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Islewilde 2009
Islewilde - August 14th through August 23rd 2009
Welcome to Islewilde, the annual Vashon Island Community Arts Celebration Festival, a collaborative art project by and for the Vashon Community and friends.
Islewilde's 2009 theme is "Tales From the Organ Grinder" in which we salute and celebrate the clockwork harmony (and occasional dissonance) of our bodies' inner workings. From our brain to our esophagus to our hearts to our lymph nodes, the human body is a masterpiece of elaborate design and hidden passages. Let our insides be hidden from view no longer! At this years Islewilde, all will be exposed!
In honor of our theme, Islewilde itself has moved to a hidden and almost inaccessible location well within the dark interior of Vashon. The celebration takes place at the Kidney Stone Farm (named for our proprietress Tammy "Kidney" Stone) at 21150 Old Mill Rd. on Vashon Island.
The basic rule of Islewilde is "Yes."
Islewilde is a community of amateur and professional artists: makers of eye-catching, often large-scale stuff; puppeteers; actors; jonglers; fools; dancers; musicians; costumers; riggers; illuminators; unnameable wonders. Initially created by and for Vashonites, the festival now regularly attracts participants from around the world. Everyone is welcome.
Islewilde is a scrappy, do-it-ourselves, let's-put-on-a-show kind of affair. Nine days of workshops lead up the festival where we forge in the smithy of our souls a lot of beautiful and weird stuff. "Out of chaos, love, stress, art, panic, garbage, and close quarters come magic and communal bonding for some, complete burnout for others."
If you have a vision and energy and an ability to rally people to help you, you can use the festival to manifest that vision. If you are more of a helper, a follower, a plug in-er, you will find no lack of opportunities and people wanting to utilize you and your skills. Teach what you know; learn what you can; try new stuff; keep papier macheing.
Islewilde is sponsored by The Backbone Campaign, 4 Culture, the Oregon Country Fair, & the Fremont Arts Council.
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