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The Art of Mass Gatherings at LEAF Festival
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Join me later this month for a free symposium for artists, event producers, cultural workers, first responders, and anyone else involved in the arts, events, culture, and emergency sectors! I’m helping bring the national Art of Mass Gatherings program to beloved LEAF Festival’s 50th anniversary edition in Black Mountain outside of Asheville. This touring symposium uses festivals as classrooms to build community resilience and climate change preparedness. It invites event and emergency professionals to come together to share practices for creating resilient events and communities, focused on the four themes of safety, sustainability, accessibility, and community engagement. Through workshops, participatory asset mapping, site tours, and interactive demos, professionals across disciplines gain fluency in each other’s craft, all while experiencing the music, art, food, and atmosphere of their regional festivals.
The symposium is free to attend thanks to the generous support of the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with childcare and accessibility accommodations available by request during registration. Reserve your spot today! Art of Mass Gatherings attendees can also upgrade their symposium ticket to a full LEAF weekend experience. See details on the registration page and check out the LEAF Festival Schedule & Experiences to learn more about the festival.
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The Art of Mass Gatherings at LEAF Festival
9:30 am - 5:00 pm on Sunday, October 23rd, 2022
On the grounds of the LEAF Festival, Black Mountain, NC
Event check-in at Owen Pool, 117 Stone Drive, Swannanoa, NC 28778
Join us this October at the beloved LEAF Global Arts Festival's 50th year anniversary for a one-day symposium for arts, culture, event and emergency professionals! This learning and networking event is part of a touring national program from Majestic Collaborations that uses festivals as experiential classrooms to build more resilient communities and share practical skills for enhancing the safety, accessibility, sustainability, and community engagement of large gatherings of people. It is free to attend thanks to the support of the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Lunch is provided, and childcare and accessibility accommodations are available.
Art of Mass Gatherings attendees can upgrade their symposium ticket to a full LEAF weekend experience. See details on the registration page and check out the LEAF Festival Schedule & Experiences to learn more about the festival!
Register or see program highlights at bit.ly/nc22leaf!
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About the Organizers
North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
The mission of the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is to improve the quality of life in North Carolina by creating opportunities to experience excellence in the arts, history, libraries and nature in the state. The NCDNCR is home to the state’s 27 historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, two science museums, three aquariums and Jennette's Pier, 39 state parks and recreation areas, and much more!
Majestic Collaborations
Majestic Collaborations is a consulting firm and service provider specializing in mass gathering resilience and its application as a force multiplier to strengthen local creative economies, expand emergency preparedness, and build climate change resilience.
We believe in the immense power of gatherings—the communal coming together of large groups of people to share, celebrate, debate, rally, dance, sing, and thrive. To us, the beauty and power of mass gatherings is evident in their ability to bring together diverse communities around mutual passions in a successful, safe and sustainable way.
LEAF Global Arts
LEAF Global Arts is on a mission CONNECTING CULTURES and CREATING COMMUNITY through world music, arts education, preservation and experiences. The closest distance between two people is a story, a song, or a dance.
LEAF’s mission comes to life as an agent for positive social impact in many ways and places. The “ways” include: cultural exchanges, residencies, programs, workshops, mentoring, Easel Rider Mobile Art Lab, Learning Journeys, Signature Events, and immersive experiences. “Places” include LEAF Global Arts Center in downtown Asheville, in communities across the world, in schools, in community centers, at event locations such as Lake Eden in Black Mountain, and downtown Asheville.
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