Got Community?
Got Enough Community??
We’re counting down the days until we gather at “The Woods”…
…..hope you’ll be joining us next week in Occidental, CA, in celebration of the Art of Community…..
www.artofcmty.com
events@ic.org
313-444-CMTY (2689)
Can’t attend the conference program but still want to plug in?
We’ve added a Saturday Night Ticket to Art of Community!
Join us for an evening of connection, celebration, and musical inspirations!
On Saturday night we welcome folks to come for dinner and the evening’s festivities:
WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 22nd during the Art of Community Conference
WHERE: Occidental, CA
WHAT:
Tickets for Saturday evening only are $40, lodging NOT included. Click here to buy a ticket just for Saturday night- from the ticket types choose the Art of Community Special events ticket type (last one). You’ll then be able to choose only the Saturday special evening ticket on the additional items page of registration.
Hope you can join us in celebrating the Art of Community!
You know, we could toot our horn some more about the amazing folks we have lined up to present at Art of Community. We could tell you more about the community tours available on the Friday of the conference, or the fun celebratory Mystic Dance on Saturday night. Then there is the beauty of the site at Westminster Woods where we gather in the redwoods and commune with nature and each other. And you’re all well aware of the amazing work the FIC does to promote intentional communities and cooperative culture. We could go on and on about all those things, but instead, we want to tell you about some of the folks who are helping make this year’s Art of Community even more special….
For as you know, gatherings such as this are a cooperative effort. We could not possibly get the word out without help, and when it comes to outreach, there is just nothing like word of mouth and the connections made in one on one conversations. We count on many volunteers and participants to tell others about Art of Community, and we even give you outreach materials to use. Plus there are many local organizations and businesses which help us out. It’s an amazing display of community support, and not just the community local to the event, but the Community with a big “C”- those who are committed to the Communities Movement and care about strengthening it. We just don’t know what we’d do without you folks, and want to thank you from the bottoms of our hearts. Here’s to a few of you who really make a difference:
- Katy Byrne
The Meeting Guy- David Ferrera
The Northwest Intentional Communities Association - Larry Rider
Ecopalooza Green Events Network - Larry Sheehy
Within Reach Movie - Mandy Creighton and Ryan Mylnarczyk
Green Key Real Estate - Cassandra Ferrera
Syntony Quest - Alex&der Laszlo
New Message Media - Ben Zolno
WaccoBB - Barry Chertov
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center - Phil Tymon
KOWS Community Radio Project - Lolly Mesches, Arnold Levine
Northern Nevada Connecting the Good - Richard Flyer and Jim Eaglesmith
Cohousing California and the Cohousing Coaches – Raines Cohen and Betsy Morris
Art of Community 2012: People, Place, and Purpose
A participatory and celebratory gathering for people seeking to learn about intentional communities and build skills of cooperative culture.
Sept. 21-23 Conference
Sept. 24-25 Workshop Intensives and Social Change Summit
Occidental, CA
313-444-CMTY (2689)
Email: events@ic.org
www.artofcmty.com
Greetings Art of Community supporters!
This year we’ve add 2 tours to the schedule of communities nearby the event site:
and
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
(Sowing Circle Community)
These are great opportunities to see intentional communities in person, to connect with members and ask questions, and to be inspired by the spaces people have nurtured cooperatively.
You can tour both communities on Friday before AoC begins– GVV is only 10 minutes from OAEC, which is less than 10 minutes from the Art of Community site! You’ll even have time to stop in the charming town of Occidental for some lunch before heading to the event for the 2pm registration check in!
There is not a shuttle for these tours- you must drive yourself or self-organize for ridesharing. Please do not arrive at Westminster Woods prior to 2pm.
Click here for more information about the tours and each community.
Can you help us make Art of Community more accessible to more people?
Our goal is to offer a minimum of 25% of attendees a partial scholarship to attend via work trade and financial help. Can you make a donation to our scholarship fund? Every bit helps- and your contribution goes a long way to making this event successful and sustainable. Click the donate button below to go right to Paypal, or click here for more info. Thanks for whatever you can afford.
Art of Community 2012: People, Place, and Purpose
A participatory and celebratory gathering for people seeking to learn about intentional communities and build skills of cooperative culture.
Sept. 21-23 Conference
Sept. 24-25 Workshop Intensives and Social Change Summit
Occidental, CA
313-444-CMTY (2689)
Email: events@ic.org
www.artofcmty.com
BIG NEWS!!
This Thurs. Aug. 2nd at 2pm Pacific time FIC’s Art of Community facilitator and community advocate Cassandra Ferrera will be on Caroline Casey’s “Visionary Activist” radio show on Berkeley’s KPFA, the first community supported radio station in the US.
The topic of discussion: the ways in which we gather in community, the changing model of gatherings, and the importance of events like AoC for social change. It’s the KPFA fund drive- during the show you can make a premium donation and received items such as a ticket to Art of Community or a Communities magazine subscription.
Click here for a link to livestream the show: www.kpfa.org/home
The podcast of the show will be available here: feed://www.kpfa.org/podcast/pod.php?show_id=50
Caroline Casey is a Visionary Activist Astrologer, devoted to the principle that Imagination lays the tracks for the Reality Train to follow. Therefore the cultivation of imagination coupled with the capacity for complex story-telling is a key strategy for personal and collective change.
