Name: (stillness)18
Start: 2018-06-16T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2018-06-16T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Joseph A. Fiore Art Center at Rolling Acres Farm

(stillness)18

Bickfords' approach to art is a deep ecological one. A Certified Nature Therapy Guide Susan Bickford also holds an MFA from Maine College of Art and a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design.  Winner of the 2017 Maine Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship in Media and Performance, Susan Bickford has been making interdisciplinary collaborative retreat/performance in nature since 2001. These performances also result in video installation which is shown in traditional art spaces. The (stillness) project is an annual event begun in 2015, migrating through sites along the waterways of Midcost Maine. She is a lecturer at the University of Maine at Augusta as well as Director of the Danforth Gallery.

Susan Bickford

Although online sales have ended...there are still 18 tix for (stillness) today, if you text me you can reserve yours on a will call list. 207-329-8311, please include name and email in your text...See you soon.(stillness)18;
At the Joseph A. Fiore Art Center A gathering of artists across disciplines celebrate our connection to nature and invoke a deepening sense of place. Movers, vocalists, musicians, writers, visual artists, foragers, an astrologer and a cook are among the players who will have been here in retreat for 4 days preparing the celebration. You are invited to share an afternoon in gratitude for the season of summer, of light, land, water and all of the beings inhabiting this place. Please join us for a slow walk across the land, a lakeside performance, a seasonal feast, and a fire. 4pm - 9pm. 
a tentative teaser menu for (stillness)18
featuring invasive species: Green Crab + Japanese Knot Weed!
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DF: Dairy Free, GF: Gluten Free, V: Vegan
hors d’oeuvres: Wild Rice Dolmathes DF, V Dandelion Fritters: DF Spruce Tip Tea
soup: Green Crab Coconut Bisque DF, GF
entree: Halibut Lox with Nettle Chimmichurri citrus cured and cold smoked GF wild rice V, GF fiddleheads
sides: Sea shore salad (glass wort + goose tongue) V, GF Black Locust Fritters V, GF Ground nut Plantain Chips
condiments: Rhubarb Chutney V, GF Japanese Knotweed Chutney V, GF Cat Tail Relish V, GF Pickled Cat Tail V, GF Pickled Dandelion Greens and Heads V, GF Dandelion Sorrel Plantain Pesto V, GF
dessert: Rhubarb Compote with Cracked Pastry V, GF Candied Flowers V, GF Violet Syrup Spritzer
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This event generously supported by The Maine Farmland Trust Joseph A. Fiore Art Center, The Power Company The Sheepscot General Store, Rising Tide Community Market, The Damariscotta River Association and The Midcoast Conservancy.

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