FORT NIGHT
LIVING PROGRAM GUIDE
Note to viewer: this is being added to over the next fortnight (two weeks), so check back often to see all of the updates!
Welcome to Fort Night! |
CHANNEL OPULENCE, DECADENCE: A 24-HOUR CHANNEL BASED ON THE EXHIBIT OF THE SAME TITLEFor Lump’s latest group exhibition, artist/curator William Paul Thomas asked artists, “If you attained a surplus of something that you greatly desired, would you flaunt it, share it, hoard it, hide it, or spoil it?” This was the launch point for OPULENCE DECADENCE, which, starting Friday, welcomes an entirely new batch of artists to Lump, each of whom made new work specifically for the show. It’s a disconcerting look at the severe imbalance of wealth and equity across the globe, that offers moments of rare beauty, buoyant humor, and unwavering critique. Join us on the first Friday of December for a chilly but festive outdoor reception behind Lump. We will allow a few people in the gallery at a time to view the work. participating artists: Johannes Barfield – Leticia Clementina – Clarence Heyward – Jim Lee – Kwaku Osei – JP Jermaine Powell – Brittany Santiago – Whitney Stanley – Ariel Williams PRESS: Indy Week Article by Jameela F. Dallis |
Alex Goldstein’s “Expressions”Alex will have a Jeopardy-style grid of themes you can choose from. Upon selection, Alex will vocalize an “expression” based on the theme. https://frank-expressions.com/areas-to-explore/ |
Finger Knitting with Riley KleveBesides making a winter garland, you can make a necklace, bracelet, belt, or really anything that can be made from a long slightly stretchy piece of fabric, using this simple hand-knitting technique, Required supplies are: Yarn Scissors a hand, either yours or someone else’s Optional supplies are: beads a yarn needle a safety pin |
Group Seated or Standing Dancing to Jan Van Dyke “Sense of Order” Movement Score with Virginia Freeman DuPontPractice arm, hand, and head dance movements from inside your fort, interpreted from a written score for movement by Greensboro legend Jan Van Dyke followed by a dance party to show off your new moves. Take a look at the pdf of Jan Van Dyke’s “Sense of Order” movement score here. Jan Van Dyke (1941-2015) choreographer, teacher, scholar, and community leader, spent four decades creating and showing her choreography widely throughout the United States and in Europe over the course of her career. Additionally, she founded and directed Dance Project, which runs the NC Dance Festival, Van Dyke Dance Group, and School at City Arts. She was Professor Emerita in the Dance Department at UNC Greensboro, where she served as Head from 2006-2011. Van Dyke Dance Group is a part of Dance Project. Van Dyke Dance Group website: danceproject.org/van-dyke-dance-group |
“ArtFlossing”: Dentistry as/and Art with Dr. Mark HymanGreensboro resident, Gray family relative, and long-time Elsewhere member, Dr. Mark Hyman, combines his passions for dentistry and art by highlighting dentistry in art history (i.e.Ecstacy of St. Theresa), how it utilizes color theory, and its shared use of tools and techniques with sculpture (i.e. Golden proportion). |
“Candy. Bedtime Stories. Teeth Brushing.” With Topher LineberryArtist Topher Lineberry, Elsewhere’s first intern at age 14 in 2005, will lead a group in eating candy, followed by reading from Walter Benjamin’s “Radio Benjamin” (transcripts from his children’s radio shows) and ending with everyone brushing their teeth. |
Watch Party: “Pillows and Blankets” episode of Community"Pillows and Blankets" is the fourteenth episode of the third season of the American television series Community. It originally aired on April 5, 2012, on NBC. Presented in the style of Ken Burns' documentary, The Civil War, what started as a casual disagreement about blankets and pillows blossoms into all-out war on the Greendale campus. See this YouTube video about the making of the episode. |
Slow Peel Snack TimePeeling of snacks (bananas, boiled eggs, candy bars) in slow-motion to the music of a John Peel “Peel Session.” About BBC’s John Peel “Peel Sessions” AHEAD OF TIME: Purchase or prepare your own snacks that require peeling. |
