Illuminight 2021 Info

There will be happenings throughout the month of January to help Illuminate Skagit, culminating with the Virtual Illuminight 2021, live on Facebook, at 6pm on Friday, Jan 29th

Event Page

Don’t use Facebook?  No worries!  We will post a recording of the event on this page.

This January, get a free luminary globe kit at Tri-Dee Arts, in Mount Vernon,

and the Museum of Northwest Art, in La Conner (while supplies last)! 

See how these kits are made here.

Enter our luminary-making contest!

Click Here to Enter!

Luminary Contest Rules:

• All entries must be received by midnight on Friday, January 22^nd.
• Anyone with a mailing address in the contiguous US is eligible to enter an original, home-made luminary (see definition below). Limit of one entry per person. Family members can enter a single collaborative luminary.
• For the purposes of this contest, a luminary is defined as an original, artistically-designed, hand-held (may be attached to a pole or stick) container for a stand-alone light source.
• Staff of Skagit Watershed Council (SWC) and partner organizations, as well as contest judges, or the immediate family there-of, are not eligible to enter. Works commissioned by SWC are also not eligible.
• Categories: Family, Child, Teen, Adult, and Advanced (any design more complicated than our “Simple Star” design)
• Click here to see the prize list. Each category will be awarded one “Community Choice” prize by popular vote through our website, and 1^st – 3^rd place prize through a panel of judges.  Prizes for sustainability and honorable mentions may also be awarded. For the purposes of this contest, sustainability is defined as having reduced environmental impacts. Examples include using compostable materials or materials that were already destined for the landfill.

Winners will be announced at the 2021 Virtual Illuminight Winter Walk event, which will be streamed live on our lluminight 2021 Facebook Page.  A recording of the event will be posted on this page for those who are not able to attend.

For regular updates and luminary-making inspirations, check out our Illuminight 2021 Facebook Page.

Luminary ideas (from easier to most challenging):

•  Jar          Simple Video Instructions
• Globe     Simple Video | Detailed Video Instructions | Simple Written Instructions 
• Star        Detailed Video Instructions

Official 2021 Illuminight Poster