Re-Storyation Labyrinth

Re-Storyation Labyrinth: Social Forestry + Community Art Installation

Activation No. 1 of ReVillage's -- Museum of the Future: Community Art Pop-Up Series

Get ready to immerse yourself in a magical, creative experience at the Graton Town Square! Join us for a journey through the Re-Storyation Labyrinth where visions of the future come to life. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to be part of a one-of-a-kind community created art experience!

Details

A three circuit Labyrinth made of timber rounds and poles harvested during forestry restoration work at a local property within the Green Valley watershed will be co-created in the Graton Town Square.

Community will be invited to join for all parts of this project, connecting origin of materials to the art that they become. There will be two days of forestry/material harvest (July 21-22) and two days of labyrinth installation at Graton Town Square (July 24-25), with a final unveiling party on July 26 - the same day as the Summer BBQ and Lawn Chair Cinema evening event at the Graton Town Square.

Check out the multiple ticket types to sign up for one, or several, opportunities to be involved in this awe-inspiring, large format public art installation.

Project Overview

This project is multi-purpose. The purpose of the labyrinth is to offer an anchor point and a refuge for finding grounding, peace, harmony, and centeredness. The material chosen is timber needing to be removed from a very untended, wildfire-risk forest.

The concept of Social Forestry is an undercurrent theme here, tied to the understanding that Restoration work is a Re-storyation of relationship to place - physical, social, & spiritual - which opens up the opportunity to heal breaks and envision new stories of the future connected to the past.

PRESENTED BY: ‘Landscape Shapes Mindscape’

A large-scale Forestry Sculpture + Tiny Art Gallery

Cristina Valverde & Cory Brown

HOSTED BY: ReVillage Green Valley and GCSD

FUNDED BY: Creative Sonoma and the County of Sonoma

Info: We will be thinning doug fir trees from an overgrown forest at a local property within the Graton/Green Valley watershed.

Trees will be felled & limbed for making center poles and labyrinth pathway stumps. Community members are invited to support by limbing, loading, and piling debris for future burn piles. Pruning shears & gardening gloves will be provided. Details on parking and logistics for the day will be sent via email with RSVP. If you'd like to join us for a 1/2 day, please communicate your timing needs with us. We would love to have you!

Bring: Gloves if you have your own, long pants, sleeves, boots, a pack with snacks and water bottle.

Info: We will be thinning doug fir trees from an overgrown forest at a local property within the Graton/Green Valley watershed.

Trees will be felled & limbed for making center poles and labyrinth pathway stumps. Community members are invited to support by limbing, loading, and piling debris for future burn piles. Pruning shears & gardening gloves will be provided. Details on parking and logistics for the day will be sent via email with RSVP. If you'd like to join us for a 1/2 day, please communicate your timing needs with us. We would love to have you!

Bring: Gloves if you have your own, long pants, sleeves, boots, a pack with snacks and water bottle.

Info: At Graton Town Square, we will be preparing a labyrinth site in the far field. Community is invited to help with activities such as: preparing harvested timber materials by cutting and placing timber rounds, de-barking poles for a center ring, creating a container for zen sandbox in the center, construction of a "moongate" entry portal, and planter flourishes tbd. Bring: Your gloves, snacks, water, and even some favorite succulent plants if you have a them to plant!

Info: At Graton Town Square, we will be preparing a labyrinth site in the far field. Community is invited to help with activities such as: preparing harvested timber materials by cutting and placing timber rounds, de-barking poles for a center ring, creating a container for zen sandbox in the center, construction of a "moongate" entry portal, and planter flourishes tbd. Bring: Your gloves, snacks, water, and even some favorite succulent plants if you have a them to plant!

Info: On Saturday, July 26th, the story behind the labyrinth project will be presented - the same day as the Summer BBQ and Lawn Chair Cinema evening event at the Graton Town Square.

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