workshop is part insect positioning and part taxidermy. […]
Skeletal Preparation and Articulation
Need a little knowledge and know-how in regards to bones, skeletons, or articulation?
Joshua Black Wilkins LIVE – June 2017
OCTOBER 29, 2018 – NEW WORKSHOP SCHEDULED – Learn how to mount and display your very own Jungle Nymph (Heteropteryx dilatata). These are amongst the most massive of insects allowed on planet earth, only trumped by the Goliathus beetle by weight! This workshop is part insect positioning and part taxidermy. These little babies are so large you actually have […]
Skinning Tutorial – Beak to Tail
Ever wanted to learn how to skin and taxidermy your own bird! If so, this is the workshop for you.