Fort Worden State Park

Soul Motion™ Week at Madrona MindBody: September 8-15, 2011

Inspired by the work of Vinn Marti, Madrona MindBody Institute is hosting a SOUL MOTION™ Week, September 8-15, 2011 at their beautiful campus at Fort Worden State Park.

These special classes are taught by the 2010/11 Soul Motion™ apprentices in the Soul Motion™ Leadership Program, who are in their final module of a 3 module (24 nights total) residency at Madrona.

Celebrate this conscious dance movement practice; dive right in and pencil out this week to dance with an international dance community. 

Drop in: $5    Work-trade scholarships also available.

Soul Motion Pass: $34 - Opens the door to any or all of the 14 apprentice classes , plus you receive a 50% discount to the Sunday, September 11 Master Class taught by Michael Molin-Skelton.

View the complete schedule online, or call (360) 344-4475 for more information.

Daily - Thursday, September 8 to Thursday, September 15

• 8:15 AM
  Soul Motion™ Week a.m. class
  (September 11 morning class starts at 10:00 AM)
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• 5:00 PM
  Soul Motion™  Week p.m. class
  (No evening class on September 15)

Sunday, September 11

• 10:00 AM - 12 PM
  Soul Motion™ MASTER CLASS
  taught by faculty Michael Molin-Skelton
  $15 in advance; $20 at the door

Please arrive on time (or earlier) so the group can begin together. Doors will close 10 minutes after class starts.

Goddard College Celebrates 5th Anniversary at Fort Worden With Two Public Events

Goddard College Visiting Artist Series with Lily Yeh
 
Saturday, August 21, 2010, 07:30pm - 09:30pm
 
Goddard College is proud to celebrate its 5th anniversary in Port Townsend, Washington with the MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts Visiting Artists Series. Guest Artist Lily Yeh will present the "Rwanda Healing Project: Building Community through Art and Creative Action", Saturday, August 21 from 7:30–9:30 pm at the USO Hall, Fort Worden State Park.

This event is free and open to the public.
 
Location : USO Hall at Fort Worden State Park, Sat. August 21
Contact : Erin Fristad, 360-344-4100, erin.fristad@goddard.edu

Also, In collaboration with the Madrona MindBody Institute, Goddard College presents The Olimpias with Neil Marcus and Petra Kuppers in Journey to the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin: A Participatory Performance Score. There will be two performances on Thursday, August 26: 4:30–6:00 pm or 7:30–9:00 pm at the Madrona MindBody Institute, Fort Worden State Park. Donations accepted. Registration required at www.madronamindbody.com or 360-344-4475.

Full Details

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.

Liminal Spaces and Creative Process

Goddard College’s MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts program presents a free lecture by Haruko Okano titled “Liminal Spaces and Creative Process.” The lecture will take place Sunday, March 2, at 7:30pm in the USO Hall at Fort Worden. The event is free.

"In quantum physics, the wave theory states that at a certain point in a range of probabilities, one becomes a visual reality. That reality precipitates a whole new range of probabilities and is known as 'popping the quiff.'

Popping the quiff is commonly experienced by both scientists and artists. It is in that “a ha moment” that Joseph Campbell believed art could have a catalytic impact."  --Haruko Okano

Haruko Okano is an interdisciplinary artist with over 30 years experience. Her art practice focuses on the 3 R's of Reduce, Recycle and Reuse with an emphasis on natural detritus materials. Her creative process cross-pollinates from her studio practice, to community-engaged projects and into the field of experiential learning.

The Mafia is Coming to Fort Worden

...but we don't expect crime to increase. "Mafia" is the shorthand term for Goddard College's MFA-IA program, the Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts, starting at Fort Worden this August.

The MFA-IA program is about art across boundaries. It's about blurring the boundaries between film, writing, painting, dance, theater, and video. It's about genre-busting and freedom of expression.

Instead of marginalized artists at the edge of civic life, the Goddard vision is of artists playing a greater role in society, contributing to the progressive transformation of society and the welfare of communities. Visit Goddard's website   for more information on this new offering at Fort Worden.

Goddard College

Founded in 1863, Goddard College is recognized for innovation in education. Its mission is to advance the theory and practice of learning by undertaking new experiments based upon the ideals of democracy and the principles of progressive education asserted by John Dewey. At Goddard, students are regarded as unique individuals who will take charge of their learning and collaborate with other students, staff, and faculty to build a strong community. Goddard encourages students to become creative, passionate, lifelong learners, working and living with an earnest concern for others and the welfare of the Earth

In partnership with Centrum, Goddard offers a low-residency MFA in Creative Writing at Fort Worden. Goddard College's low-residency programs are committed to self-directed education. In keeping with this commitment, your needs, goals, and passions as a writer determine your course of study in the MFA in Creative Writing Program. Students may choose to work in the areas of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, playwriting, screenwriting, or cross genre. We welcome and encourage work in more than one genre, and we urge you to experiment with new kinds of writing and push your limits.

For more information on the Creative Writing MFA, visit Goddard's comprehensive MFA website.