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Islewilde 2010
Blood from a Stone:
a Parasite Adventure
Islewilde has decided on the outline for it's 18th annual community performance
celebration festival, August 14th-21st. The theme is "Blood from a Stone: a
Parasite Adventure" which is a take on funding for the fringe arts and the
Islewilde tradition of making art from discards and found objects.
The festival includes family art workshops, a camp for participants, a lantern
walk, and free public performances. The workshops are being held Aug 14-19,
daily at 3pm and focus on skills like mask making,costume creation,circus
skills, puppetry, and lantern building. Participants work with and learn from
our skilled artists to make the unique art and performances which will
be presented free to the public at the climax of the festival, the Pageant, on
Saturday, Aug 21st, time TBA. The very popular lantern walk will be
Friday night August 20th at dusk (about 9pm).
Islewilde will take place in a forested meadow on Old Mill Rd. Please visit
islewilde.org for detailed directions. For more information, please call Doug
Skove at 463-1947.
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. A week 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 no one.
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