Halloween Cakecraft with Cris [In-Person Only]
Sliding scale tuition; pay what you can.
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About
NWFF Cinema Programmer Cris Vázquez de Mercado, a veritable master of madcap DIY decor, will teach this three-hour study of artificial cake-craft, with an emphasis on creepy kitsch to meet the season. 🧛♂️🎃🍭👻 These captivating confections start on a lightweight junk base (soup cans, foam blocks, 📦s, etc.), and are then frosted with acrylic paint mixed with plaster, applied through a piping bag and tip just like edible icing would be.
NWFF will provide a range of Halloween-themed icing colors, spreaders ‘n’ shapers, and decorative toppings (plastic bugs, bones, googly eyes) – but you’re also welcome to bring your own decorations!
This workshop has a suggested registration fee of $100. However, we do offer a sliding scale, pay-what-you-can option for whoever may need it!
Cris Vázquez de Mercado
NWFF Cinema Programmer
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Cris is a filmmaker and artist who moved to Seattle in 2011 to study film and creative writing. Cris is passionate about fostering community through the arts and media and participates in Seattle’s thriving DIY community. They have written for Screen Queens, a blog focusing on women filmmakers and the LGBTQ+ film community. While at Seattle University, they interned at TheFilmSchool and The Vera Project. Also, Cris co-wrote, cast, and art directed the short Out of Print, which won 1st place and the “Audience Choice Award” at Seattle University’s 2014 Film Festival, as well as the “Audience Choice Award” at NFFTY.
They first became involved at NWFF in 2014 when they interned as the Gala Coordinator. Afterwards, they continued studying film through NWFF’s workshops and classes because of NWFF’s commitment to accessibility. In 2021 they joined the Forum staff as Patron Services Manager, and in late 2022, transitioned into the role of Cinema Programmer.
Photograph by Derek Edamura