EARTH’S PROTECTION - a free arts and music festival
Date: JUNE 9, 2023
Location: Lewis and Clark College
DANCE, POETRY, MUSIC, FOOD TRUCKS, AND MORE!
The Oregon premiere of Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered, with projections by Joe Cantrell and Deborah Johnson
Composer Nancy Ives, and Poet Ed Edmo performing Songs for Celilo - paying tribute to the human, cultural, and planetary costs of the 1957 flooding of Celilo Falls
Drumming and dance demonstration by the Nez Perce performing ensemble Four Directions
Art exhibit by Joe Cantrell “Our Planet: Universe”
Schedule of Events
5:00 PM Picnic with with food available for purchase
6:30 PM Four Directions
7:30 PM Resonance Ensemble and Special Guests
Special Guest Artists
Cellist NANCY IVES • Photographer JOE CANTRELL • Poet ED EDMO • Dancing and Drumming FOUR DIRECTIONS
Tabla Player SHRIKANT NAWARE • FEAR NO MUSIC
COST
Free, Pre-registration for the seated concert in Agnes Flanagan Chapel is required.
ADA INFORMATION:
click here for a map of the Lewis and Clark Campus that illustrates accessible routes to the Agnes Flanagan area
read press release
Performers:
Dr. Katherine FitzGibbon, conductor
Fear No Music, guest ensemble
Four Directions, guest ensemble
Nancy Ives, composer
Ed Edmo, poet, playwright, traditional storyteller
Joe Cantrell, photographer
Resonance Ensemble
Community Partner:
Resonance is also excited to announce a new partnership with Portland Audubon, a nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to wildlife conservancy, as a featured community partner for this event; Portland Audubon will be on site to share information about initiatives audience members can implement and support.
Earth’s Protection is generously supported by RONNI LACROUTE, THE OREGON ARTS COMMISSION, OREGON CULTURAL TRUST, and the OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Our season is generously sponsored by Ronni Lacroute, the Nguyen family, Oregon Community Foundation, and The Dinah Dodds Fund for the Creation of New Art