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As we live in Isolation, we can still PLAY...

6/18/2020

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Sing with Family...

When I suspended the Voiceweaving Meetup site this month I decided to share posts here for my fellow Voiceweavers. The song below was created in 2016 with my friend, Izetta Smith, with whom I've been singing since 1971.

It has been a remarkable experience to maintain a musical relationship for almost 50 years with Izetta; we first sang together in Portland's legendary Storefront Theater. Through the years we've made time to come together and play - for that is what improvisation is at its heart - musical play through which we continue to learn and discover.
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​As we navigate this period of social isolation I encourage 
you to sing, play and explore at home - by yourself or with your partners, housemates and children. Here's a simple partner game to begin your improvisational journey.  If you click the card below, you can listen to an audio sample of this game.
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A Procreate Dinosaureal experiment

3/19/2020

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My brother David and I were fiddling around in Procreate a couple of weeks ago and the process movie above is the result of that fiddling. David started the drawing by adding the broad wine-red brush strokes. I saw an image in that field of color and began to follow it along to its eventual completion. This little imaginary dinosaur might be the inspiration for a story about a meat-o-saurus who preferred eating plants, especially in their sweet flowering stage.  That's the magic...

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Your Song Language

6/21/2019

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I translated this post into a little movie...
​with a noisy guest appearance at the end:
can you guess what it is? Hope you Enjoy!
Folks often ask me - "How can I create my own melodies?"
My answer is this: "Listen, Sing, Feel, Play."
 As we practice, we're exploring an inner landscape
where  musical tides rise and fall, always in motion.
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Spirits of the Earth & Earth Stewards Exhibit - LAST DAY!

5/20/2019

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Tuesday, May 21st - from 4-8pm, is the last day to view this beautiful exhibit.
The exhibit is at Cerimon House and features images of Nature Spirits of the Pacific Northwest by multi-disciplinary artist, David Vala. The exhibit also features ten Northwest Environmental Organizations who gift us with their work in environmental restoration, community action and climate change mitigation. Please join us Tuesday, May 21st to view this exhibit!
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Cerimon House - 5131 NE 23rd Ave, Portland, OR

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Peony Kaleidoscope

5/20/2019

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As I was curating a recent exhibit at Cerimon House, the artist, David Vala, shared a Mac app he has just discovered called Scopeworks.  Using it, I created this little movie from photos of a cluster of peonies and ranunculus in a bouquet created by Portland floral artist Hilary Horvath.
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Beltaine Earth Songs!

4/20/2019

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Join us for a gathering of voices to celebrate the Earth!

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Spring Voiceweaving Workshops!

2/11/2019

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Monday Drop-in Sessions happening this Spring, March - May. Find out more HERE or, if you like, download the flier HERE.



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Chilstrom 'Home Place' Exhibit extended at Cerimon House...

12/11/2018

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The exhibit of historic Portland paintings by Betty Chilstrom had a rousing
and enthusiastic run and, by popular demand, a smaller collection of her
work will be exhibited through May, 2019. 
Visit Cerimon House, see the exhibit and take home a print, cards,
​or the book about Betty's life, which features over 200 images.

Open Tuesdays: 4:30 - 8:30pm 
AT: 

CERIMON HOUSE
5131 NE 23rd Avenue
In the heart of the Alberta Arts District
Sponsored by RACC & Cerimon House

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When we called ourselves Cultural Workers...a moment in time.

12/10/2018

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In December, 2018 I came upon this archival film posted by the Oregon Historical Society in 2017.  Portland's own Elaine Velazquez made this short film commissioned by the National Organization for Women in the mid-1970's. It captures a moment in 'Portland time' when my friends and I were finding and defining our paths as artists and activists.  Elaine and her partner Barbara Bernstein have gone on to create many powerful works of socially relevant art, and each of the women featured in this film has continued, in her own way, to contribute as artist/activist through the years. It's important to encourage each other, and those subtle to brilliant shades of storytelling that reveal our humanness and remind us that stories are interwoven in the DNA of our beings. Stories can be false, misleading, destructive and separate us by fearful, angry means, and stories can intrigue, delight, unite, inform and inspire us to act for the common good. The latter are the kind of stories I want learn to from, create, and share. How about you?
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Portland Home Place - A Community Conversation

11/29/2018

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December 9th, 3-4:30 pm
CERIMON HOUSE: 5131 NE 23rd Ave.

You're invited to a Community Conversation about our changing city and Portland's future. I hope you can join us...it promises to be a lively and informative event.  Before or after the show you can drop into the Gallery and see the current exhibit: paintings of historic Portland by Betty Chilstrom.
The event is free, we'll have snacks, and raffle off prints of Betty Chilstrom's
​historic Portland paintings to benefit the Community Transitional School.
(Sponsored by the Regional Arts & Culture Council, Cerimon House, and Earth Arts NW)
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