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September 26, 2007

Harvest Festival!

Urban Lifeways Project & Native Movement Artist Collective present a Harvest Festival at the New Start Garden in Flagstaff.

What : Local Foods, Live Art, Recycled Fashion, Dance, Music, Garden Things!
Who: Native Movement Artist Collective and Urban Lifeways Project
When: Saturday September 29th from 2 pm - Sundown
Where: New Start Garden. 415 N Mogollon St., Flagstaff

Come help us celebrate our second season at the New Start Garden! There will be local food from the garden and live music throughout the afternoon and evening. Live art will be created and displayed by local artists. Local designers will reveal their latest creations including recycled fashions. And for those of you who want to get your hands and feet and face dirty there will be several activities for you too. We hope to see you there !

Live Performances by:
• Chocolate Helicopter (Santa Fe, NM) www.myspace.com/chocolatehelicopter
• Karna and Friends (Acoustic Blues/Jazz;Flagstaff) www.myspace.com/goodkarna
• Emlord (Local DJ; Flagstaff)
• Spitfury (Dance Troupe; Flagstaff)
• Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy (FALA) Dancers
Recycled Fashions and Art Show
Hands-on Activities:
• Stencil Making
• Medicine Making
• Youth-led Garden Tours
• Seed Exchange (ie; bring your seeds if ya wanna swap some)
• Bicycle-Powered Corn Grinding (bring your own if you like)

*The Urban Lifeways Project and Native Movement Artist Collective are youth-led initiatives working to build healthy communities for ourselves and our families. We integrate urban agriculture, zero-waste initiatives and public art to reclaim our connection to the land and each other while living in an urban environment.

Contacts:
Rei Begaye at reibegaye@gmail.com or (928)380-1317
Brett Ramey at brett@nativemovement.org or (928)310-8059

Posted by hbraun at September 26, 2007 1:29 PM