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Fourth Annual MoonTree Festival is September 19th

 

The fourth annual MoonTree Festival is planned for MoonTree prairie and around The Center at Donaldson on Saturday, September 19, 2015. The theme this year takes us back to our MoonTree roots—the confluence of Art,             Nature and the Spirit within. MoonTree Festival Day 2015 will be comprised of activities that celebrate the mission of        MoonTree Studios, including:

  • MoonTree Festival Art Fair, with artists demonstrating and selling their works. This year the Art Fair hours are 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. EDT.
  • Cob stomping and cob-sculpting for public participation—this is a natural building project to erect a structure adjacent to MoonTree Studios—we’re creating an outdoor kiln shelter using methods and materials that are time-tested in northern climates. The bones of the structure are up—now it’s time to source and harvest the natural materials that we’ll mix and grind into cob—native clay, sand, and straw. Then at the festival, we’ll sculpt the earthen walls. We’re inviting all those interested in sustainable living to come, partake, and learn.
  • Street entertainment, featuring Big Mother Fricka, Queen of the Gypsies, and her wacky family: her daughter, Gypsy Princess Magda; Boris—a gypsy by day and brain surgeon by night; Gypsy dancer Serena of the Silk, and the Keeper of the Curse of the Blue Feather.
    • From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. you can participate in a fun family activity—build a balsa plane, learn how to modify it for staying-power in flight, then compete for longest flight time. We have a few secrets that will amaze you!
    • Food service all day long by The Country Griller on the MoonTree grounds
    • Plein Air artists are invited to paint on the grounds around The Center at Donaldson. 

The Festival Art Fair has grown every year, and once again we are showcasing a variety of artists—painters of all media, clay artists, jewelry artists, weavers and spinners, makers of natural soaps and other products, confectioners, print makers, sculptors, wood carvers---their work and wares create a vibrant creative atmosphere. And this year folks can plan to stay for lunch or dinner--The Country Griller will be offering scrumptious fare the whole day long
Inside MoonTree Gallery, Festival day will include the opening reception for a new art exhibit: Down to the Water, a fabulous collection of watercolor paintings and giclees by Indiana Artisan painter Brian Gordy. Brian has ties to this area—in the late-1970’s he taught middle-school art at Rochester. Later, he taught art at the university level and privately for over 25 years.  Throughout his career, Brian’s paintings have depicted the landscapes of the Midwest and the north woods of Michigan and Canada.  His exhibition, “White River Turtles: Watercolors by Brian Gordy” at Minnetrista Cultural Center in Muncie from October 2007– January 2008, introduced a series of paintings of freshwater turtles in their natural habitat, a series that still continues.  

The MoonTree Festival is free and open to everyone. We invite those interested in really learning about natural building from start to finish to contact MoonTree Studios at (574) 935-1712 or moontree@poorhandmaids.org, even before the festival.