Book-Making Teaching/Learning Workshop

...an epistolary journal...

facilitated by Meredith Casper

Saturday, December 5th

9:30am - 12:00pm

Coptically-bound envelopes create the structure for a collection of words, images, & 2-dimensional objects.

It serves as a great space for hopes, prayers, sealed thoughts, or a correspondence to someone else.

...a blank-book for yourself or as a gift to someone else....

Orchesis members: $20

Students: $24

Community: $28

tea, a light snack, & all materials are provided

Space is limited so please pre-pay via PayPal to secure your registration.

Glow: Call for Submissions

Orchesis Art Reception & Sale

Saturday, November 21

7-11pm at Councill House

Possibilities for offered creations are seemingly endless… handmade books, journals, cards, scarves, hats, pottery, jewelry, paintings, collage, recorded cd’s, weaving, quilts, baskets, woodwork, photography, glasswork, sculpture, and more...!

Location: Council House, 200 Council St. The house is immediately behind EarthFare on Council Street. You may park in the Episcopal Church parking lot.

Alumni, Students, Faculty, and Community members are encouraged to show and sell their work.

Hanging times are the week prior to Glow. Please see the www.orchesis.org calendar for details.

For more information and confirmation on submissions please email

Lindsey Smith at tela1031@gmail.com and

Pegge Delaney Laine at delaneylaine@bellsouth.net.

Submissions are Due November 9th

Sweat Your Prayers

An Ecstatic Dance Ritual

After we come together to cast the circle, we will move into a non-verbal space where the music will ease us into being present with our bodies, build to chaotic abandon, and then ease off into stillness. The experience can be meditative, spiritual, good exercise, connecting, grounding, healing, opening, or all that an more. Imagine a dance party where everyone dances what they feel instead of showing off for others to see. Come prepared to move and be moved!

Sunday, November 8^th, 2009, 9:30-12:00pm

Doors open at 9:30am, Ritual begins at 10:00am.

Please come early to change if you need to, remove your shoes, warm up, and adjust to the space. If you must arrive late, please do not enter during the opening circle; wait until the dancing has begun.

COST: $0-$5 sliding scale.

Donations will benefit Orchesis and Councill House.

BRING/WEAR: Clothes you can move in, shoes you can remove for dancing, and an open heart and mind.

Please contact B/T Craig with questions at craigre@appstate.edu.

Me and My Sock

Teaching/Learning Puppetry Workshop

November 7th, 1-3PM
Councill House

Community Members: $10
Orchesis Members: $8

Facilitated by Lexie Danner

Bring a sock and we'll turn it into a puppet. Sock puppets have existed since feet met wool. With a modern glue gun, pom poms, felt, pipe cleaners, and your personal additions, we will create a puppet, a character, and a short play. Come with an open mind. We'll be playing in the theater of immediate imagination. Please bring your own sock and any personal additions you care to include.

Interest/Membership Meeting and Potluck

Meet & Eat: 6-9PM
Thursday, October 22
Councill House

This will be a time to:
- Be in creative community & learn more about Orchesis
- Meet with your Orchesis Committee
- Generate ideas with the Expressive Arts community & offer comments/suggestions
- See what is coming up on the Expressive Arts calendar
- Prepare for Fall Glow 2009
- Mingle with Expressive Artists in all parts of the process (students, alumni, practicing professionals...)

Please bring food or drink to share.

Questions or comments? Please email us at orchesis.appstate@gmail.com.

Film: Soy Andina

Please Join Orchesis for a special screening of Soy Andina
Sunday, November 1
7PM in Room 114 in the ASU Library

We will be joined by Director/Producer Mitch Teplitsky and Associate Producer (Peru) Doris Loayza Reyes.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Some comments about the film:

Soy Andina is not just about the Latin American experience. This is a powerful film of interest to anyone wishing to explore cultures, traditions and roots. It is about having the courage to journey to a new land while still finding a way to treasure one's Homeland. This film is for anyone who has ever asked the question: "Who am I" and "Where Do I Belong?" Soy Andina asks life's most meaningful questions and offers thoughtful answers.
- Daria Hajioannou, ethnomusicologist & singer

What a wonderful gift to the world! I have a deep love and respect for traditional music and dance. Projects like Soy Andina reach deep into the wellspring of indigenous culture that dissolves boundaries and connects us all. Nothing brings people together like music and dance. It´s food for the soul!
- Eric Crosby, musician

We've lost the sense of village and family in our big cities, living often isolated lives. We've lost our rituals and seasons, our music and dances. Soy Andina touched a deep yearning for that sense of belonging, of knowing the earth I stand on is solid and shared.
- Neila Wyman, therapist

Expressive Painting:

A two-part, exploratory workshop
Facilitated by Deborah Tallarico, MA, RN, NCC - a nationally certified counselor and registered nurse with certifications in expressive arts therapy & body-centered therapy.

Saturday,
November 14th,
10 –1pm
And Sunday,
November 15th,
1 - 4pm

Councill House

Cost per person for both days
Community: $80
Students: $70
Orchesis Members:$60
-class limited to 10 participants-

All supplies provided… including wood panels, matt board, water-based acrylic paints, and various mixed media implements. Feel free to bring your own inspirational materials.

Class exploration to include:
- The developmental stages of image making
- Practicing self-acceptance throughout the creative process
- Allowing for emotional experience and expression
- Connecting with body & Earth for inspiration and containment

Please register at www.Orchesis.org, or by email or phone:
datallarico@yahoo.com (828)773-7891

Day of the Dead

Memorial Gathering & Workshop

Sunday Evening, November 1

From 2-6pm at the Councill House,

200 Councill Street

Cost: $5

(additional donations will be accepted that will go toward funding expressive arts healing bereavement care for those who have suffered traumatic loss.)

Register in advance at www.orchesis.org

Facilitated by Maloo Haynes, MA, Expressive Arts/

Eco-Therapist, Grief and Transitional Counseling

Honor dear loved ones in creative community with an educational and experiential workshop celebrating the Day of the Dead.

We will celebrate with ceremony, story and the creation of a memorial votive candle, while learning to move through grief with supportive community.

**Bring original/copies of PHOTOS, LETTERS, MEMENTOS, or other items you wish to collage and incorporate into your memorial candle and sharing. Candles and craft supplies will be provided. Potluck meal participation and sharing is optional following the workshop.