Wakefield's Premier Arts Festival http://wakefest.org Just another Wavelength Media Wordpress Server site Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:36:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Marion Bordier http://wakefest.org/2011/08/17/marion-bordier/ http://wakefest.org/2011/08/17/marion-bordier/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:09:47 +0000 arts http://wakefest.org/?p=746 Marion M. Bordier is a visual artist who specializes in photo and video installation. She has had numerous solo and group exhibitions, in North America, Latin America, in Europe and Beijing, among other places. She has represented Canada at international bienniales such as Havana Bienal, Cuenca Bienal (Ecuador), The First Photography Bienniale of the Czech Republic, Bienal del Barro (Venezuela), Hamburg Triennale der Photographie, FotoAmérica (Chile). Two of Marion’s short films, Ebb and Flow and The Red Flag, will be screened as part of the Minute Film Fest on the Covered Bridge Friday evening. www.bordiermarion.ca

]]> http://wakefest.org/2011/08/17/marion-bordier/feed/ 0 Wendy Wasserman http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/wendy-waserman/ http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/wendy-waserman/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:25:58 +0000 arts http://wakefest.org/?p=726 Like most things she does in life, Wendy dove into Yoga head first over 5 years ago. In October of 2009 she completed her Yoga Teacher Training on an ashram in India and she has plans to return there soon to learn more that can be passed on to her many students.  www.windhorse-yoga.ca

]]> http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/wendy-waserman/feed/ 0 Tatiana Ishwari Nemchin http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/tatiana-ishwari-nemchin/ http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/tatiana-ishwari-nemchin/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:21:00 +0000 arts http://wakefest.org/?p=724 Tatiana Ishwari Nemchin is a certified and registered yoga teacher. Her nourishing and loving classes cultivate joy, calmness, peace, connection and community. She holds space for self-exploration and physical, spiritual, mental and emotional development. She is the co-creator of Elaborhythm; a unique exploratory movement and percussion practice.  A Coaches Training Institute (CTI) trained Life Coach, Tatiana lovingly supports clients to live authentically, joyfully and On Purpose. www.ishwariyoga.com

]]> http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/tatiana-ishwari-nemchin/feed/ 0 Two Little Birds http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/two-little-birds/ http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/two-little-birds/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:19:05 +0000 arts http://wakefest.org/?p=722 Two Little Birds is a theatre collective committed to crafting original and high-quality work that bring together diverse styles and genres of art, theatre and performance, and to exploring the possibility of different kinds of audience-performer relationships in all phases of creation.  Founded in 2009 by Sarah Conn, Two Little Birds’ inaugural production, ‘Good People,’ was produced at the 2009 Ottawa Fringe Festival and was chosen as a Top Ten Pick of the Fringe by Metro.  Two Little Birds’ next project was ‘Six: At Home,’ a site-specific production produced at the 2010 Ottawa Fringe Festival.   This participation-based performance met with sold out audiences, received the Fringe Festival’s “Outstanding Concept” award and won the “Outstanding New Creation” and “Outstanding Fringe Production” awards at the 2010 Rideau Awards.  Our interest in intimate theatrical experiences that invite audience members to become active participants inspired us for our 2011/2012 project, ‘and then it happens.’ Part one of ‘and then it happens’ is ‘The Lab,’ a research installation that was first produced as part of the Great Canadian Theatre Company’s 2011 undercurrents festival. The results of The Lab are currently being developed into ‘and then it happens,’ scheduled to premiere in 2012. Two Little Birds is thrilled to be the inaugural participant in STO Union’s company mentorship program.

]]> http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/two-little-birds/feed/ 0 Hannah Ranger http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/hannah-ranger/ http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/hannah-ranger/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:15:41 +0000 arts http://wakefest.org/?p=720 A seasoned visual artist and teacher, Hannah discovered feltmaking 2006 and was drawn in by the sensual, alchemical process of creating with this medium. Her interests lie in projects that involve community, and draw attention to the warmth and presence that felted art provides by inviting touch and a connection with the intrinsic creativity alive in each of us.

