December 2007 Newsletter
Featured Archive Item
On October 16, 1908, cowboy showman and kite enthusiast Samuel Franklin Cody became the first man in England to achieve self-sustained manned flight. To honor one of the kiting world's most famous and certainly most illustrious personalities, the Drachen Foundation will be using this "Featured Archive" column to highlight some of the Cody items it houses in its archive.
Oaxaca's Day of the Dead Takes Flight
In collaboration with celebrated Oaxacan museums, the Drachen Foundation is organizing a celebration of arts, kites, and culture in Oaxaca, Mexico, for the Day of the Dead 2008.
2007 JKA Fall Meeting, Aomori, Japan
On the northernmost tip of Japan's Honshu Island, in Fujisaki, Aomori, I and fellow Drachen board member Jose Sainz were the guests of Japan Kite Association President Masaaki Modegi at the JKA Fall meeting.
DF Celebrates Drachen Kite Journal
After 11 years and 25 issues, the journal team of Drachen says goodbye to our readers with the final issue of the Drachen Foundation Kite Journal. Under the research and journalistic expertise of Ben Ruhe, we have enjoyed learning new and exciting about the world of kites, its cultures and its people.
New Drachen Foundation Publications
The Drachen Foundation issues and offers a variety of publications, from scholarly studies of kite topics to overviews of kite cultures, pamphlets documenting special projects and special art "coffee table" books. Drachen has recently added two very special publications to its online store.