Community Support Weekend – APRIL 20TH & 21ST ++ APRIL 27th

Did you hear the exciting news? The Living Arts Tea Tent is being blessed with a permanent location during the Grassroots Festival at Shakori Hills, thanks to the generosity and support of the Grassroots, SHCAC and LAC community!

As we prepare for the Spring 2024 Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance. We want the Living Arts Tea Tent to continue to be community held, so that it can continue to grow as a co-created space of reciprocity, repose, and rest during the Grassroots festivals.

There will be various opportunities to dance, build, celebrate, donate and learn about the Living Arts Tea Tent throughout the weekend!

This events will serve as a fundraiser and donation drive for the Living Arts Tea Tent. A portion of the entry fee will go towards covering the material costs of the Tea Tent.

Donations of teas and teapots will be accepted during this evening. Some other items we are potentially accepting: Floor cushions and calm decor (curtains, rugs). Please check in with a facilitator about these bigger donations either beforehand or when you arrive.

On Sunday 4/21 after the Dancewave, Sunshine with Maple Spring Gardens is having an herbal pop-up plant sale at LAC!

SCHEDULE:

🔸 TEA TENT PROJECT DAY #1 Saturday April 20th 10am – 3pm
Prepping the site/ working with the land
Sign-up required (lunch provided)

DANCEWAVE & Tea Lounge Saturday April 20th 8 pm – 11:11pm

Arrival at 7:40pm
Dance & Tea Lounge: 8 – 9:30pm
Dj Lomain!
Tea Lounge Open until 11:11pm

DANCEWAVE & Tea Lounge & Plant Sale Sunday April 21st 10am – 1pm

Tea Lounge opens at 10am
Dance Arrival at 11:11am
Dance & Tea Lounge: 11:30 – 1pm

🔸 TEA TENT PROJECT DAY #2 (building the NEW Living Arts Tea Tent platform)
Saturday April 27th 10am-3pm
Sign-up required (lunch provided)

The LAC Tea Tent invites you to BYOM (bring your own mug) to the Spring 2024 Tea Tent!

In an effort to produce as minimal waste as possible, the LAC community is invited to bring their own mug to the Grassroots Festival this Spring (May 3-6) to store in the tea tent for personal use.

All mugs should be labeled (and we can help with that). Mugs will be stored in the cabinet accessible in the main tea area. Please help us keep the Tea Tent tidy by putting your empty mug away before you leave the tent.

Find Tea Tent Captain Kelso before or during the festival to get your mug situated and get you entered in our raffle for a very special sweet surprise for bringing your own mug!

Tea Tent Crü
Kelso, Aubrey, Brad, Brü, Wolf, Elise, Janvika, Jason, Juniper, Kati, Shirley, Kyree, Landon and Paura

Monday, April 21st
2:00 PM
@ Living Arts Collective (410 west geer street, durham)

Join Sunshine, farmer and herbalist on Earth day weekend at LAC and pick up some new plant friends. Have you ever wanted to plant an herb garden? Grow your own medicine? Sunshine will have over 20 different herbs that grow well in our climate and can help you pick out the best ones for your needs or desires. Whether you’re interested in a tea garden, a culinary garden, a first aid garden, or a general medicine garden, there will be something for everyone.

Monday, April 22nd
1:30 PM
@ Old North Durham Park
behind Living Arts Collective

Guess what we’re doing for Earth Day!

We’ve been invited by Central Park School for Children to lead a Dance Walk for kids in Durham. Please join us as we honor the earth by empowering our youth.

Costumes encouraged!

We’ll meet at 1:15 PM at Old North Durham Park behind Living Arts Collective and then meet up with the kids for a funky dance walk through town.

Please email booking@livingartscollective.com with quesitons.

Friday, April 26th
6:00 – 9:00 PM
@ Hillsborough River Park
228 S Churton St

Drum | Dance | Art | Play | Connection in Nature | All Ages | Family Friendly

LAC Community Drumming 6:00 – 7:00 PM facilitated by Bashir Shakur with support from Diali Cisshoko Beverly Botsfords and Will Ridenour, Cindy Jones and more!!
Improvisation Play for ALL Ages with Aubrey and friends 7:00 – 7:30 PM
Living Arts Dancewave 7:30 – 9:00 PM
Family ART Area!
Food by Vegan Flava Cafe

Please Note – We have a goal for this event to be FREE to the public to encourage accessibility for all. Please donate to the artists fund here if you are able. Thank you!

