Events
EARTH DAY Events for 2009!
Little Artshram is the proud, main sponsor along with many friends, like Rhythmic Adventures and the Earthwork Music Collective, who bring the annual Grand Traverse Earth Day parade to the streets of Traverse City!
As an art and environmental educational organization, Little Artshram believes that creative, well-designed learning opportunities make the best community events!
Please contact us for wonderful ways in which you too, can become involved as a participant or a sponsor of the 2009 event
WE LOVE THE EARTH, and
WE LOVE THE EARTH DAY PARADE
The Grand Traverse Earth Day parade has been a joyous spring ritual in the Traverse City area for over 20 years. In 2009, again with the support of many friends and like-minded organizations and businesses, we will express our gratitude for our beautiful home place on planet Earth. Since 2000, Little Artshram, has taught workshops and shared the skills of the ancient tradition of puppet and mask theater, through the use of costumes, masks, big puppets, non-motorized floats.
Rhythmic Adventures has joined efforts adding fantastic drumming, and the creation of garbage art instruments in our workshops and helped to organize parade section bands. Together, in this community-wide celebration, we have outlined a story-telling parade design, that communicates our love and concern for air, water, earth, fire and all species.
The 2009 parade theme is "Growing and Gardening", focusing on our "front and back-yards" and how we personally and collectively as neighbors address water and global warming issues through opportunities presented and everyday experiences in our "yards". We will ask ourselves : What does "Growing and Gardening" mean in urban, rural and wild landscapes?
Parade Day: 20th Annual Grand Traverse Earth Day Parade and Green Fair, May 2, 2009 (to Saturday's rain)
- The Parade will line-up at Central Grade School at 12 Noon
- The parade begins at 1:00 p.m.
The parade will gently wind through downtown Traverse City and end up at Hannah Park at the Heritage Center. There we will enjoy a Puppet and Mask telling of our Growing and Gardening story, along with, a family-friendly concert featuring The Earthwork Music Collective of musicians from 3-5 pm.
Donation cans will be passed in lieu of ticket sales to offset costs of the Earth Day Parade, Green Fair and Concert.
Green Fair, April 25th, 9-5 pm.
Heritage Center, 6th St., Traverse City--NW Michigan is FILLED with Green Entrepreneurs who offer our community alternatives to shopping in big-box stores, and that support our LOCAL ECONOMY.
JOIN US in setting up an awesome GREEN FAIR at the Heritage Center near Hannah Park-by Contacting Mari to reserve a table and sell your Green-hand-made-goods, food, clothing, or share your Green-wisdom and services.Good, wholesome, and organic baked goods and beverages welcome too!
Sponsor & Green Fair Contact: Mari von Walthausen, wildsun35@yahoo.com
NOTICE: We have a NEW Location for the 2009 Earth Day Community Art Studio
This year's Community Art Studio will take place at Little Artshram's shared home-base, near the Barns Property at the Artists Cottage Bldg. #36 in the Community Room. Space is limited so pre-registration is necessary for the workshops, (info listed on workshop schedule below). The Artists Cottage, Bldg. #36 is located near TBAISD, on Red Drive, at the Village at the Grand Traverse Commons, just down the road from our summertime home-base at our Traverse City Community Gardens.
Join us, this is an open invitation to all to participatepeople of diverse ages, abilities and cultural backgroundsthe workshops are low-costand you will be supported by an amazing group of family, friends, and artistslearning the re-use, re-pair, re-invent, re-cycle methods of creation transforming scavenged stuff and garbage art into musical intstruments, masks, costumes and BIG puppets that Little Artshram and our collaborating partner Rhythmic Adventures is known for. AMAZING and FUN Opportunities for Earth Day 2009
How do we design and build the Earth Day Parade?
We begin by using three basic-parade rules to guide us and to create a safe, community gathering: No pets, No motors and No words.
- No pets: Our animal friends can get freaked out by BIG puppets, and Little Artshram asks that folks share the risk and responsibility, for one day, honoring this request and leaving your wonderful pets at home.
