Yes, the answer is you!
Artists: Annie Larson, Brett Smith, Erin Smith
In Collaboration with:
Adrian Freeman (Video Artist / Ritual Specialist)
AnnMarie Freeman (Choreographer / Body Engineer)
April 3, Bazaar and Closing Party:
The New Land of Milk and Honey Bazaar is an all day community event preceding the evening closing program for the New Land of Milk and Honey. NLMH Bazaar will engage all five senses through activities scheduled in the Zen Center, Exploration Center, Creation Center, Dining Center, Library, and Inspiration Center. Special presentations and group exercises will be scheduled periodically throughout the day at the NLMH Main Stage in the heart of the Activity Center. A pot-luck style community dinner will begin at 5:00 p.m. and lead us into an evening filled with unimaginable sights and sounds. NLMH Bazaar is a celebration of togetherness! Join us!
Schedule of Events or check the New Land of Milk and Honey Blog
1:00-1:45 p.m. Group Yoga
Fletcher Barnhill and Aby Wolf
NLMH Main Stage
2:00-2:45 p.m. Miscellaneous Body Movement
Alberta Mirais
NLMH Main Stage
2:30-4:00 Baby Skate Crew
Fletcher Barnhill and Tim Hudson
White Sand Bad Lands, Tips for Twat, Joint Custody
Gallery 1
3:00-3:45 p.m. Knitting Machine Demonstration & Open Craft Time
Erin Smith and Annie Larson
NLMH Main Stage
4:00-4:45 p.m. Cartune Xprez Animation Screening
Peter Burr and Christopher Doulgeris
NLMH Main Stage
5:00-6:30 p.m. Community Flavors Pot-Luck Dinner
Led by NLMH volunteers and community members
Radical Cemetery and Obchod Na Korze
Dining Center
7:00-7:45 p.m. The Ritual of the Metamorphosis of Solids/NLMH Presentation
NLMH Main Stage
8:15-9:00p.m. Hooliganship
Peter Burr and Christopher Doulgeris with Josh Journey-Heinz
NLMH Main Stage
9:15-10:00 p.m. Moonstone
NLMH Main Stage
10:15-11:00 p.m. Skoal Kodiak
NLMH Main Stage
Ongoing Activities
These are activities that will be going on throughout the day in the different centers we will create throughout the gallery spaces. We may end up scheduling these into smaller time slots so stations don’t need to be manned at all times.
(see attached map to reference locations of different CENTERS)
ZEN CENTER
Meditation
Group Chanting
Group Silence
Conversation Booth
Scent Tents (throughout gallery)
CREATION CENTER
Drawing Table
Zine Making
Handicrafts
Community Quilt
Essential Oils and Tinctures
Music Station
Various Vendors
EXPLORATION CENTER
Massage Table
Astrology Tent
Tarot
Rock and Crystal Identification
Fantasy Games
NLMH Costume Photo Booth
LIBRARY (INSPIRATION CENTER)
NLMH Literature
Tape Listening Station
Group Story
Poetry Slam
New Land of Milk and Honey is an experiment in communal living, an investigation into the history of Midwestern communes, and an embrace of collaborative artmaking. Get to know the artists in the latest installment of SFG4:
Minneapolis-based artists Annie Larson, Brett Smith, and Erin Smith invite you to join the New Land of Milk and Honey:
"Please accept our invitation to learn about the harmony of community of the New Land of Milk and Honey. We are a collection of artists, craftsmen/craftswomen, and agricultural innovators dedicated to the realization of our creative instincts. Our community is blooming in western Wisconsin, where we harmoniously till the land and support artistic endeavors.
We welcome you to a presentation of our studies, creative products and harmonious lifestyle on February 20th, 2010. We will unveil our current progress in knitting, electronic sleep, ley/tectonic farm acceleration, synesthesia, painting, solar wave exchange, prenatal learning, cryptoceramics, enlargened creativity, and chronobiology.
Accept this opportunity to meet members of our commune, watch an enlightening presentation of our current works, and help us plan for the future. Our arms are open to new, creative peoples excited to create without destroying. We are growing, and want you to grow with us."
Annie Larson: Annie is a fashion designer living and working in Minneapolis. She dabbles in custom design, runway design, collaborations, crafts and machine knitting. She earned a BS in fashion design from the University of Minnesota College of Design in 2006 and studied design in Florence during this time. Annie worked at target corp for three years designing mens and juniors apparel, but has recently resigned to pursue other creative interests. Like Brett and Erin, she is an active member of The New Land of Milk and Honey and is anxious to spread the wealth of the community to all humans.
Brett Smith: Brett was raised in St. Paul and studied industrial design and studio arts at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After completing his degree he continued his studies and found work in Germany. Since returning to the Twin Cities he has worked with sister Erin Smith on furniture, jewelry, and product design. Additionally, his sculptural and installation artwork has been featured at many local galleries, including the Walker Art Center and The Soap Factory. Creative collaboration has always been important to Brett, and the opportunity to assist other artists and gain assistance through the New Land of Milk and Honey has been particularly rewarding. Brett has now joined the farm in Wisconsin, and spends part of his week commuting to various day jobs in Minneapolis.
Erin Smith: Erin Smith grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. After earning a degree in Product Design at Parsons in New York in 2003, she followed in her brother's footsteps, and lived in Germany for a year and a half. Upon return to the United States, she began to collaborate with her brother, Brett Smith on various projects ranging from interior design to jewelry. This partnership culminated in forming Sisbro Design. Erin currently works as a designer for Target Corporation, and spends her free time on Sisbro projects as well as being an active member of The New Land of Milk and Honey.