It's a GOURDacious Harvest-Eco Festival!


When

Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (ET)



Where

Community College of Baltimore County - Catonsville
The Commons across from Art Building Q
800 South Rolling Road
Catonsville, MD 21228



Discover the Secrets of the Gourdiverse

  with Music, Art & Fun @ The Gourd Palace

"GROW ART - GROW COMMUNITY"
an art & effects
festival

 

Sure, you've seen birds hanging out in gourd bird houses. And maybe you've even drunk from a gourd dipper or stored tchotchkes in an artsy gourd container....

But have you ever danced to a gourd guitar/banjo combo or grooved to a gourd flute?
...Nibbled grilled gourd slices under the buttresses of a living gourd palace?
...Turned the kids loose to make gourd art and watch a gourd puppet show?
...Or
discovered the mysteries and history of gourds around the globe?

If not - you've been gourdeprived!

The Gourd Palace at CCBC has produced a bumper crop and its time as a living sculpture/organic art installation is running out - so we're saying goodbye with the wildest multicultural eco-social extravaganza in the gourdiverse.

Come and join the local and global community as we celebrate the turning of the seasons and the gathering of a gourdelicious harvest!

Experience adventures in gourdism...

  • Don Peyton strumming his Gourd Ukelele...
  • The Tinklers thrumming Gourd Rubber Band Guitar & Gourd Banjo...
  • Abu, the flutemaker performing on Gourd Creations...
  • Anadou Kouyate from Mali performs African kora          
  • Holler & Lurch yodel Gourd Poems
  • Ian Hersford on Gourd Didgeridoo
  • Dan Van Allen's gourd birdhouse-making demonstration...
  • Jeanie's Kids performing Singing Drum puppet show...
  • The Gourd Artmaking Project for kids of all ages
  • Florentino's Filipino grilled gourd slices
  • Grow Art Chalk-In
  • ...and much more!  

Find tips and tools for greener living...

Energy

Energy Audit Group Clean Currents Green Building Green Building Institute Rain Barrels of
Baltimore/Annapolis
Loading Dock

Green Space

Patapsco Greenway & Heritage

Treemendous Baltimore

Baltimore Green Space

Health & Food

Charm City Farms

EarthSavers

Food & Water Watch

Holistic Veterinary

Nature Study 

Carrie Murray Outdoor Education Center

Transportation

One Less Car

Green Rider

Sustainability

Simplicity Matters



The Gourdacious Harvest-Eco Festival is a community event, open and free to everyone, produced by Doug Retzler of Art & Effects and sponsored and hosted by CCBC.

Like the Gourd Palace, it's a one-of-a-kind happening....and we're hoping to see you there!

For more information,images and updates, see:

www.flickr.com/photos/growart/sets and

http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/palace-of-natural-wonders/Content?oid=1290186

To add your art, performance, food, or other contribution, contact:

doug@artandeffects.com

410-598-8409

http://harvestecofestival.eventbrite.com/

by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.
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