S’mores Du Jour and Campfire Sing-a-long with Jolie Day; Sleep Movement with Jordan ShadleyArtist, former Elsewhere intern, and art teacher at Greensboro’s Experiential School (TESG), Jolie Day, brings the campfire into Fort Night through a deluxe s’more making workshop. To cap it off, we will learn and sing classic campfire songs together. Fellow TESG teacher, Jordan Shadley will share a sleep movement activity to use later when it is time to go beddy-bye. If you would like to make s’mores along with Jolie, here are her suggested supplies: List of ingredients: Graham crackers-regular or get fancy with it Marshmallows: any kind, Halal- popular brand Jet Puffed, Vegetarian/vegan- available at some grocery stores. Chocolate- milk chocolate is classic, but any kind welcome Bonus ingredients: Oreos or other sandwich cookie Toasted shredded coconut banana slices peanut butter whatever you think might taste good! Heat sources: Unscented candle Gas range stove portable backpacking stove Tools: Skewer or stick for marshmallow napkins butter knife be near a source of water |
Question PartyParticipants will turn off their cameras and change their name to anonymous. They will then put questions in the chat anonymously. “Question Party: Your Uncertainty Will Not Be Used Against You” was hosted at Common Field’s annual convening this year (see in their program schedule here). One of its hosts, Art + Feminism co-founder and lead co-organizer, Jacqueline Mabey shared: “I came to know the Question Party through my partner, Michael Mandiberg, who is an artist and educator. They developed the practice after hearing an experience relayed by Julie Perini, in which a group of artists held a conversation based on their own anonymous questions.” |
Rebecca Valley’s Living Room Theater and Night Writing: “Forts and Fortunes” EditionHunker down and look ahead as we write our fortunes for the new year. Pop in and snag the prompt or write along with us and share. Website: rebeccavalley.com Personal Insta: @rebeccavalley Instagram for prompts and writing workshops: @Living_Room_Theatre |
pandemonia.livePandemonia will be hosted with elsewherians from many cohorts— stephanie sherman, ash Eliza smith, Mary Rothlisberger, George Scheer, mat guzzo, and other special guests Pandemonia.live is a ridiculous romp through local and global pandemic mayhem — the stupid, the warped, the hectic and the boring |
The Object Oracle Readings in the Bureau of Illumination with Artist/Alumnus Elicia EpsteinGet insights into your past, present, and future with the Object Oracle, created by artist Elicia Epstein in our last residency before COVID closed the museum in March. Elicia will be on hand to do your reading as with our Productions Manager Thea Cohen operating as Elicia’s hands from inside The Bureau of Illumination aka Glass Forest.okay sounds good. It will be called Oracle Readings in the Bureau of Illumination. here is link to her project From Elicia’s newly added “Artist Notes” on our website: “An object oracle functions much like a tarot deck-– instead of cards, the objects are the foundation for meaning-making and divination. In my practice, I frequently work with intuitive systems of knowledge. At Elsewhere, I wanted to create a space to honor the many objects in the collection and the stories they hold.” elsewheremuseum.org/projects/bureau-of-illumination Check out Elicia’s website and instagram: eliciaepstein.com and @baby_salad
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Cocktail-making and Spring Roll-making with Dabney and Walker SandersGreensboro power couple, Dabney and Walker Sanders, know the value of entertaining well. It is good for business and it is good for building wonderful relationships. The Sanders’ will stream in from their home to share these well-honed skills guaranteed to make your next socially-distanced happy hour pop. Get ready for the evening with a cocktail and a snack. Walker, President of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro and known for his cocktail-making, will demonstrate the negroni and a couple of variations of that - the americano, the boulevardier, and the old pal. Ingredients needed are:
Dabney, Project Manager of the Downtown Greenway, has a long history with Vietnam and will show you how to make fresh Vietnamese Spring Rolls. They are a delicious and easy appetizer to make at home. Ingredients needed are (and all can be found at the super g market on west market street):
