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Spring into 2012 with EAC Parade Workshops!
Wanna learn how to make big puppets and other amazing parade items?
May 18 - 20 Multiples An important part of a parade is mass, taking up space visually. Mass can be accomplished with multiples of small elements. This workshop will focus on the making of wind-propelled elements such as spinners, turbines and pinwheels.
Saturday Workshops at Turchin Center
Kid's Workshop Series @ Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
We are excited to announce Elkland will be hosting Saturday morning workshops for kids of ALL ages at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University throughout 2012! From Elvis to Trash Fashion to River Clean-ups, we've got creativity covered. Join us!
Liberty Parade-An Epic Journey
Every year we get to build a parade in our own home community of Todd, NC on July 4th. This parade is called The Liberty Parade. It is our mission to pull creative minds out of the community and into the parade. It takes a community to make a parade. About 300 participants and over 100 volunteers make up this fantastic event. If we can get those who are walking dedicated to building the parade, Elkland Art Center has done their job. During the Liberty Parade artists have been known to take home projects.
It's the Year of the Dragon!
The Trash Dragon can't wait to get out and dance with you and your friends. He'll go anywhere you invite him.
This recycled critter was created out of "landfill bound materials" like styrofoam trays and plastic yogurt containers. His presence addresses the question of waste and how materials can be reused to create art. This dragon has danced at many environmentally themed events such as the Jackson County Green Energy Park Youth Arts Festival in Dillsboro, NC and Burt's Bees Mother Earth Celebration in Raleigh, NC. The Trash Dragon requires 4 handlers and some guidance from us, and goes great with our Trash Fashion.
Check out the Trash Dragon's moves in the video "Dragon Dance".
Contact us to hire him for your special event!
"The Land Sustains Us, A Todd Story"
Elkland Art Center will premier it’s documentary film, “The Land Sustains Us, A Todd Story” at 7 p.m., April 12 at the Todd Mercantile and at 7:00 p.m., April 13 at the Ashe County Arts Council. The film is intended to serve as an exploration and community conversation about how the changing landscape (development, infrastructure improvements, loss of environment, etc.) affects the sense of community in the village of Todd, NC. The filmmaking has involved interviewing a cross-section of people from the community including long-term and short-term residents, developers, government officials and scholars, to obtain their insight into how land use has affected or changed their attitudes in the community. A discussion with the documentary team will follow the screening.
Video team: Jim and Suzanne (on left)
Read more: Elkland Art Center is working on a video documentary
Do the Crusher
Dragon Dance
Jason's Dream
Liberty Parade 2011
Trash N Fashion
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