NORTH FORK VALLEY CREATIVE COALITION

Learn how to use shamanic journeying to enhance creativity in the supportive atmosphere of this group. Shamanic Experiences were designed by the Shamanic Arts Center to open your mind to alternative ways of thinking and creating.  Continued study will yield many benefits particularly enhanced creativity in all areas of your life.

The main instructor is Dr. Robert Sullivan (Chi), a Choctaw native and traveling shaman who’s assisted by Julia Widdop founding director of  the Shamanic Arts Center in Hotchkiss.  Meetings will be held on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month. Subscribe free to Postcards From Shamans to get email announcements.

Monday, November 18th, 7pm

General Admission:  $10  BUY TICKETS

NFV Creative Coalition will present a performance of Iowa Poet Laureate Mary Swander’s play, Map of my Kingdom, on Monday, November 18, 2019, starting at 7pm. The play is produced by Swander Woman Productions, a theatre company that creates and tours dramatic performances focused on food, farming, and the larger rural environment. 

Map of my Kingdom, a play commissioned by Practical Farmers of Iowa, tackles the critical issue of land transition. In the drama, Angela Martin, a lawyer and mediator in land transition disputes, shares stories of how farmers and landowners she has worked with over the years approached their land successions. Some families almost came to blows, struggling to resolve the sale or transfer of their land, and dissolving relationships. Others found peacefully rational solutions that focused not only on the viability of the family, but also of the land. 

Today, a vast amount of land in the United States is owned by those over 65 years old. Some have made their wishes clear for the future of their property. Others are courting family upheaval by not planning in concrete ways. An age old problem, evident in literature from the Bible to King Lear to Willa Cather, land transition presents hard questions: Who really owns the land? And what is the role of the steward of a property? Can “fair” become “unfair” to one’s children?

Map of my Kingdom will resonate with those who have been through, or are working through challenging land transfer issues that include division of the land among siblings, to selling out to a neighbor, to attempts to preserve the land’s integrity against urban sprawl. The drama will inspire the hesitant and the fearful to start the conversation that cannot wait.

Map of my Kingdom will be performed by Twin Cities actor, Erika Kuhn.

General Admission:  $10    BUY TICKETS

The focus of this salon is shamanism & art. The focus will change slightly depending on the current leader. Encounters are held on the 3rd Thursday each month. Encounters are held at Widdop House – the Shamanic Arts Center in Hotchkiss.  Current Facilitators – Julia Widdop & Dr. Robert Sullivan (Che). Seating is limited – please RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/o/julia-shamanicartscenter-399256367.

Learn how to use shamanic journeying to enhance creativity in the supportive atmosphere of this group. Shamanic Experiences were designed by the Shamanic Arts Center to open your mind to alternative ways of thinking and creating.  Continued study will yield many benefits particularly enhanced creativity in all areas of your life.

The main instructor is Dr. Robert Sullivan (Chi), a Choctaw native and traveling shaman who’s assisted by Julia Widdop founding director of  the Shamanic Arts Center in Hotchkiss.  Meetings will be held on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month. Subscribe free to Postcards From Shamans to get email announcements.