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"Draw and Sip" Zoom Drawing Club hosted by Darlene McClinton and Drawing Room (Raleigh, NC); live painting with @weirdlittlelines; wine tasting with Jim and Maggie Bryan; and design for wine companies with Pavette’s Emily PetersonBring your drawing supplies and a bottle of red, white, or rosé! Art Boss, Darlene McClinton, hosts the hour-long art-making session, starting with some fast and fun drawing challenges. Once everyone gets settled, we can watch, listen to, or draw father/daughter duo and long-time Elsewhere members, Jim and Maggie Bryan, as they do a 101 on wine tastings. Adding to the festivities, @weirdlittlelines will be live-painting from inside her fort! Darlene J. McClinton is the C.E.O of arts venue, The Artist Bloc, “Where Creative Minds Meet”; an adjunct professor at North Carolina A&T State University; Lead Arts Integration Facilitator for Guilford County Schools; and a professional muralist with nine public art pieces throughout the city of Greensboro. Darlene organized the 52’ “Inspire Change for a Collaborative Future” mural with 7 other artists to go across the facade of Elsewhere over the summer - see photo below). Drawing Room (@DrawingRoomNC) presents intimate, nomadic exhibitions, enigmatic drawing sessions, drawing clubs and courses. We also have an online drawing-based flat file. @WeirdLittleLines is Marianna Phillips, latinx artist exploring creativity, science, and joy through the playful lens of childlike imagination. Jim and Maggie Bryan are longtime members of Elsewhere. Maggie will introduce Jim, sharing their Elsewhere connections, and then Jim will provide an introduction to wine - tastings, pairings, and everything else. Jim went to Total Wines and they helped pick out the most popular white, rosé , and red that you should be able to find wherever you are calling in from: Red: Coastline Cabernet Reserve - $14.99 Rose: Samuel Robert Rose Willamette 2019 - $14.99 White: Crimson Ranch Chardonnay - $14.99 If you go to Total Wines in Greensboro, they will have select red, white, or rosé bottles that will correspond with the wine tasting. Additional Resources (from Jim): How to taste wine: HowStuffWorks.com wine basics, Youtube Tutorial 1, Youtube tutorial 2. Wine Shops: Zeto’s, Total WInes, Wine and Peace. Emily Peterson (@emilyhpete) co-created Pavette wine (@pavettewines). She will provide peek into the creative process on how one wine company came up with a new brand concept during COVID, specifically the inspiration for naming and label design. |
“Con safos [man]” Rehearsal Performance by Artist/Alumnus Josh FrancoJosh T. Franco is included in the upcoming online print exhibition POCHO curated by Lauren Cardenas for Zygote Press. For POCHO, Franco will create a new performance-for-video. Con safos [man] is revived in order to demonstrate a unique method of printmaking with a grinding stone. For Fort Night, this performance will be rehearsed for Elsewhere audiences. This is not an official performance. This is an official performance. This is not an official performance… Check out Josh’s website: joshtfranco.com |
Burning Down The House: Lessons for Life and Community from Burning Man with Jim and Christine TooleFive time burners Christine and Jim Toole will talk about getting to Burning Man, their experiences on the playa, and ways the event continues to transform their lives. This interactive discussion will be framed by the 10 principles of Burning Man: radical inclusion; gifting; de-commodification; radical self-reliance; radical self-expression; communal effort; civic responsibility; leaving no trace; participation; and immediacy. |
Lonnie Holley Visits His Sculpture at Elsewhere, “Mixed”Lonnie spends some time with his favorite museum, paying a visit to “Mixed,” the installation he made during his residency at Elsewhere. “Mixed” project page on our website: https://www.elsewheremuseum.org/projects/mixed Lonnie talking about his work in an Elsewhere Digital Treats on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/307104687; https://vimeo.com/306601522 Lonnie’s website: https://www.lonnieholley.com/ Special thanks to Matt Arnette, Thea Cohen and everyone living at Elsewhere, and Josh Franco for helping to make this happen. |
Spooky Storytelling featuring “This Is How The World Will End” by Alumni Artist DorothyEveryone is welcome to share their spooky stories or other spooky offerings! “This Is How The World Will End” is a puppet film originally made for the Detroit Puppet Slam in April 2020. The concept for the project was to make three miniature environments, all featuring camping tents, and to invite three artist colleagues to create ghost stories inspired by the scenes. Each collaborator then shared the story with me, and I created shadow puppets that illustrated their story from inside the tents. Check out Dorothy’s website: https://www.surrenderdorothy.org |
