Kite Flying 101 or How to launch a kite and kite-banner!
With Andrew Maize

April 25
10am-11am – Wonder’neath Studio
11am-1pm – Halifax Common

Join artist and kite-flier Andrew Maize for a hands-on workshop that will introduce the basics of successfully launching, landing, and flying large kites, kite cameras and kite-laundry (ie. kite banners). We will discuss knot-tying, launching/landing techniques, environmental factors, safety, equipment, and kite banner designs. The workshop will begin at Wonder’neath from 10am-11am, and then will move to the Common, where we will practice launching, flying and landing big kites (and kite banners)!

Participants are encouraged to dress for the elements (hat, sunscreen, sunglasses) and bring a  pair of work gloves (thin leather gloves or similar are ideal – the kite string can burn hands when under a lot of tension!)

Participants are also invited to help fly kite banners at future sessions of RAISING BIG QUESTIONS for Mayworks 2026.

Admission by donation. Please RSVP here:

ANDREW MAIZE is an artist. His playful, collaborative and improvisational approach to making art is contingent on the relationships of environmental, social, and material situations. Recent collaborative explorations include mobile instruments for improvised performances, wind-powered kinetic sculptures, and experimental drawing practices (using local sourced inks and candle smoke). He seeks collaborations across disciplines to expand improvisational practices as tools for embodying more responsive and adaptable ways of being, by welcoming the fundamental agency of uncertainty. As an arts educator and organizer, he has been involved in collaborative projects that engage communities with art, in both traditional and non-traditional spaces. Maize graduated with a BFA from NSCAD University in Halifax NS in 2012, and a MFA from the University of Guelph in 2021. He is the recipient of multiple grants and awards, including SSHRCC, Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Nova Scotia.

Event photo by Corey Isenor