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Permaculture: Salmon-Nettle Soup
Add biscuitroot, bitterroot, camas... with Heide Bohan, author of "People of Cascadia".
Go to link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfFbDcaFcTo&feature=relmfu
Learn more about Heidi Bohan's work as ethnobotanist and cultural educator at her website: http://www.heidibohan.com/
Paul E Nelson: Spoken Word, Living Universe
For over a quarter-century, Paul Nelson has explored and enriched understanding of the shift from mechanistic worldviews toward greater spiritual awareness and holistic, community participation, employing a range of tools and media, such as poetry, speaking engagements, captivating interviews with innovative personalities, and teaching workshops like the Spoken Word Lab, or SPLAB, which he co-founded with Danika Dinsmore in Auburn WA in 1997 ( relaunched in Seattle, 2009 ). His online website, with its print and audio archives, is nothing less than a treasure chest of inspiration and a catalog of learning opportunities.
Go to link: http://paulenelson.com/
Native American Dance Reimagined & Revisted: 1951 and 2012
Pacific Northwest Glass-Blowing
Kelly Howard, Oregon Go to link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZTYvn_GYRE
Dante Marioni & Preston Singletary, Seattle Go to link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2L2WV-05ho
Lisa Samphire, Victoria BC Go to link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTBwQ6ruo5E
Emily Carr: A Woman of All Sorts
Now celebrated painter and writer Emily Carr was a force of nature who rebelled against the Victorian constraints of British sensibilities in her otherwise beloved native city, Victoria, British Columbia. After studying fine art in San Francisco, London and Paris, she set off on a lifelong, often lonesome quest for creative fulfillment in the wilds of her Pacific Coast homeland and among its aboriginal peoples. Eccentric, fiercely independent, and unable to sell any of her paintings, she would put down her brushes for over a decade before being discovered by the Toronto Group of Seven whose support would help earn her the title of Canada's "Mother of Modern Art". Below, a short video primer on her life and work, presented by Seattle journalist Knute "Mossback" Berger.
The Pacific Northwest Folklore Society
Located in Seattle's University District, the Pacific Northwest Folklore Society was founded in 1953 by Walter Robertson, the "Dean of Northwest Folksingers", with the mission of preserving the rich heritage of the region's folklore and supporting its further development. The society's website provides ample information in the way of history, local event and performance listings, reviews and publications. Also featured is an engaging library of Northwest folk songs with recorded renditions by local artists.
Go to link: http://pnwfolklore.org
Salute to Richard Gilkey
Painter and sculptor Richard Gilkey was a fourth-generation resident of Skagit County whose local roots ran deeper than the artist friends and colleagues who shaped the Northwest modern movement in the years that followed the Second World War, among them: Morris Graves, Mark Tobey, Guy Anderson, and Kenneth Callahan. Accordingly, Gilkey's work conveyed a style and consciousness of place that set him apart from his contemporaries.
To learn more about Richard Gilkey, visit the extensive biography by Deloris Tarzan Ament at:
http://www.historylink.org/File/5404
To view more of Richard Gilkey's work, search the images and associated websites at:
Floating on Bark: A Durable Canoe Tradition
Spokane craftsman and teacher John Lindman gives new life to the art of building birch-bark canoes. From Northwest Profiles at KSPS-TV.
Go to link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qkoFDtGjes
Sam Green: Poetry as Life Vocation
During the 1980's, Sam Green joined wife Sally in answering the call to make poetry the defining force in their life together, a decision that would lead to Sam's being named Washington State Poet Laureate in December 2007. Along the way: moving to Waldron Island, building a log cabin, publishing and printing books of poetry, and sharing his insight and literary skills through formal classes and poetry workshops. From Evi Sztajno at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer; July 6, 2008.
Go to link: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/A-life-dedicated-to-the-art-of-poetry-1278592.php
Sam Green Reading from Postcard Poems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAI8tf6S1_0&feature=emb_title
Different Strokes: Northwest Art Sampler
Rebecca Meloy, Fine Art & Prints Go to link: www.rebeccameloy.com/
Harold Alfred, Contemporary First Nations Go to link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3Wt7RO8BX4
Folk Icons of Elliott Bay
Ivar Haglund Go to link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJmfz37W_94&feature=related
Captain Puget Go to link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohYQUQQ9J2U
Tuba Man Go to link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQhC_Qf46-g&feature=related
Sacred Places: The Kids Are Alright
Whether on the rez or in a suburban garage, everyone enters an inner forest to channel the ancient heartbeat.
Nelson Leon Teaches the Running Dance of the Chwathil Indians:
Go to link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKPfSVqHgzM
A Sage, A Raven, Max & Max ( From The Haven Films )