Pioneers Go East Collective presents Eco Art & Performance w/ Maira Duarte (Seniors)

Pioneers Go East Collective presents Eco Art & Performance w/ Maira Duarte

A NEXT! Educational Workshop Series 

Friday, June 6: Seniors | 11 am-1 pm 
Saturday, June 7: Youth | 11 am-1 pm 
Sunday, June 8: Youth | 11 am-1 pm 
Friday, June 13: Seniors | 11 am-1 pm 
Saturday, June 14: Seniors and Youth | 11 am-1 pm 

Free with RSVP. Email community@pioneersgoeast.org
*Participants are welcome to attend single or multiple sessions. 

Eco Art and Performance workshops:

In this intergenerational workshop, facilitated by Maira Duarte from Dance to the People, in partnership with Pioneers Go East Collective and Socrates Sculpture Park, participants will engage in the exploration of movement in nature and will manufacture wearable art pieces made of reused materials. Participants are welcome to bring materials they would like to create their pieces with, such as clothing in need of mending or objects that they have in excess (socks, plastic cutlery, cardboard, etc.). These workshops will explore the themes of land, water, and access to public natural spaces as well as the power of art and performance in manifesting the relationship between the individual, the community, and earth. 

Eco Art and Performance workshops provide a way of using art to explore environmental issues affecting our community. Activities will take place outdoors. Participants will engage in movement forms such as modern, improvisation, story-based creative movement, indigenous Mexican dance, as well as some exercises from the theater of the oppressed with discussions about waste management, sustainable  practices, and human and animal rights. Participants will also learn to create costumes, posters, or other artifacts made from repurposed materials. Eco Art and Performance workshops aim to bring together community members of all ages, artists, and local activists into conversation about the defense of the land and the right of the land’s inhabitants to live free from pollution.

Image: Maira Duarte/dance to the people Photo: Maira Duarte/dance to the people