]]> http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/hannah-ranger/feed/ 0 Denis Tremblay http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/denis-brisbois/ http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/denis-brisbois/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:08:29 +0000 arts http://wakefest.org/?p=718 Denis has been a builder/carpenter for more than twenty years, and he’s also the owner of Boiserie Du Ruisseau. He specializes in making unique and beautiful furniture from reclaimed wood and quality pine. Along with Hannah Ranger, he has been commissioned by Wakefest to create a multi-media sculpture that will eventually find its home in Wakefield’s new Community Centre. www.boiserieduruisseau.com

]]> http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/denis-brisbois/feed/ 0 owen tuf http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/owen-tuf/ http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/owen-tuf/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:02:49 +0000 arts http://wakefest.org/?p=714 Local artist and yoga instructor owen tuf will be flexing her many muscles at Yogapalooza Sunday morning, as she leads us through asanas.

]]> http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/owen-tuf/feed/ 0 Heather Horak http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/heather-horak/ http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/heather-horak/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:59:56 +0000 arts http://wakefest.org/?p=711 Heather Horak is a writer-poet-blogger-journalist-humorist-songwriter, plays the piano-guitar-banjo-fiddle-tinwhistle-ukelele-clarinet-etc, but not the brass family, and does all this mostly at home. She is interested in mundane rural topics such as mud, chickens, municipal tralala, garbage, art-from-junk, hitchiking, old stuff, and lost monkey dogs, as well as more heady, global topics such as immigration patterns, gentrification, community economic development, urban planning, political unrest and learning languages.  She has a fan base of at least one, including Gary Martin and possibly Erin. She’ll be giving a sneak peek into her latest sound recording project during the Words Between Beats event Friday night at Le Hibou.

]]> http://wakefest.org/2011/08/08/heather-horak/feed/ 0 Pixie Cram http://wakefest.org/2011/08/03/pixie-cram/ http://wakefest.org/2011/08/03/pixie-cram/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:30:34 +0000 arts http://wakefest.org/?p=684 Pixie Cram is a filmmaker from Ottawa.  The format of her work includes stop-motion animation music videos, live soundtrack performances, installation, documentaries, and experimental narratives.  She is a founding member of Ottawa’s Windows Collective, a group of six filmmakers who create free, outdoor installation projects using celluloid film as the basis.  Her films have screened at festivals across Canada, in Eastern Europe and in Russia.  Two of her shorts, The Bathers and Bones, will be featured Friday night in The Minute Film Fest screening on the Wakefield Covered Bridge. http://artengine.ca/pixiecram .

]]> http://wakefest.org/2011/08/03/pixie-cram/feed/ 0 WORKSHOP INFO http://wakefest.org/2011/07/28/workshop-info-3/ http://wakefest.org/2011/07/28/workshop-info-3/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:29:04 +0000 arts http://wakefest.org/?p=678 If you would like to attend a workshop and want to confirm in advance, simply email us through the Contact page on this site and someone will respond with details. Essentially, spots in workshops can be reserved through email. This spot will be held until 15 minutes prior to the start of the workshop, after which point the spot will be opened up on a first come first served basis.  Note that workshop capacities vary, though generally most will be limited to 12-15 participants.

WORKSHOP VENUE ADDRESSES:

Wakefest Hive    721 Riverside Drive

Cafe Molo           1 Valley Dr. (corner of Riverside) *workshops upstairs

Kaffe 1870         715 Riverside Dr.

Wakefield United Church   739 Riverside Dr.

Cafe Laboudi     745 Riverside Dr. * workshops upstairs

Le Hibou            757  Riverside Dr.

Wakefield Farmers Market   beside 817 Riverside Dr. corner of Legion Rd.

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