Art – The Convergence

Processing Wild Harvested Clay

Convergence Program — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 22:35:32 +0000

We will learn how to process clay sourced from the earth beneath Little Lake Valley, making it usable for medicine, ceramic or building material

Attendees of this workshop will be getting their hands dirty! This will be an introduction to the process of sourcing Wild clay from the Earth, and converting it into a material usable for topical medicine, ceramics, or building material. The class will begin with a discussion of where one might find wild clay, and what tests one can perform to determine various qualities. Following the discussion, participants will use simple tools to crush, sift, and hydrate clay. We will end with muddy skin, and a follow up discussion. Upon request, participants can delve deeper to experiment with making simple vessels, and perform test firings in a pit or wood-fired oven, and, with some luck, take home a wildcrafted vessel.

Presented By: Cyrus Bacon

Social Permaculture Playshop: Clowning Theory and Praxis for Earth Activists

Convergence Program — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 00:47:59 +0000

Let’s play: tap into the wisdom of your body as a force for activist self-care and cultural critique.

You’ve heard that these times are dire and urgent, right? So isn’t it time we had some fun? Back due to popular demand, this hands- hearts- and bodies-on workshop returns for the second year to explore play and sacred clowning as tools for social permaculture. Endless urgency and intellectual seriousness are symptoms of a mechanistic, burn-out activist culture. Social sustainability requires different skills than those practiced within the Western capitalist paradigm. Forget those creepy clowns from childhood nightmares – come learn how to use the craft of clowning and play to bring life and joy into our movements. Play facilitates honest cultural critique and creates space for creative alternatives. And, it’s very fun. Notes: No experience necessary. Come especially if you have no experience.

Presented By: Annie-Rose London

Co-Creative Community Art Circle

Michael Lott — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 06:20:57 +0000

Join us for a co-creative art circle in the Visionary Art Zone, with experiential art games, the creation of a collaborative community painting, and an art discussion with the artists! We will be exploring art and creativity and it’s role within the larger scope of permaculture, community, and personal development.

Friday Oct. 6 / 3pm / Visionary Art Zone

Presented by the 2017 Visionary Artists of the Convergence, John Hutton and Michael Lott

The Art of Michael Lott

Michael Lott — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 06:27:58 +0000

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Michael Lott is an abstract artist whose work is heavily inspired by his travels, the healing of our relationship with nature, humanity’s movement towards spiritual integration, as well as the worlds opened up to him via dreams and the collective unconscious. The unique style that Michael’s work takes on is inspired by synesthesia, a “condition” in which Michael’s senses overlap and he perceives music and sound visually as a flowing, interwoven dance of colors and abstract patterns. Michael believes that his work holds rich subconscious symbolism, and that it can be seen as a foreign yet universally familiar language. www.michaellottart.com