Communal gathering is an important aspect of the campground experience and the Festival encourages performance-based, structural, educational and aesthetic projects that facilitate interaction & participation among our campers. From organized performance art, to Tipi villages, to Pirate Ships – these projects create a magic ambience and provide a communal space for campers to gather.Each year, the Festival organizers work with selected groups who apply with Campground Animation & Exhibition project proposals. Not bound to the walls of a gallery, our campground allows ideas to take on a larger-than-life quality.Types of projects that we are seeking include (but not limited to):
- visual art (including theatre/dance/performance/ritual)
- green art projects (promoting sustainable culture & recycling in the campground, or constructed from recycled materials)
- interactive community art projects & workshops
- temporary communal structures (social sculpture)
- signage and/or way-finding sculpture
Click to read the 2010 Campground Art & Animation Call for Submissions
Deadline: May 7, 2010
Below are some photos and descriptions of animation projects from past festivals. The Winnipeg Folk Festival Campground is participatory - your experience is what YOU make of it. If you have an idea for a project in the campground let us know! Our aim is to support our creative community, so let us know who you are and what you do. Email Rebecca at rwinkworth@winnipegfolkfestival.ca
Campground Art & Animation
Download the 2010 Festival Campground map (770 kB jpeg file).Here is a listing of some of the art & animation taking place in the campground in 2010. Show your gratitude – stop and thank these folks who put in a lot of time & energy to bring these projects to the campground. If you have an idea for a project, please email info@winnipegfolkfestival.ca with the subject “Campground Animation Idea”.
Red Willow Tipi Village (zone 4)
The Red Willow Tipi Group is pleased to be a part of the Festival Campground and have brought an amazing, interactive display to the campground.
Through the evenings, the group will have a visual arts display including a solar-powered video and film display. You’ll also notice the return of the popular ‘Healing Tipi’ for those faithful campers who need some prairie spa treatment. Be the first one to wash your folkie feet in a soothing footbath. Or experience aromatherapy while you enjoy some free massage treatment. The ‘Healing Tipi’ will be open during daylight hours Thursday through Saturday.
Saturday night will feature the Tipi Village celebration feast. Campers will have a chance to sample authentic prairie cuisine. Organic roast bison, pickerel and bannock are on the menu so bring some potluck to add to the celebration!
Finally, on Saturday night the Tipi Village will be hosting a ceremonial blessing. Help us celebrate the local Aboriginal singers and drummers and get your Pow Wow dance moves ready.
???, by the Castle Boys (zone 2)
The Castle Boys are back in town and they’ve built ???.
Visit The Castle Boys nightly after mainstage to join the festivities. From the Castle Boys’ Talent Show, to a show by local band, The Fo!ps, and partying with The Afterparty, make sure you visit The Castle Boys for a guaranteed good time.
The Castle Boys have yearly events as well; so if you’d like to be added to their information list please join the group ‘Castle Boys’ on Facebook. They are also looking for others who wish to contribute and encourage you to contact them. Those who wish to provide photography, food or a hand to help load up the trucks on the Monday following the festivals, please come join them.
The Biggest Hat You’ve Ever Seen, by Karl Simmons (zone 1B)
Back for another year: The Hat!
Constructed by Karl Simmons, this 2-story structure houses a performance stage on the lower level and an observation deck on the second level. Karl and his crew invite you to stop by with your instruments and make some musical memories on stage. The lower level jam area will be open all day and night for the entire festival weekend.
The observation deck will only be open from 10 am – 6 pm (non-supervised), 10 pm – early morning (supervised). Hat A La Huge Supervisors will be wearing white t-shirts with GREEN dots. You can only access observation desk when a Hat Supervisor is present.
Watch out for the WHITE RABBIT lurking around the Giant Mushrooms!
Scanimation, by Cody Creed (zone 2 @ the tree-break)
Using the interplay between two sets of lines, your eyes will be tricked into seeing motion! Visit the Scanimation exhibition and prepare to be amazed by this animation station.
Element Sircus (zone 4)
Fresh from Solstice celebrations the Element Sircus – in conjunction with The Flaming Trollies Marching Band and Ragpickers Antifashion Emporium – bring a smattering of circus to the Festival Campground! Look for the eclectic circus tent wherein you can make a mask, elaborate on your costume, make your own puppet or watch a shadow puppet show in the Tipi Theatre!
A craft area will be open during daylight hours and check out the chalk board for planned workshops. Stilt walkers and giant parade puppets will appear before your eyes! Listen for the marching band who will be parading through the campground. Drop by to learn & share traditional circus skills, too!
The Trading Post (zone 2)
Welcome to the Trading Post. Forget some tent pegs? Have too much spaghetti sauce? Lose your bandana? Take a walk to the Trading Post and swap items for fair trade. You’ll likely walk away with what you need! Items range from camping supplies to food to clothing… and everything in between! This year, they’re back with more trade items, bigger trades, daily auctions and a GIANT Twister game. No cash allowed!
