The art farm will soon be welcoming Sara Dent, a Linnaea Ecological Garden Program graduate, to the art farm for a two week residency late April and early May. Along with developing a soil remediation strategy for our garden plots, Sara will be helping us assemble a long-term plan for the farm in general - including water-use, plant selection and the use of micro-climates.
Past Events
Farming Residency
Monday, April 27, 2009 - 09:00 - Friday, May 8, 2009 - 05:00
Cob beginnings
Monday, June 15, 2009 - 10:00 - Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 17:00
The Mudgirls, a natural building collective from Saltspring and Lasquiti Islands, and their apprentices, Good Earth, a natural building collective here on the Sunshine Coast - along side art farm staff - will be setting the foundation and basic frame for the cob kitchen. The cob construction will take place in late August, as the the two collectives trade off in leading workshops for local participants. Anyone interested in learning about cob building should contact us for details.
RETURN - open house 2009
Saturday, August 8, 2009 - 12:00 - Sunday, August 9, 2009 - 18:00
deer crossing continues its tradition of welcoming an exciting group of innovative artists and their audiences to another site-specific interdisciplinary arts extravaganza here on the farm and through-out the forest. RETURN, Saturday August 8th and Sunday August 9th, will feature installations in the rain forest, performance pieces, musicians, poets and much much more.
Artists featured at RETURN 2009 will be:
Ceramic and multi-media artist Maggie Citrin, Ceramic artist Susanne Biden, Sculptor, painter, designer, architect and installation artist Diego Samper, Installation artist Shirley Wiebe, Sculptor Meghan Corsie, Guitarists Valerie Jackson and Paul Pinsonnault, Installation artist Susan Knight, Interdisciplinary artist Laura Lee Coles, Poet/writer/printing press owner Eilis Carpentier, Puppeteer/maker Sandy Buck, Writer/performer Chad Hershler, Poet/performer Cecil Hershler, Performer Lani Claxton and Mask director Laen Hershler.
Schedule of performance and music for RETURN 2009 (both days) is:
12 pm - RETURN begins
12:30 pm - Tinfish (Guitarists Valerie Jackson and Paul Pinsonnault)
1:15 pm - Rababoo Puppet Theatre (Puppeteer/maker Sandy Buck and writer/peformer Chad Hershler)
2 pm - Critical Mask Theatre Collective (Poet/performer Cecil Hershler, performer Lani Claxton and Mask director Laen Hershler)
2:30 pm - Tinfish
3:15 - Critical Mask Theatre Collective
4 pm - Selkie Press demonstration (Poet/writer/printing press owner Eilis Carpentier)
5 pm - Rababoo Puppet Theatre
6 pm - RETURN comes to a close
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The nature of Nature
Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 10:00 - 17:00
The nature of Nature is the first in a series of workshops entitled 'Dialogues with Nature' led by art farm curator Diego Samper. For this workshop, participants will spend most of the day at Diego's home studio with a bonus tour through the art farm to see some of Diego's permanent sculptural work.
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