Myths and Mirrors Community Arts is holding a fundraiser at the Townehouse on January 21st.  The evening will begin at 11 pm with the beautifully seductive sounds of Laura Willett followed by a little bit roots rock and little funky rock and roll from Digital Bender.  The evening will conclude with the newly formed multi-instrumental band, Spine Candy, which plays a wide variety of groovy, dancing tunes, some covers and some original.  $5 at the door!

There will be Myths and Mirrors’ merchandise available for purchase; t-shirts, cards, buttons, calendars and raffle draws!!  Come have a wonderfully rockin’ time while showing your support for a vitally valuable non-profit multi-media arts organization.  Myths and Mirrors has been working to build a united community within Sudbury by infusing artistic empowerment into the fabric of our northern culture since 1996.

For more information about this event or our up coming projects please contact Sarah King Gold, Artistic Director @ sarahkg@mac.com or 705-507-2340

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Calling Youth of Ryan Heights!!!!!!

If you are or someone you know lives in the Ryan Heights area of Sudbury you are invited to participate in a Mural Project at the Ryan Heights Youth Center.

We will be starting our project on January 14th at 10 am and working until 2 or 3 pm.  We will  continue with our project on the following 4 or 5 Saturdays until we complete our project.

As all of our art projects, this is a collaborative project.  We will work collectively to plan our mural, create our design and paint the mural.

If you or someone you know is interested in participating please contact our Artistic Director, Sarah King Gold at 705-507-2340 or email at sarahkg@mac.com

Victory Park, 496 Frood Road

11 am-1 pm: Join us as we learn about the Seven Grandfather Teachings through the guidance of Winnie Pitawanakwat, Aboriginal Elder. This workshop will also include the Medicine Wheel Teachings. Suggested donation: $5

1 pm- 2pm: Pot Luck Lunch, please bring a dish to share for lunch.

2pm – 4pm: “OCCUPY” LAWN (or window) SIGN WORKSHOP

Led by Myths and Mirrors Community Arts we will make signs in the tradition of political lawn or window signs, however, our signs will be personalized, artistic and have messages which best suit our particular interests in this occupy movement.

We will have a list of options for messages as well as brainstorm possible messages for our signs.

With paint and found materials we will create our signs to place around our homes in solidarity with those who desire and are working toward a different world.

Please bring donations of exterior and interior paint, exterior varnish, scrap wood or metal and anything else you or others might like to add to the signs. We have the tools to cut, paint and build our signs. If you don’t have any supplies that is fine, we will provide what we can. In the spirit of the occupy movement, we will make due with what is at hand! Monetary donations are welcome as well.

For more info please call Sarah @ 705-507-2340

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO

MYTHS AND MIRRORS

COMMUNITY ARTS, INC.

2010-2011

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

CELEBRATION POTLUCK

AND JAM SESSION

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19^TH, 2011

5:30: Potluck Dinner

6:30: Meeting

WHERE: 19 Frood Road

(Parking behind the building, at the corners of Beech and Frood)

Please RSVP no later than October 17^th, 2011

For more information or to confirm your attendance, please contact:

Monique Beaudoin

Administrative Coordinator

Tel: 705-507-5743

Email: mythsinfo@vianet.ca

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On August 26th and 27th we are holding a festival which will take place in downtown Sudbury and the Donovan. We will be taking a walk down memory lane with performances and exhibits illuminating the projects of Myths and Mirrors’ past.

List of Events:

Friday August 26th:

6:30 pm meet at GNO for pre party face painting and costuming!

7 pm: Opening Ceremonies

7:30: Commencement of our Moving Street Party!!! Come out to participate in flash mob dancing, singing and poetry, circus arts, dancing, drumming through the streets as we visit the sites of Myths and Mirrors’ past projects.

9 pm: KAZZZAM Party!!!! Viarail Train Station, Elgin Street……..follow the procession on to the party. This event is a fundraiser for Myths and Mirrors: $5 at the door, cash bar and food and fanciful goodies for sale!

Saturday 27th:

11 am: Storytime at the MacKenzie Street Library.

12- 9 pm: In conjuction with Picnicfest we will be holding the following workshops:

-origami
-lantern making
-henna

and showcasing some circus arts!!

9 pm: Lantern Launch down Nolan Creek: Join us as we send our lanterns and dreams down Nolan Creek in a glowing dance of water and fire, paper and wood!

10 pm – 1 am: Closing Party and Jam Session at the Moose Lodge. We have invited a slew of musical artists to perform. $5 at the door, cash bar.

If you are interested in being part of the festivities please contact Sarah at 705-507-2340, email at sarahkg@mac.com or show up to Victory Park between 4 and 8 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays leading up to the event………OR JUST COME ON OUT ON THE 26th!!!!!!

We thank our funders:  The Ontario Arts Council, The City of Greater Sudbury and Human Resources Development Canada!!!!

Thursday, July 28th

4-6  pm:  Lantern Making Workshop

In preparation for our August Festival we are holding the first of our series of lantern workshops.