More about Caroline: www.coyotenetworknews.com
Art of Community is a special kind of event in that much of our financing and promotions come from intentional communities and community oriented organizations. This creates an air of cooperation and support beyond many conference gatherings because so many of our attendees have participated in more ways than simply coming on the weekend of the event.
We’d like to thank those of you who help us get there.
Big, Warm Welcome and Thank You this week to our new sponsor:
Wolf Creek is a Cohousing Community for Pro-active Adults and winner of the Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award for Sustainable Communities. Located in Grass Valley, CA, it’s nestled in the Sierra foothills along beautiful Wolf Creek and sits on 3.5 acres of preserved wooded area and is easy walking distance to stores and restaurants. Thirty new homes will be ready for move-in this Fall.
For more info: www.wolfcreeklodge.org
To visit Wolf Creek Lodge:
Email: info@wolfcreeklodge.org
Call 530.478.1970 • Leave a message 800.558.3775
We’re blessed to hold Art of Community in beautiful Sonoma County, CA
for many reasons, not least of which includes the support of
communitarians such as the folks at Monan’s Rill.
In 1974 Monan’s Rill grew out of conversations between friends and acquaintances who were searching for a greater sense of community amongst themselves, as well as a physical place for this community to take root and grow. They have a long history of building community with each other while being of service to the world.
Intentional Communities arise from and for a variety of reasons, but the common threads involve people connecting in a place, and with a shared purpose. Monan’s Rill’s Intention as stated on their website:
“Most of us have come of age in a society that emphasizes competition, materialism and self-enhancement. We feel that this has encouraged isolation and alienation. We see cooperation and a spirit of mutual support as highly desirable alternatives.
We try to recognize and cherish the different skills and insights of each individual. We are committed to helping and encouraging one another. We believe that successful community requires an intentional commitment. We have all committed ourselves to one another as a chosen family, and get together in both formal and informal gatherings.
As a group, we have concerns about the social chaos around us. Each of us tries to reach out from our relative security to do what we can.We do not claim to have the solutions to the world’s problems or even our own. We believe we are taking steps in the right direction, and know that good things are happening here.”
Art of Community and the FIC would like to thank Monan’s Rill for their long standing commitment to living in community with intention.
We’re thrilled to have them participate in our unique gathering.
Folks from Monan’s Rill will be facilitating two workshops at AoC this year:
Gift Group: A Process to Deepen Our Relationships
Nuts and Bolts of Community Structure: Committees as WD40
Another great gathering in Sonoma County
celebrating the depth of community spirit and connection:
Santa Rosa Festival of Neighborhoods:
Downtown Courthouse Square, July 29th, 12-4
For info: Hank Topper at 707-483-5730 or Renee Riggs at renee.riggs@gmail.com
Sponsored by Neighbors Summit Partnership
Come join us in Celebrating the Art of Community!
REGISTER NOW!
Announcing the Art of Community 2012 Program!
We’ve got a truly inspiring group of presenters lined up for you this year.
Seriously impressive people who have dedicated themselves to living in community with intention and contributing to making the world a more cooperative place.
We think you might get just a wee bit excited to see for yourself…..
Click here to see who they are and what they are doing
that makes this year’s event so very special!
Early bird ticket discounts have been extended to June 30th!!
Click Here to Register Now and Save!
Come join us in celebrating the Art of Community!
You’re Invited!!
Following the National Cohousing Conference in Oakland June 13-17, the FIC and Oakland Morehouse invite you to a fun opportunity to connect with community minded folks, enjoy some good food and local jazz music, learn about the wealth of community oriented resources offered by the Fellowship for Intentional Community, and hear about the Art of Community immersive conference gathering in Occidental, CA.
Representatives of intentional communities from around the US will be in attendance to share stories and information about the growing Communities Movement and life in cooperative culture.
Food provided via in kind donations from local markets and organic gardens. In addition we ask that you bring a snack or beverage to share.
Bay Area jazz musicians provide the grooves!
This is a fundraising event to promote the Art of Community conference and raise funds for scholarships for event participants. AoC offers scholarships and discounted tickets to the majority of their attendees. Please join us in supporting this great cause and celebrating the concept of living “in community”.
Hosted by Oakland Morehouse, a 44 year old intentional community formed with the goal of pleasurable group living. They are a cooperative household of people spanning multiple generations living in a purple Victorian home in the Lake Merritt neighborhood of Oakland.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, June 17th
6:00pm-9:00pm
LOCATION:
Oakland Morehouse
80 Hamilton Place
Oakland, CA 94612
http://www.oaklandmorehouse.com
Parking is limited- we suggest parking on Harrison and walking up Hamilton. It’s the purple Victorian house on the right, you can’t miss it!
COST & REGISTRATION:
Free!
RSVP (not mandatory but helpful!) to Lenel deEmma: lenel@ic.org
Announcing the Art of Community Social Change Summit!
September 24th – 25th
Following the FIC’s Art of Community main conference weekend, we will draw together the folks with a fire in their belly about making a difference in the world- people who offer the heart and tools to inspire cooperative culture, who are committed to social change via the vehicle of community, and who seek higher levels of collaboration with other organizations and intentional communities.
The Summit is a meeting of minds and hearts involving representatives from various communities and organizations committed to social change. It is also open to public observation and participation.
Read more about the Summit: http://www.artofcmty.com/summit
Attending Art of Community weekend conference and want to dive deeper? We’ll also be offering workshop intensives concurrent with the Summit gathering, read more here: http://www.artofcmty.com/workshop-intensives