Juke Joint Hideaway, brought to you by Times Change(d) (zone 2)
Experience a little piece of Times Change(d) at the Festival this year and stop by the Juke Joint Hideaway. The good folks at the Juke Joint invite you over for late night jams led by musicians Andrew Neville, Joanna Miller, Evan Friesen, Blake Thomson and Emery Blais. The Housecoat Depository is a green project that uses recycled housecoats as an opportunity for citizens of the campground to form a community inspired by the pursuit of leisure and alternative clothing. “We’ve got a lot of living to do, let’s do it together!” – John Scoles.
Percussio, by Curtis De Meyer (zone 2 @ the tree-break)
Percussio is a large sound sculpture based on the principles of hanging wind chimes – played not by the wind, but by people. Stop by this interactive sculptural phenomenon.
Gallithump, by Addie, Eva, Jane & Melissa (zone 2 @ the tree-break)
“Let the Wild Rumpus Begin!” Designed and built entirely by women, the Gallithump is the culmination of element colliding in a callithump and cacophony of unadulterated conviviality. It is a celebration of new music birthed by the re-use of old materials, and as each side of this four directional structure Is played, the Gallithump will be a recycled ritual of absolute delight.
PO MO Follow the Dragon
Ever wanted to play with a dragon? What about a dragon that glows in the dark? The dragon will appear in the field leading to the campground entrance at 11:30 pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. He will parade through the campground and end his route at Pope’s Hill each night. Look for the marked route of Dragon Stops through the campsite (there are Dragon Stops at the animation areas) and follow the dragon!
Yoga Classes (base of Pope’s Hill)
Feeling like you need to unwind after last night’s festivities? Stop by the yoga classes at the base of Pope’s Hill. Yoga Classes provided by Stafford Street Hot Yoga (Amanda Ing) and South Moon Studio (Chrissy Merritt) every morning in the bowl of Pope’s Hill.
Classes run Thursday through Sunday from 9:30 – 10:30 am. Bring your towel, some water and embrace the day. Don’t forget to check out Amanda & Chrissy’s yoga studios during the year.
Poi, Staff & Hula Hoop Workshop (base of Pope’s Hill)
Ever wonder how to spin fire? Stop byon Saturday afternoon at 2 pm and get a personal lesson on poi from Wildfire at thebase of Pope’s Hill.
Fire Spinning Performances (base of Pope’s Hill)
These performances are produced by professional dancers with safety technicians on hand. Please respect the performance area boundaries.
Friday (Thursday night) 1 am – Wildfre Dance Productions presents ‘Free Flow Fever’, a low of energies, flow of music flow of freestyle form.
Saturday (Friday night) 1:30 am – Avani Soul Tribal Bellydancing Collective, Bohemian Spark with Stacy & Jolie from Wildfire.
Sunday (Saturday night) 1 am – Avani Soul Tribal Bellydancing Collective and Bohemian Spark Performance, followed by a Wildfire Dance Productions presentatio of ‘Summer Sadhana: the rituals of dance’.
Tribal Belly Dance Workshop (base of Pope’s Hill)
Join Avani Soul Tribal Bellydance and learn the ancient and beautiful technique of belly dancing! Thursday 2 pm at the base of Pope’s Hill.
Partner Yoga Workshop (base of Pope’s Hill)
Partner Yoga is a partnership based on trust and communication, expressed through breath, movement and yoga postures. Partner Yoga can be practiced by any two people. This workshop will provide participants with the opportunity to create an interdependent partnership through yoga postures and nonverbal communication. Avani Soul Tribal Bellydance will be leading a workshop 2 pm on Friday afternoon.
Hula Hoop Tree (zone 1B)
Love to hula? Love to dance? Get your hula on at the Hula Hoop Tree hosted by the Fire Pyxies during daylight hours. Who can hula the longest? Let’s set a record this year!
The Hammock District, Michael Cumbers (zone 1A)
The Hammock District is a place where anyone can get away from the harsh elements and hang for a while. Don’t want to hang out in a hammock? Try out body paints to further your experience, or help paint the tents. There will be drum workshops and other activities for campers throughout the weekend. Come on by to swing in the shade.
Giant Puppets, Kristie Latta and Robert Williams (roving)
Lisa the Dragon, Owen the Camel and the Folk Festival Taxi will be roaming the campground singing and dancing. They love to have fun, and will be the perfect new friend for campers of all ages.
MAWA Stitch’n’Bitch, Tracy Marshall and Kristin Nelson (zone 4)
At MAWA Stitch’n’Bitch two knit experts will bring camping communities together in their living room animation. This comfortable living room, reminiscent of grandma’s house, will be a place for people to relax and and do some stitching and bitching. Participants will be encouraged to take their new skill to their communities at the campground and add swatches to the trees around them. Several balls of yarn will be ‘roaming’ as part of the ‘pass the needle’ aspect where people will be allowed to knit or crochet in the trees and around their campsite after which they can pass the needle to the next camper! The living room is the “Knitting HQ”!
Creative Arts & Healing Pyramid Centre (zone 2)
Bringing together Crystalogy, Reiki and meditation, the pyramid offers materials and inspiration toward arts and alternative healing. Workshops will be hosted throughout the weekend (including yoga, Vedic chanting, healing wax mandelas, crystal grids, meditation circles & mask making) and the pyramid will provide a drop in centre all weekend to indulge creative and whimsical ideas of all types. A metaphysical extravaganza for all your senses!
