tracey johnson

art & light

I’m a visual artist creating light and lantern installations, bringing heart, soul, and colour to outdoor events.


I live in the mountains of eastern Victoria, and travel to communities across the country to share some lantern-making inspiration.

installations

brighten your world

I work with a creative team who collaborate, share and bring joy to communities around Australia.


We develop themes and concepts, we engage with you and your community, we facilitate parades, displays and installations.


Our light installations and lantern making workshops always ensure people are at the heart of what we do, fostering the creative spirit and sense of wonder and possibilities.

The work featured on this website involved collaboration with the following ​wonderful artists: Wanda Bennett, Lalune Croker, Donna Maree Robinson, Cheb ​Jeffery, Lisa Roebig Holmes, Julia Trezise, Rachael Pollac.

workshops

ignite your creative spark

Adding a rich visual tapestry to festivals, events and schools is our passion.


With a skilled team of artists, I offer lantern workshops for community groups and schools as half day. full day and two day workshops.


I also offer a full day Lantern Event Planning workshops, which includes the nuts and bolts of running your own lantern workshop.

Photo: Scott Kingman

lantern Workshops

half-day community workshop


  • Make a small lantern each
  • All materials provided
  • Rechargeable light included

View current workshop pricing here

or contact Tracey for a quote

full day community workshop


  • Full day workshop (large lanterns)
  • OR 2 x half day sessions (small ​lanterns)
  • OR festival drop-in workshop
  • All materials provided
  • Rechargeable light included

school workshop



  • Full day workshop
  • Up to 24 students
  • Make a pyramid lantern each
  • All materials provided
  • Rechargeable light included

Year: 2021

lantern Workshops

lantern event planning

& lantern making


full day workshop

Skill up your community - learn how to ​run a lantern event and workshop,

plus make a lantern of your own!


  • Up to 10 participants
  • Planning a lantern event
  • Step-by-step process of running a ​workshop
  • Detailed resource guide to take home

PLUS:

  • Make a pyramid lantern each
  • All materials provided
  • Rechargeable ligh​t included

Year: 2021

My experience

Collaborations, Community Projects

  • Illuminate, Mackay Festival, 2017-24
  • East Gippsland Winter Festival ​lantern workshops and events across ​East Gippsland, 2021-24
  • Living River, art and environment ​celebration, Swifts Creek
  • Avant Garden, Wintermoon Festival, QLD
  • Art by Night, Mackay

Public Art


  • Presence and The Gathering, Townsville, ​with Donna Maree Robinson
  • Overflow, Passchendaele, Belguim
  • Hover, Mackay Base Hospital
  • Shelter, East Gippsland Art Gallery, ​Bairnsdale
  • Meeting Place, with Wanda Bennett, ​Mackay

Education &

Artist Residencies


  • Master of Visual Arts, Monash University
  • Diploma of Visual Arts, Victoria University
  • Bachelor of Arts, University of QLD
  • Artist Residencies:
    • All That We Are, Tasmania
    • Falls Creek, VIC
    • La Muse, France

contact

Workshops are tailored to your particular needs and context.


Please get in touch with Tracey to discuss your ideas, happy to chat!

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ADDRESS

tambo crossing, victoria, australia

Phone

+61 0418 221 078

ABN 14 454 933 607