6-8 pm: Poi with Shailagh!  Poi is a performance art in which a ball or balls suspended from a length of flexible material, usually a plaited cord, are held in the hand and swung in circular patterns. Poi is one of the traditional performing arts of the Moari people of New Zealand and has developed many forms used worldwide as a hobby, exercise, or performance art.  – wikipedia

What you need to get started: a pair of knee high stockings and a pair of tennis balls.

Tuesday August 2nd:

4-6pm:  button and flag making:  for promotional material we will be making hand painted bike flags and buttons.  Join us and add your “flair”!!!

6-8 pm:  2nd flash mob meeting:

Theatre:  We will be creating an original theatre piece drawing inspiration from the puppets of M&M’s past.

Show of Hands Song:  Come and learn the song inspired by M&M’s first project “Show of Hands” by Debbie Robertson.  We intend to perform this during our festival.  We need you voice and creative imput about how to put this beautiful work of art to song.

Tentative:  6-8 pm:  Stilting workshop with Heather Smith!!  Call Spider for stilt building details: 705-507-2340 and Sarah for general info.  Those under interested 18 years of age who are interested must have a parent or guardian to understand the risks and sign our waiver.

Thursday August 4th:

4-6 pm:  Puppet body building!! Once we have our puppet theatre piece in the works we will need to recreate the bodies of our puppets….they now only have heads.  Work with us to repair their heads and make their bodies come to life once more!

6-8:  Repeat Poi Workshop!!!  Again with Shailagh!!!

MORE TO COME!!!

Call Sarah for transportation or more info: 705-507-2340

ALL OUR MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS ARE POTLUCK…….bring a snack to share if you can!!  See you soon!

We have the name for our festival!

KAZZZAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Celebrating 15 years of Myths and Mirrors Community Art!

Watch out for events and workshops leading up to the big weekend on the 26th and 27th of August!  If you are interested in participating in any of the following projects please contact Sarah @ 705-507-2340 or @ sarahkg@me.com:

-Flash Mob Choir

-Flash Mob Theatre

-Flash Mob Dance

-Lantern making workshop

-Fire Sculpture

-Readings of past Myths and Mirrors’ poetry during festival

Also Shailagh has offered to teach a fire poi workshop and Heather has offered to teach stilting!!!!  Again, call or email Sarah to let her know if you are interested in either of these and she will advise about timing!

Happy Tuesday Everyone!!

We invite you to come to our Tuesday evening Pot Luck M&M festival planning meeting from 5:30-8pm at 496 Frood Road, Victory Park.  If you need transportation please call Sarah at 705-507-2340

Here is a short agenda for this week’s meeting:  (Minutes from the last 2 meetings are attached)

Circle in.

Explanation of Festival concept for those who are new!

Review of chosen Festival projects.

Plan of attack:  Dates for project workshops, identifying additional people to work on them, list of needed resources to get going.

Brain storming for the Name of Festival:  In order to promote the festival properly we need a proper name.  “Myths and Mirrors’ 15th Anniversary Restrospective Arts Exhibit and Festival” is just too cumbersome.  If you cannot make the meeting please send in ideas beforehand so we can add them to the list!

Circle out.

Please review the list of chosen projects to see if there is any one (or two) you would love to participate in!  Looking forward to seeing you and getting these wonderful projects going!!

Please note any level of commitment is welcome!!!  We will be updating and you can jump in at anytime!

IDEAS FOR FESTIVAL REVISED

SPECIFIC PROJECTS:
sticking it to the bad man, fire sculpture (YES)
lake lanterns launched on junction creek (YES)
revive the f-word (YES)
spirit masks (YES)
video teepee (MAYBE)
redoing mural underpass (MAYBE)
graffiti boards in underpass (MAYBE)

WALKING TOUR:
flash mob choir (YES)
belonging art display and gallery (YES)
poverty game booth (YES)
M &M storytelling/ theatre@ library (YES)
parade (YES),
using puppets in parada (YES)
scavenger hunt (YES)
theatrical flash theater (MAYBE)

PROMO:
bumper stickers/flags for cars and bikes (YES)
origami workshops (YES)
full moon dance (YES)
lantern workshops (YES)
tie in four elements as theme (MAYBE)
buttons (YES)

Looking forward to it all!!

CONTINUING THE CONVERSATIONS:

15 Years of Reflecting and Creating with Myths and Mirrors

MYTHS AND MIRRORS IS 15 YEARS OLD!!

Are you a past participant of Myths and Mirrors Community Arts? Are you interested in getting involved?

Join us this summer as we pull together a multi-media, multi venue city-wide retrospective art exhibit from August 26^th – 28^th!! Everyone is welcome to come together to work with the ideas, materials and spaces of M&M’s past projects. In the tradition and process of community arts, we intend to work collaboratively and creatively to revisit, explore and present the projects of the past.

Dancers, writers, thespians, theatre folk, film makers, poets, musicians, painters, sculptors, photographers and absolutely ANYONE who would like to explore their creative side, are invited to join us.

Come to the first meeting of this project:

Wednesday June 29^th, 6-8 pm

Victory Park, 496 Frood Road

Email mythsinfo@vianet.ca or call Sarah @ 705-507-2340 for more info!

Refreshments will be provided!!

ps.  if you can’t make it on Wednesday and still want to be involved, contact us and we will keep you updated about the project plans.  You can be a participant with a large or small commitment of time!