CVAG WEARABLE ART: OIL SPILL OIL SLICK

OIL SPILL OIL SLICK is an homage to 12-year old song writer, singer and environmental activist Ta'Kaiya Blaney and her haunting song, Shallow Waters; a call to action—a wake up call from a young Sliammon youth warning that if we do nothing it will all be gone. Ta'Kaiya sang her Shallow Waters live before thousands attending the April 2012 No Pipeline No Tankers Rally in Comox. Ta'Kaiya Blaney has dedication, courage and drive to rock the boat.

Millie Miller: Choreography and Performance

Active in community theatre, Millie will appear in Courtenay Little Theatre's The 39 Steps in October. A VIU theatre graduate, she presently styles hair at the Head Shed in Courtenay.

Kari Glass: Costume and Concept Design

Kari's eco-friendly improvisations are informed by indigenous culture and community collaboration. She combs her surroundings for jetsam and flotsam—the raw matter for concept and construction.

Shallow Waters by Ta'Kaiya Blaney and Ailleen de la Cruz

http://www.takaiyablaney.com

Look for Ta'Kaiya Blaney's Shallow Waters musical youtube video.

Ta'Kaiya Blaney hidden by a fan's protest sign at the Comox No Pipeline No Tankers 2012 Rally

SERPENT STAR by Kari Glass (2 Sep 2012 Calgary)

MEDEA and the Recycled Golden Fleece

Medea of mythic infamy was an Eastern princess, priestess and powerful sorceress, from Colchis, in the Caucasus. Classical playwright Euripides, described her as a lioness with a loud heart that surges like the tide. She forsook family and homeland for the love of Greek hero Jason, who sailed the Argo to Colchis, for the famous Golden Fleece. Medea—despised by the Greeks as a barbarian, and eventually abandoned by Jason for a younger Greek princess—exacted a terrible revenge.

Medea Poem (anon)

Princess, priestess, and sorceress,

Yet a wild barbarian too,

You worshipped your Greek hero, Jason,

And for him your own brother you slew.

You stole him the great golden fleece,

And you fled from your own wild shore,

Sailing far to the western isles,

As his wife now, forever more.

But you, in the kingdoms of Greece,

Were a witch, an outcast, a stranger;

His love for you – despite children- waned,

And you could not avert the danger.

For Jason, ambitious and fickle,

Fell in love with a Greek king's daughter,

And you, with the heart of a lioness,

Now contemplated slaughter.

With poison you doctored a robe,

That you sent to your Jason's new bride.
The princess wore it – and so

In the torments of fire she died.

CVAG 2012 WEARABLE ART Tech Rehearsal

Millie Miller rehearsing 

MEDEA & THE RECYCLED GOLDEN FLEECE

Created by Sara Burr and Kari Glass

Performed and Choreographed by Millie Miller

Designed and Directed by Kari Glass

17 July 2012

Commox Valley Art Gallery

CABANA Buffet in Courtenay

AMAZING GRACE

What would Phil's mom do?

PHILLING FILL'S PHRIDGE