'BEING EDGY' ~ PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, LOSS & LIVING

Coming soon to the Fall Olympia Arts Walk on October 3 and October 4! At two adjacent venues (111 Cherry St. and 520 4th Ave)

Plus extra events on October 5!

Art Exhibit and Musical Offerings featuring over 30 local artists,

Each piece of art will aim to stimulate conversation around death, dying, loss & living and inspire deeper thinking and contemplation about death, to help us prepare for it better. 

Mediums included:

Ceramics, paintings, collage, paper mache, gouache, watercolors, quilting, embroidery, photography, film, sound, performance art, assemblages, mixed media, printmaking, drawings, sculptures, paper art, poetry, dance, music & song. 

Will include a Griever's Grotto community memorial,  Grief Talking Zone, Storybooth for our Death Stories Film Project, author and poetry readings, dance performances and live music. 

PLAN BY TIME SCHEDULE:

Old Olympia Glass Building/Old Last Word Books/Same venue as last year's event = OOG

520 4th Ave. (Previously Ramblin' Jacks and Equal Latin - Next to Well 80) = ORJ

Friday October 3:

5-10pm Death Dancer Artists Collective Art Exhibit (Over 30 artists, various mediums) – ‘Being Edgy: Perspectives on Death, Dying, Loss & Living’ (BOTH OOG & ORJ)

5-10pm Storybooth with Death Dancer, Get Reel LLC & Oly Film Collective - Come and share your short story about death or grief (ORJ)

6pm-7pm - Ambient Live Music with Love MC, Caryn and Mike Mercker (ORJ)

7:10-7:40pm - Grief Poetry Readings with Thomas A. Thomas and Keith Klovee-Smith (OOG)

8:30-9:00pm - "Don't Bury Me" Live Music with John O’Brien & Phil Melchers (OOG)

Saturday October 4:

12-6pm Death Dancer Artists Collective Art Exhibit(Over 30 artists, various mediums) – ‘Being Edgy: Perspectives on Death, Dying, Loss & Living’ (BOTH OOG & ORJ)

12-6pm Storybooth with Death Dancer, Get Reel LLC & Oly Film Collective - Come and share your short story about death or grief (ORJ)

1pm-1:30pm - Author Readings with Heidi Connolly, Stephanie Larkin and Summerlee Blankenship (ORJ)

2:00pm-2:15pm In Bodying Grief - Movement Performance by Jackie Moynahan (ORJ)

2:30-2:50pm - Threshold Singers - Musical Offerings of Comfort (OOG)

2:50-3:10pm - Marianne Guerin – Music Thanatologist – Harp (OOG)

3:30pm-3:45pm In Bodying Grief - Movement Performance by Jackie Moynahan (ORJ)

5:00pm-5:15pm - Das Biest Performance Project (ORJ)

5:30pm-5:45pm In Bodying Grief - Movement Performance by Jackie Moynahan (ORJ)

6:30pm-9:30pm - Death Disco (with Noam Paco Gaster and Friends) (ORJ). READ MORE ABOUT DEATH DISCO HERE 

Sunday October 5:

9-10am - Death Meditation Immersive (with Bardo Drift) - laying down. Bring a yoga mat and things to make yourself comfortable. Some chairs available if you can't lay down. (ORJ)

10:30am-12pm - Song Circle for Healing & Life(with Fehlya Ehrlander of OlySongMama) - Some chairs available. Or bring a floor cushion. (ORJ)

12:15-1:45pm - Art Exhibit Open (BOTH OOG & ORJ)

2-4pm - Community Grief Gathering and Finale Event(Some chairs available. Or bring a floor cushion). Join us as we gather in community to acknowledge and witness our grief, both individual and collective. We will listen to reflections from various traditions and have time to interact with our Griever's Grotto memorial shrine. (Please note, the format will be different to our usual monthly Grief Gatherings). (ORJ)