What to bring? A drum, a chair, and a friend.

Every Last Friday of the month April – October 2024

In collaboration with Hillsborough Arts Council and Drumming for Wellness NC!

Wednesday, May 1st
7:00 – 11:00 PM
@ Motorco Music Hall
723 Rigsbee Ave, Durham

Please join us for a lively & local Afro-music event to support flood victims in DR Congo!

This is the largest local Afro-music event in 30 years – Kaira Ba, Oxente & Africa Unplugged will JAM righteously to raise funds for flood victims in DR Congo who are in dire need of medical supplies, safe drinking water, and shelter after the worst flooding in Equateur Province in 60 years. Local NGO @Go Conscious Earth empowers these stewards to protect their Congo Basin Rainforest, which we all depend upon for global climate stability. The indigenous peoples and local communities don’t cause the climate crisis, yet they’re bearing the full brunt of its force. Thanks to generous sponsors – Motorco, Kaira Ba, Oxente, Africa Unplugged, and Living Arts Collective – all ticket sales will go directly to helping the flood victims. Get tickets now and shake it for flood relief!

$20/$25 TICKETS

GO CONSCIOUS EARTH – WEBSITE

Sundays
11:33 AM – 1:11 PM
@ Living Arts Collective
410 West Geer Street

Inspired by Ecstatic Dance through the lens of Ousia (oo-see-ah), the Living Arts Dancewave is an immersive dance experience with curated music woven in a wave format. Living Arts Dancewaves are inclusive and intergenerational spaces for people to move freely and express themselves creatively.

The Living Arts Collective facilitates experiences that are welcoming of all ages, physical bodies, cultural backgrounds, identities and dance abilities. We stand in authentic, lasting solidarity with our BIPOC & LGBTQ+ friends and family. Dancewaves start slowly, build to a peak and then return to stillness, during which time you will get to experience the euphoria of music, rhythm and connection. We co-create an environment intentionally free from verbal conversation and cell phones to support a more fully embodied experience.

The Dancewave lasts for 90 minutes, during which we encourage you to take care of your well-being, to move at the pace and in ways that feel best to you, and to honor others by always seeking consent in your interactions.

Schedule:
11:11 AM Arrival & Settle 6pm
11:33 AM Opening Circle
1:11 PM Closing Harvest Circle followed by Restoration of the Space

REGISTER HERE

Please Consider sustaining this movement by becoming an LAC Sustainer with a monthly contribution amount of your choice. Your presence and support is treasured and makes all the difference.

CONTRIBUTE HERE

Our May/June Contact Improvisation season has something for everyone!

Click this link to learn more about these offerings:

7 Flavors of Jam Series~ CI Jams with Live Improvised Music and Guided Warm-ups!~
Each week there will be warm-ups provided by different experienced teachers, live improvised music with different musicians, and plenty of time for open jamming and play. Sign up for the entire series to support the event and reduce the per-jam cost (we prefer this!) or drop-in when you can.

7-Week Spirit and Technique of Contact Improvisation Series on Tuesdays (Open Level) and Wednesdays (Intermediate+)~
Starting in mid-May, Em Liptow and Len Foyle will be co-teaching an open-level/beginner-friendly CI series on Tuesday nights and Coda Badamo-Connors and Toni Craige will be co-teaching a series for more experienced dancers on Wednesday nights. Both series are 7 weeks long, and students must sign up for the entire series~ they will be nourishing learning experiences and spaces to build community connection.

Weekend Events~
We will be hosting our signature 2.5 hour “Contact Improvisation Fundamentals” workshop on Sunday, 4/28 from 3:30-6pm. Come try CI for the first time or re-engage with the basics from a new perspective. This is an ideal way to try out Len and Em’s teaching before committing to the 7-week Tuesday night series.

Last Contact Improvisation Jam of April on 4/22

Stay tuned for another detailed newsletter about these classes!

More Information and Registration is Here

Saturday, April 13th
7:00 PM
Eno House, HIllsborough

Join us for a special concert featuring one of our resident LAC artists, Spencer Scholes!

From Spencer, “I wrote a lot of songs in the past three years which are with a few older unrecorded songs, clamoring to be heard. Your presence would mean a lot. Expect professional sound, lighting, and a special guest or two. This is my first booked solo performance in over six years.”

Here is the link to get your tickets.