Fort Worden State Park

Journey to the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin

A Participatory Score (and discussion) with The Olimpias: Neil Marcus and Petra Kuppers.  An experiential offering made possible through the collaborative efforts between Goddard College and Madrona MindBody Institute. 

Thursday, August 26, 2010 (2 Sessions Open and Free to the Public) Donations Accepted.
4:30 - 6:00 pm and 7:30 - 9:00 pm.  Last session is followed by a reception with light refreshments.

Neil Marcus and Petra Kuppers are internationally recognized disability culture activists.  They work collaboratively on Olimpias. 

What is Olimpias?

The Olimpias is an artists' collective and a performance research series. The artists explore art/life, cross-genre participatory practices, arts for social change and disability culture work. Olimpias work addresses its audiences directly, and engages them gently and with care,.  The desire is to create a more inclusive future together. Please join us for one these two performance scores.

Each score will co-create a ritual experience, a nourishing re-imagining of memorialisation.  The score focuses on the Peter Eisenman memorial in Germany, and the lawsuits brought on by the disabled people of Germany who sued for disability access to the site and lost. We'll approach these topics through doing, together, and through a sharing circle.  Come ready to engage their wisdom.

Neil Marcus: Neil is an icon in US disability culture. In the 1980s and 90s, he performed his stage show  "Storm Reading" over 300 times all over the US, the UK and Canada..learn more

Petra Kuppers: Petra is a disability culture activist, a community artist, an award-winning writer, and Artistic Director of The Olimpias. Petra was a fellow in Community Dance at the University of Otago (New Zealand), and a research fellow in Contemporary Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University...learn more

Journey to the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin is hosted at Madrona MindBody Institute - Building 310 at Fort Worden State Park.  The working space is wheelchair accessible. Each score is will limit attendance to no more than 24 per score.  Pre-registration is highly suggested.

Register online today, or call (360) 344-4475 if you have any questions or need assistance in registering.

Fourth Annual Fort2Fort Bike Ride

Sunday's forecast is for SUN and GREAT biking weather!

The Friends of Fort Worden invite you to take a ride with history! Join us on Saturday, June 6, 2010 for the Fourth Annual Fort2Fort Bicycle Ride from historic Fort Worden State Park located in beautiful Port Townsend, Washington.

The ride is a supported tour along quiet roads through scenic Jefferson County to either Old Fort Townsend (a fun, round trip 17 miles, or a more challenging 42 mile loop) or Fort Flagler (62 miles round trip for a metric century!).

All Proceeds Benefit Fort Worden State Park. Full details on-line at: http://fort2fortride.org/.

Fifth Annual Fort Worden - Wildlife & Nature Art Exposition

Saturday & Sunday
October 10 &11

• Admission: Adults-$3, Families-$5
• Orca Whale presentations throughout the day
• Activities for Kids & Families
• Overnight Accommodation packages available

Hosted by the Friends of Fort Worden State Park, the Expo provides an opportunity for you to be educated, through art, about our environment and the wildlife that thrive in it.

This year's featured wildlife species is the orca whale, highlighted in presentations throughout the Expo by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, and the Whale Museum of Friday Harbor. Full details at www.wildartexpo.org

Friday, October 9, 8PM, special film presentation “Saving Luna”, Award-winning Documentary for the whole family. Your admission ticket also gets you into the Art Expo! Film details

Monica Van der Vieren: Wildlife Artist at Fort Worden

Monica Van der Vieren is a participating artist at the Fourth Annual Fort Worden Wildlife and Nature Art Exposition.  Her delicate renderings of birds, small mammals and butterflies are done in colored pencil, charcoal and watercolors. For more information, and to see examples of the participating artist's work, visit www.wildartexpo.org.

A life-long self-taught artist and career scientist, she formalized her interest in nature and science through the University of Washington’s certificate program in Scientific Illustration. Working as a freelance illustrator after completing the program in 1998 she designed and produced artwork for the National Wildlife Federation’s poster series Landscaping for Wildlife in West/East Cascadia.  A botanical piece was also selected for the book, Walking in the Beauty of the World by botanist Joe Arnett.

Her interest in promoting wildlife and wildlife habitat extends beyond art to education and restoration.  She completed the Native Plant Steward program through the Washington Native Plant Society.  She works as a volunteer instructor representing WNPS at the Woodland Park Zoo’s Backyard Habitat program, and has trained various community groups as a representative of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Her goal is to inspire people to gain a keen appreciation for wildlife in the Pacific Northwest and to work in the great outdoors and their own backyards to preserve and restore wildlife habitat. At home she is restoring wildlife habitat on a 100-year old farmstead in the upper Snohomish River Estuary and has created interpretive signage including artwork and writing for a wetland trail at a large local agritourism business.

Wildlife Art Expo tickets on-sale

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Public Art Unveiling June 9!

On June 9, at 5 pm in the Fort Worden Commons lobby, the work that Bainbridge Island visual artist Gayle Bard has created for that space as part of the Art in Public Places program will be unveiled!

"It is beautiful," says Fort Worden Area Parks Manager Kate Burke about the piece, in her invitation. A reception will follow the short presentation.

The selection process of Gayle Bard as the artist began in 2006, and she began to create the piece in 2007. Art in Public Places facilitates the acquisition of comission of artwork with funds generated by new state-funded construction. The Friends of Fort Worden also donated $6,000 toward the project.

The project is managed by the Washington State Arts Commission. The artwork will be part of the state art collection, but be stewarded by Fort Worden State Park.

Gayle Bard has met frequently with the hiring committee to talk about concepts and other areas of focus.

Admission to the unveiling is free; RSVP to Janet Hollingsworth at 360.344.4402.

Call for artists - 3rd Annual Fort Worden Wildlife and Nature Art Expo

The Friends of Fort Worden is sponsoring its 3rd Annual Wildlife and Nature Art Expo October 5-7, 2007 in Building 204.

This year we will be highlighting the sea otter as part of an awareness of the endangered and threatened species.  Artists are encouraged to display your art work that depicts sea otters.  We will be promoting that as part of this year’s overall program.

In order to participate in this annual event, we require that you have expertise and are an established painter, carver, sculptor or photographer.  If you wish to participate, there is an application available on line at www.wildartexpo.org. Those who wish to participate must submit the application, $100 for the booth fee and 8-10 images either on a CD or photographs of the work that you will be displaying.  Upon review and approval, those selected artists will receive a confirmation letter.  Submittal of the application does not guarantee space in the exposition.  Your booth fee will be returned if your work is not accepted.  Applications submitted without the booth fee will not be considered.  Space is limited. All applications must be received by September 15th to be considered.

Artists who are notified of acceptance must be prepared to set up artwork on Thursday, October 4th from 8am to 5pm or Friday October 5th before 3pm and take down on Monday, October 8th.   

You are obligated to stay set up until the end of the show on Sunday, October 7th. There is no breakdown of booths prior to 5pm on Sunday October 7th.  The exposition times will be 5 – 8pm opening reception Friday, October 5th, 10am to 5pm Saturday October 6th and noon to 5 pm on Sunday October 7th.

For more information, visit the website at www.wildartexpo.org or email WildArt@wildartexpo.org.