EASTER ISLAND PROJECT IN THE OREGONIAN + PORTLAND TICKETS ON SALE

I'm grateful that my artwork and writing in the murky realm of childlessness and childfree living were featured last weekend in The Oregonian (on the front page of the O section in the Sunday edition). The article is online at oregonlive.com .

Tickets are now on sale for the Portland gatherings for the Easter Island Participation Tour, June 6 and 7 at Performance Works NW. Purchase at brownpapertickets.com.

If you'd like to join in the New York, Arizona, Seattle, Oakland, or other tour stops, please email me at easterislandproject at gmail.com. Photo by Motoya Nakamura/The Oregonian.

THE ART OF PARTICIPATION at PRESCOTT COLLEGE

The Art of Participation:
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Creative Participatory Practice

Tiffany Lee Brown at Prescott College
Master of Arts Colloquium
Prescott, Arizona
Sunday, February 8, 2009

Arts, media, and literature frame and influence how we perceive our world, our society, and our potential to make positive impact. Creative participation on the Internet, in independent media, and in the arts helps build community while challenging boundaries between those who create and their audiences. Tiffany will discuss participatory practice and her work as an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and editor, and invite attendees to (optionally) engage with her current work, the Easter Island Project. See Bibliography.

MAP Humanities students may inquire with their core faculty if they are interested in working with Tiffany as a graduate advisor in areas pertaining to media, the arts, communication, writing, and community engagement. A professional writer and magazine editor, Tiffany graduated summa cum laude from the University of California with a degree in Dramatic Art/Performance Studies and received her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College.

PHOTO UPLOAD - TEST

At "Make, Play, Be: The Easter Island Project." Performance Works NorthWest, June 2009. Photo by Steve Fritz.

PORTLAND DATES ADDED: Easter Island Participation Tour

Hello peeps ~ Performance Works NW will present the project June 6 (7:30 pm) and June 7 (2 pm, brunchy snacks available). Come on out, wear comfy clothes, and good stuff like that.

Co-presented by 2GQ. Details at www.2GQ.org/easterisland.html .

UPDATE: EASTER ISLAND PROJECT TOUR 2009

The Easter Island Project enters its next phase with the Participation Tour, coming to Seattle, New York City, Arizona, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Oregon throughout 2009. Join in by participating via mail or checking out a live event. The project involves performance, writing, social practice, and music.

Email me magdalen23 [[at]] gmail.com for invitations, event details, or to participate. You can also host a fundraiser in your venue or at your home, or otherwise help the project out. I'll be taking the project to Easter Island in the South Pacific this summer.

A note to the childless and childfree: Much of my recent work is inspired by my research into related issues and by my harrowing, personal experience of biological childlessness. I extend a special invitation to you, to participate in the Easter Island Project -- you can remain completely anonymous. My creative practice has (thus far) gotten me through this alive, intact, and even happy. If it might help you, I would be honored to share this work with you.

GRANTS, DONORS, & NEWS

I've been hard at work on The Easter Island Project, working with the beautiful "seeds" you fabulous people have created for the project. I'm also setting up an intimate Participation Tour for Seattle, New York City, and Oakland (Portland and Eugene dates TBD). Keep reading if you'd like to host an event or fundraiser, or become a donor.

The Easter Island Project is made possible by individual donations, the Tarot Reading Fundraiser, and a travel sponsorship from the Viator Travelblog. Thank you so much, everybody, for supporting my work. Funding is still needed; as the project grows more interesting and goes more places, it becomes more costly.

Please drop me a line at magdalen23 (! at) gmail.com if you'd like to join in. You could:

• Make a financial donation (non-profit receipt; specify "Easter Island")
  
• Become a business or organizational sponsor
  
• Buy a Tarot reading for yourself or a friend
• Host an Easter Island gathering, reading, or workshop -- at your venue, bookstore, college, or in your own home
  
• Volunteer
• Come to an event -- or participate in the project via email or postal mail

In other news, I've received from RACC, the Regional Arts & Culture Council, a 2009 Professional Development Grant. Thank you, RACC and Prof Dev panelists!