Elemental Expressions: A Nature-Based Arts and Drama Camp

What is it?

An opportunity for kids ages 6-11 to connect with the elements of nature as their muse for creative expression through faciliated creative movement, art, drama and play! Explore the four elements (earth, air, fire and water) and their qualities through creativity and expression. Nature is a powerful mirror, and young people naturally relate to nature in an emotive way. Join us for a three day exploration of the elements through drama, movement, song, mindfulness, games and art!

Objectives:

• Facilitate opportunities for kids to explore their connection to themselves and nature through empowered creative expression
• Use creative and expressive processes to navigate and process emotions
• Build resilience through fostering community connection and problem solving, including with our non-human kin
• Share creative expressions with the greater community

When:

August 19-21, 9:00am-3:00pm

Who we are:

A collaboration between Confluence Arts Center & Rooted Resilience. Bringing our passion for resilient kids and creative expression together.

What to bring:

• a packed lunch and snacks
• water bottles
• clothing layers (in case of chilly mornings)
• an excitement to learn, express, connect, create and collaborate! 

Meet the facilitators:

Shea Bodine is the owner of Rooted Resilience. She grew up in the Southwest and continues to enjoy learning about the plants,  animals and indigenous peoples of the PNW. She is a mama to two boys and her heart is most illuminated when spending time with kids in nature. She is a licensed bilingual  K-12 educator. When she’s not outside with kids, she works as an emotion coach in public schools. You can find her working in her garden, making music, playing by the river, crafting or baking.

Andre Ignacio Dimapilis (he/him) is a Filipinx-American culture-bearing performance artist, sound facilitator, and peaceful warrior.  His art-making in theatre, sound, movement, text, building relationships and rituals are in harmony with the truths that he lives as Filipinx-American, a male person of color (POC), living in the current times working towards social and racial justice. Andre has been devising theatre since 2010 in diverse communities (youth, elders, multidisciplinary artists, filipinx-americans, indigenous filipinx artists) all over the US and in Rwanda. He creates art focused on presenting stories of the human experience and engaging audiences to think critically about the world around us. Andre is the founder of Kalayaan Sound, LLC. Kalayaan is the Filipinx word for freedom, using the healing power of sound from indigenous and traditional instruments for participants to re-connect and re-member the freedom of their spirit. Andre infuses ancestral wisdom and indigenous knowledge for participants to listen with their body, connect with spirit, and have clear intentions during sound therapy sessions for a personalized and meaningful experience. Follow him on instagram @kalayaansoundllc. Rise up yo divine purpose-8+

Brianna Taylor (she/her) is a multidisciplinary movement artist, choreographer, facilitator, and bodyworker born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. Her work as an artist and educator is rooted in collaboration and community care, improvisation and experimentation, and practices of listening to and honoring the wisdom of the body. She is activated by the journey of storytelling through the intersections of movement, language and sound. Brianna carries a rich movement and dance making history that has been deeply enriched by the study of many forms including Modern/Contemporary, West African and Afro-Cuban dance, Improvisation, Yoga, Tai Chi, Salsa, Flamenco, Butoh, and various somatic practices. Her performance and teaching work have been shared around and outside the U.S., and her facilitation reflects an eclectic blend of her moving, creative and performance history. Brianna has been teaching dance and Yoga to students of all ages since 2003, and she is deligted by the ongoing learning of the jounrey of teaching. She honors all of the teachers she’s had the privilege to learn from along the way. Brianna believes that movement and creative practice holds rich possibility for us to connect deeper to ourselves and each other, and she aims to facilitate spaces that uplift and celebrate our wholeness.