Restful Yoga for the Whole Family with Stephany McMillan of Owner of Greensboro’s Rise & Flow Yoga StudioYoga session for everyone in your household using readily available supplies (towel, pillow, etc). Feel free to participate in your pajamas! “Graduate of UNC-Charlotte, daughter, fur-mama, friend and passionate service leader, Stephany strives to provide mindfulness in all that she does. She strongly believes in the quote "everything you need is already within you." Together we can make a difference as long as it begins with ourselves. Stephany is a traumatic brain injury survivor and translates anatomy, mindfulness and breathing techniques into her yoga teaching. Every day is a new opportunity to share her yoga gifts, and be a student.” Check out their website: riseandflowllc.com |
Red Brunch and Scavenger Hunt with Artist and Current Shelter Elsewhere Fellow Rae RedArtist and current “Shelter Elsewhere” Fellow, Rae Red, calls in from within the Elsewhere "Red Zone" they have constructed, leading a scavenger hunt for all of us to gather red things from our homes and breakfast on red foods. Rae will discuss why the color red plays such a central role in their practice and why they created a “Red Zone” in Elsewhere. so far: beet hash browns bloody marys red velvet pancakes with raspberry compote red eggs and ham shakshuka strawberry mimosas cranberry juice Rae is currently sheltering-in-place within the museum for nearly 6 months as part of our Shelter Elsewhere Fellowship. Check out Rae Red’s website: https://rae.red/ Photos: (above) Rae Red.
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Watch Party: Food Party with Thu TranThu Tran gave us her blessing to screen Food Party, her pseudo-reality cooking show that takes you on surreal adventures through space, time, and genre. Each episode features multi-course, out-of-this-world gourmet meals cooked up by lovely hostess Thu and a cast of color puppets and celebrity guests. |
Artist/Alumnus Parasol B's Fun with Circuits and Science with special guest, poet Coventry KesslerAlumnus Artist Parasol B explores the magical worlds of circuits and sonic vibrations, including limes as batteries. Poet Coventry Kessler will add another dimension to the experience through her poetry. |
Picture Book Story Time with Author Ellen Fischer, who reads her Book “Latke, the Lucky Dog,” and Artist and Elsewhere Alumnus, Lauren Simkin Berke, who reads their book, “Were I Not a Girl: The Inspiring and True Story of Dr. James Barry”If you love dogs and Hanukkah, or want to learn more about both, do not miss this opportunity to hear this story read by its author, Ellen Fischer, long-time Greensboro resident and member of Elsewhere! Ellen will share about the creation of the book and what it is like being a children’s book author. Lauren will read some of their favorites including, “Norman the Doorman,” “The Alien Diaries,” “The Philharmonic Gets Dressed,” and “The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown,” as well as “Were I Not a Girl: The Inspiring and True Story of Dr. James Barry,” the picture book they illustrated that came out in October. Check out Ellen’s website: ellenfischer-author.com Buy “Latke, the Lucky Dog” through Greensboro’s Scuppernong Books here - they will ship! Check out Lauren’s website: simkinberke.com Buy the book through Greensboro’s Scuppernong Books here - they will ship! |
Sylvia Stories with Samet Gray, Brandon Gray, Dani Luft, George Scheer, and Syvia’s Good Friend, Artist Marta TorneroSyvlia’s grandchildren gather with her good friend, Marta Tornero, to swap stories about Sylvia, whose three-story collection of thrift is the material and inspiration for Elsewhere. Marta was one of the few people who Sylvia would sell items to later in her life, purchasing doll parts and other materials for her artwork. Everyone who has a Sylvia story is welcome to contribute! Photos: (above) Syvia Gray holding baby George Scheer, her grandson and co-founder of Elsewhere; Marta Tornero holding her dear friend Sylvia 25 years ago. (below) Marta’s sculptures made with items purchased from Sylvia, inspired by magic realism.
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