Olympia VBC Schedule
TONIGHT! Saturday August 13th
7-830 PM
Mark Lakeman and Mighk Simpson from Portland, OR
presentation on City Repair and Planet Repair! This presentation will examine the colonial context of the urban grid that we live in, while emphasizing the persistent tendency of life systems to restore regenerative patterns across the planet. This unstoppable movement of life toward regeneration offers us a starting point and opportunity for the transformation of the grid into urban villages. We will consider how the Planet Repair Institute offers a replicable example of a home that is engaged in Block Repair and Village Building, imbedded in a typical North American grid landscape.
830-1000 Music by the Erev Rav...
830-1000 Music by the Erev Rav...
MAIN EVENT -AUGUST 11-14:::All Day WORK PARTIES @ the Central Venue,
Fertile Guild Commons-- 9th & Adams in Dowtown Oly
COMMUNITY WELCOMING GATE to FGCC
Thursday-Sunday, 10AM-5 PM,
Help welcome the community into Fertile/ Guild Commons, by helping construct a curved fence and archway /gate over a patio made of repurposed broken concrete (called 'urbanite') . We'll stain a sun-ray pattern into the patio with iron sulfide (a garden fertilizer) and a water-based concrete stain.
The design of the fence will echo the sun ray patterning. Get a chance to work with and learn from Ramon, the twisted twigster.
each day 10 am-5 pm:
Thursday August 11: bring a pickup truck if you have one! gathering up and breaking as necessary the chunks of concrete, laying and leveling the sub base of gravel, screeding with recycled glass,
beginning to lay urbanite
Friday August 12: Cutting pieces for the archway and fence, continuing to lay patio
Saturday, August 13th: installing archway and fence, laying patio
Sunday, Aug 14...Finishing it up, including staining concrete in a sun-ray pattern
CHICKEN VIEWING TRACTOR LOUNGE
Thursday-Sunday 10AM-5PM
The chickens at Fertile Ground are celebrities. Help construct a chicken-viewing lounge made of real tractor parts, both new and antique. Wheels, chassis, shiny bench seats and more... work with local sculptor/metalworker Bill Fleming
Thursday: Stump grinder comes to remove a voracious holly tree that is vying for the same territory
Thursday/Friday 10-5: Prime & Paint tractor parts
Saturday/Sunday: 10-5: Assemble the sculpture.
REPAIR THE COB OVEN- Friday 10-5. Patch up the renowned pizza oven that has through its delicious creations has helped raise funds for many organizations and causes in the olympia community
EARTHEN PLASTER - Saturday 10-1 & 2-5. Learn to mix a natural interior plaster from wheat paste, sand, portland cement and pigment from iron oxide. Smear it on to the walls of the eco-house.
MANDALA PAINTING 9th & Adams...
Saturday 10 AM -5 PM mix natural paints and annual repaint that mandala celebration.
~Around sunset We will do the hokey pokey!
ROUNDHOUSE GATHERING SPACE All day, every day. Check out the simple, beautiful roundwood timber structure and imagine building your own.. Bring your musical instruments to play, or take a break to lounge under the spiraling reciprocating roof. Adorn the structure with decorations, bring blankets cushions... Designer/builder Huckleberry will be around Thursday and Friday. see homeearth.tumblr.com for pictures and details of his work.
Water Flowform Installation at Kirsten Sogge's Home, 1615 Puget St. NE*
Saturday, afternoon
Join us to complete the installation of a three level flowform flowing into
a pond in Kirsten's yard. Flowforms are unique in that the water flowing through them takes up a
pulsing figure of eight movement. The engaging sight and sound of water, and the pieces themselves, make flowforms ideally suited to a wide range of settings and applications, including public, educational and private
installations. Flowforms also have a functional purpose and are used for biological purification, farming, food processing, interior air-conditioning, therapeutic, medicinal and other applications.
See flowforms in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Contact Kirsten Sogge 360-339-3647 kirstenso@yahoo.com
LIVING ROOF FOR THE FERTILE GROUND PIZZA OVEN
**This project has been postponed , so won't be happening at this year's VBC.**
AND DON"T FORGET....EVENING EVENTS/WORKSHOPS
Thursday August 11th:
7-8:30 PM
7-8:30 PM
Compassionate Communication with Liv Monroe
Would you like to Connect across differences and inspire compassion within each other? Speak in ways most likely to be heard; Fully listen to one another without anger, blame or defensiveness? The quality of our connection with others depends on the quality of communication. Learn to resolve conflict and connect more easily through the tools of Nonviolent Communication
Friday August 12th
7-830 PM
South Sound Food Summit presentation by TJ Johnson
7-830 PM
South Sound Food Summit presentation by TJ Johnson
The upcoming food summit plans to bring our community together to celebrate, network and develop an action plan for a just, sustainable and resilient local food system.
Saturday August 13th
7-830 PM
Mark Lakeman and Mighk Simpson from Portland, OR
presentation on City Repair and Planet Repair!
This presentation will examine the colonial context of the urban grid that we live in, while emphasizing the persistent tendency of life systems to restore regenerative patterns across the planet. This unstoppable movement of life toward regeneration offers us a starting point and opportunity for the transformation of the grid into urban villages. We will consider how the Planet Repair Institute offers a replicable example of a home that is engaged in Block Repair and Village Building, imbedded in a typical North American grid landscape.
830-10:00
The Erev Rav Orchestra ! local klezmer band
Sunday August 14th
COMMUNITY CELEBRATION!
& ONWARD!
Love Your Local Festival~ Eastside neighborhood blockparty
Sunday, August 21st
For others who would like to participate the following weekend, some folks in the Northeast Neighborhood would love your collaboration to help create a music, crafts, intersection repair, block celebration on Sunday, August 21st. Our energy together will make this a one-of-a-kind day. Music by Erev Rav and the Blackberry Bushes. Please feel free to contact Daniel Landin or Marie Poland to find out more information; email: hearttone@gmail.com, buylocalss@gmail.com or call: 360-259-1589.
Love Your Local Festival~ Eastside neighborhood blockparty
Sunday, August 21st
For others who would like to participate the following weekend, some folks in the Northeast Neighborhood would love your collaboration to help create a music, crafts, intersection repair, block celebration on Sunday, August 21st. Our energy together will make this a one-of-a-kind day. Music by Erev Rav and the Blackberry Bushes. Please feel free to contact Daniel Landin or Marie Poland to find out more information; email: hearttone@gmail.com, buylocalss@gmail.com or call: 360-259-1589.
NW Olympia Pocket Park work party
Sunday, September 18th, 11am-3pm
Come to the beautiful new pocket park at the corner of NW Madison and Thomas to help with maintenance and improvements, possibly building additional benches... contact Robin Ivey-Black @ 352-3046 for more info.
