Yesterday we hosted our first public workshop for Fruiting Bodies: phase 2 of the Mycelial Connections sculpture project. We’re preparing to make and install figurative sculptures of human and salmon next to Still Creek. In this photo, lead artist Willoughby is stuffing a woven “arm” with sawdust to test how well it will incubate mycelium. We’ll be back in the studio next week!
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Great day today planting with grade ones and twos from Norquay and learning traditional names and uses of plants from Cease, Jolene and Leona. And a wonderful lunch for the team provided by Jolene Andrew from Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House and by Krista Voth from the Parks Board. #vancouverparks #renfrewravine #stillcreek #stillmoonarts #nativeplants via Instagram http://bit.ly/2rM4nmC

We’re playing with bundle-dyes today! Trying out a variety of local dye plants, both grown and foraged, to see what kinds of prints they’ll give us.
Interested in learning more? We have a ‘Colour Me Local’ dye workshop for the public on Saturday Feb 23rd, 2019, 11am-4pm. You can register through Renfrew Community Centre!

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Fruiting Bodies practice

Today we spent some time at the Alder practicing weaving with English ivy for our upcoming “Fruiting Bodies” sculpture. With assistance from a Community Public Art grant through the city of Vancouver, we will be installing an Eco-Art sculpture in Renfrew Ravine: a human figure inoculated with oyster mushroom spawn that will sprout edible mushrooms and eventually decompose, returning nutrient-rich soil back into the ecosystem. #vancouverpublicart #vancouverartists #basketry #weaving #alderecoartshub #ecoart #organicsculpture #socialpracticeart

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The Journey Begins

As of September 2018, Still Moon Arts is beginning an artist residency at the Slocan Park Fieldhouse – one of the repurposed caretakers’ buildings in Vancouver that the Parks Board has transformed into studio space for artists. We will be using the studio to explore Eco-Art using gifts from the nearby Renfrew Ravine and Still Creek, in collaboration with Jolene Andrew of the Resurfacing History project which focuses on Indigenous cultural re-skilling. Redress is important to us, as we explore concepts like wildcrafting, ethical harvesting, right relations, mentorship, eldership, plant technology and ancient skills. This work all takes place on traditional Coast Salish territory, including land used since time immemorial by the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Tsleil-Waututh, and Sto:lo people. Join us on our journey off the beaten path!

We will be posting here regularly, but you can also find more info at http://www.stillmoon.org. You can follow us on facebook, twitter, and instagram @stillmoonarts and/or @alderecoarts

We hope to see you at one of our events or workshops!