Northwest Folklife

Jose Orantes

Kids coloring-in, cutting, and folding paper to make animal hats

Jose Orantes

Discovery Zone 11:00 AM

Jose Orantes is a Guatemalan artist who enjoys sharing about animals and raising awareness of endangered species. Since 1998, Jose began designing Animal Masks for the celebration of Bumbershoot at the Seattle Center. Over the years, the designs have been adapted to animal hats that are representative of their main characteristics.

You can see more of Jose's work by visiting his Instagram.

We encourage audience members to donate directly to artists, or organizations of the artist choosing. Please direct donations for Jose via PayPal: arq_nancymelendez@hotmail.com