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Written by Nikki Beinstein + Illustrated by Elizabeth Arguello. Published by The Serious Type on June 2, 2024 with design by Light of the Moon, Inc. Profits support the Oniya Bison Rewilding Project + The Serious Type.
Written by Nikki Beinstein + Illustrated by Elizabeth Arguello. Published by The Serious Type on June 2, 2024 with design by Light of the Moon, Inc. Profits support the Oniya Bison Rewilding Project + The Serious Type.
Available for at select local establishments, including in Marble: The Marble Hub; Redstone: The Redstone General Store + The Redstone Trading Station; Carbondale: White River Books, Bonfire Coffee + True Nature Healing Arts; Basalt: The Art Base; and Aspen: Explore Booksellers; Moab, Utah: Moab Made; Glenwood Springs: Downtown Drug & Alpenglow Books and online at Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com
Available for at select local establishments, including in Marble: The Marble Hub; Redstone: The Redstone General Store + The Redstone Trading Station; Carbondale: White River Books, Bonfire Coffee + True Nature Healing Arts; Basalt: The Art Base; and Aspen: Explore Booksellers; Moab, Utah: Moab Made; Glenwood Springs: Downtown Drug & Alpenglow Books and online at Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com
The Mountain Heart Men’s Ceremony is a 3-day immersive gathering for men ready to reconnect with purpose, power, and presence.
Held at the sacred lands of 13 Moons Ranch in Carbondale, Colorado—from 5:00pm Friday, September 26 to 4:00pm Sunday, September 28—this transformational weekend invited men of all ages to come together in brotherhood, healing, and remembrance.
Set at the base of Mount Sopris—known by the Ute people as Wemagooah, meaning “Ancient Mountain Heart Sits There”—this gathering wove together ancestral wisdom and modern men’s work to meet the needs of our time. They're already making plans for the second annual Mountain Men's Ceremony in 2026!
The Serious Type became the fiscal sponsor for the Mountain Heart Men's Ceremony in October 2025.
The Land of Peace Art Village, a 20 year-old brainchild of Aziz Mohammed (Volta Lake Region, Ghana) and Rochelle Norwood (Colorado, USA), is a cross-cultural collaboration dedicated to sharing resources, artistic development, and intrinsic joy while addressing urgent environmental challenges.
The Serious Type became the fiscal sponsor for the Land of Peace Project in January 2025.
FUNDING RECIPIENT: Burning Wild, Burining Free event: a ritual celebration through theater and storytelling. Facilitated by San Francisco Bay Artists + Theatre Makers Deborah Eliezer + Noor Adabachi / Aviva Arts at 13 Moons Ranch, Carbondale, Colorado. November 19, 2022
CO-PRODUCER + FUNDING RECIPIENT: A Call to Rewild event to celebrate + fund local + nonlocal projects + performance artists, including the Oniya Bison Rewilding Project, Ariana "Air" Gradow, Dria Thornton, Jimmy Byrne, Pam Rosenthal / Bonte Lane, Porcupine Singers, Sweet Root + DJ Dustin Eli at 13 Moons Ranch, Carbondale, Colorado. September 17, 2022
PRODUCER + STORY: Introduction trailer to the film Rewild Our Soul with Cinematography + Direction by Anders Carlson about the return of the Bison to the American Plains based on the work of Tara Sheahan of the Oniya Bison Rewilding Project + Oriana Mobieus of 13 Moons Ranch with Music by Dirtwire + Black Lodge Singers of the Blackfeet Nation
PRODUCER, DIRECTOR + CO-WRITER: Staged reading with original music for The Middle World musical reading starring the Marble Charter School Players. Words + Story by Alexandria Basso & Nicole Beinstein, Music by Jessa Young, Co-produced with Oriana Moebius of 13 Moons Ranch + Gina Mile of The Marble Charter School, April 14 + 15, 2023 at the Redstone Inn, Redstone, Colorado.
PRODUCER: Social Media takeover by Wanjiru Caroline Kabue from Nairobi, Kenya (2 months, beginning in December 2022): perspective of youth empowerment + self-expression in her community - with the intention of rolling out similar opportunities in other countries.
PRODUCER: Social Media takeover by Aziz Muhammed from Ghana (1- 2 months, beginning July 2023): perspective of youth empowerment + self-expression, sustainability + storytelling on his communal land, which he calls The Land of Peace
CO-GRANTWRITER: Water Project Curriculum funded by the Pitkin County Healthy Rivers Board for the Marble Charter School
CO-PRODUCER: Development of the Mud Puppets bison puppet as seen at Halloween on Redstone Boulevard as well as the New Year Celebration (12/31/23) at 13 Moons Ranch in support of The Land of Peace
CO-PRODUCER: Stone Soup Fall Community Dinner at the Redstone General Store with Rachael Gillespie, host of a Fire Cider Workshop, and music by Rhythmystics on October 10, 2024
PRODUCER: Presentation of Oniya Re-Generation: K-4 Curriculum at River Valley Ranch's Old Thompson Barn on October 24, 2024
PRESENTER/BOOKSELLER: Local Authors Holiday Booksale with Shayla Paradeis, Lisa Dancing-Light and Alyssa Ohnmacht at Bonfire Coffee on December 6, 2024
Social Media Takeover from Nairobi, Kenya by Caroline Wanjiru Kabue
Tara Sheahan at the Oniya Bison Rewilding Project in La Jara, Colorado
A local student as John Osgood in the musical reading of The Middle World
Bison Puppet created by Soozie Lindbloom / Mud Puppets at Redstone Boulvard's Halloween Parade
Marble Charter School students in partnership with Wild Rose Education for the Water Curriculum Grant Project funded by Pitkin County Healthy River Board
Sarah Johnson of Wild Rose Education in Ghana connecting with the Land of Peace sharing knowledge and customs
Social Media Takeover from the Land of Peace on Lake Volta in Ghana with Aziz Muhammed
Stone Soup Fall Community Dinner evening at The Redstone General Store with Rachael Gillsepie's Fire Cider Workshop + music by Rhythmystics
Presentation of Oniya Re-Generation: K-4 Curriculum presentation at River Valley Ranch's Old Thompson Barn
Collaboration with Diana Alcantara and the Carbondale Community School to share the Re-Generation Curriculum with the 1st & 2nd Grade Class
With book publisher Alyssa Ohnmacht of Light of the Moon, Inc at Bonfire Coffee for a Holiday Booksale
With singer/songwriter Shayla "Kiddo" Paradeis, author of Footprint of the Heart
With musician Lisa Dancing-Light, author of Magic Mountain
Introduction to the documentary-in-development entitled Rewild Our Soul by Anders Carlson, which captures the unfolding story and adventures of the Oniya Soul Tribe. Themes include: bison restoration, regenerative agriculture, community, healing, artistic collaboration + purpose-driven work. (3:52 minutes)
With Tara Sheahan and Pam Rosenthal / Bonte Lane Medicine Music at True Nature Healing Arts
With Rochelle Norwood + Aziz Mohammed / Land of Peace and Jason Nelson / Visual Adventures
African dance class at 13 Moons Ranch with Rochelle Norwood and Alexandra Jerkunica / Cordedination
The first TST website designed + developed by Suventure, Bangalore, India
August 2020 - November 2022
Original designs and logo by Priya Kral (below)
Directed and filmed by Anders Carlson. Thanks to the great generosity of Pitkin County Healthy Rivers and the expertise of Wild Rose Education, the Marble Charter School spent the 2023-4 academic year learning about water from their teachers as well as from various organizations and professionals in order to protect their local rivers and watersheds. (5:15 minutes)
Banner Photo: Marja O'Connor
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