- No motors: This is a people-powered, foot-ed parade! Bikes are welcome! Let's make that a strong statement in this year's parade, and, create a parade that truly considers our carbon footprint.
- No words: Unlike many other wonderful community events and street theater opportunities, this is an "illustrated story-telling" version, and spring-time celebration.
Rather than protest signs, printed out and carried, we become other species and characters of our parade story. Music-making, songs, chants and cheers to illustrate the message of each parade section are a-ok!
The Earth Day Parade, Green Fair and Community Picnic couldn't happen without community involvement and volunteer help. We produce this event with a small, mostly volunteer staff. We could not do this without your support and that of the community. Please consider joining us in our efforts to present this annual spring community event.
We couldn't do this without you, so, please join the fun by contacting the following 2009 Earth Day Team Leaders: Sponsorship/Green Fair: Mari von Walthausen, wildsun35@yahoo.com
Volunteer Coordinator:
- Alex Campbell, axelcampbell@gmail.com
Parade Building Design Team & Workshops:
- Penny Krebiehl, penny@littleartshram.org
- Earth Jam! Fundraiser: Dede Alderman, dedealderman@charter.net
Little Artshram sponsored Earth day Workshops, Events & Q & A
When is the Earth Day Parade Kick-off Fundraiser?, What does Permaculture mean? What does Permaculture have to do with the 2009 Earth Day Parade? And What is being offered at our Earth Day Workshops in our Community Art Studio?
Here's the scoop, with answers to those questions, how you can learn more about Little Artshram's Permaculture curriculum AND, get in the Earth Day Parade goop at our workshops Earth Jam! A fabulous fundraiser for the 20th Annual Earth Day Parade
FREE Permaculture Talks and Tea, April 11th & 18th.from 3-5 PM!
Please call ahead to reserve space, 231-510-3491. Community Room, Bldg. #36, Red Drive, in the Village at the Grand Traverse Commons, Traverse City.
"Can mindfulness cut my carbon footprint? How can understanding patterns in nature help me save money? What makes my workplace like an ecosystem? As a holistic, nature-focused design science, permaculture is usually presented in the context of sustainable agriculture. Yet it offers the potential to transform our lives in many other ways: external and internal, personal and collective, consciously and unconscious.
The goal of permaculture is to create harmonious relationships with all aspects of our life.
Join Penny Krebiehl, certified permaculture instructor, in two weeks of interactive "Talk and Tea", exploring how the ethics, principles, and design process of permaculture invite us to become more effective at whatever it is we do—in the garden, at the workplace, building a parade, or amongst our friends and family.
To sign up for the Permi-Tea-Talks, contact: penny@littleartshram.org
Opportunities for Earth Day 2008
Community Art StudioImagine a place where you are inspired to create your expression of awe and appreciation for the natural world...imagine an invitation open to all to participate--all people of diverse ages, abilities and cultural backgrounds....imagine an open art studio with a schedule of weekly art and music workshops at low-cost or no-cost...imagine the support of an amazing gathering of family and friends and artists...imagine a huge collection of recycled materials, art supplies, scavenged stuff and garbage art transformed into puppets, masks, floats...imagine a circle of community where creatures from our backyards and all places on Earth come to life and practice their movements and story for the Earth Day parade...imagine a building full of music, percussion, rhythm and the sounds and sights of instruments being made and practiced...YOU'VE JUST IMAGINED OUR EARTH DAY COMMUNITY ART STUDIO!
Amazing and FUN! Opportunities for Earth Day 2008The Earth Day Parade and Community Picnic couldn't happen without community involvement and volunteer help. Both Little Artshram, a non-profit arts organization, and Rhythmic Adventures (who are both part of the Grand Traverse Earth Day Council) produces the event with a small core staff and about 12 volunteers. Please consider joining us in our efforts to present this annual spring community event!
Earth Day Residency ProgramsWe offer many types of residencies, from a one-day workshop to a 10 week Parade Design Team. All are focused on blending art and music-making with performance and environmental education. Your participants can learn specific skills such as mask-making, giant puppet construction, stilt-walking and build musical instruments out of recycled items.
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