Join us on Facebook Live for an evening of art + poetry + music inspired by the natural world featuring: ASUMAYA (Luke Bassuener), Craig Grabhorn, Sarah Gail Luther, Lisa Vihos, Cooper Diers, Lucy Mattern, Destiny Born, Sara Vang, and others showcasing the work of the Of Water, Land, & Sky project.
Streaming Live on Facebook - Friday, April 17, 7pm
Luke Bassuener
Asumaya is the solo-looping project of Madison WI multi-instrumentalist, Luke Bassuener, whose music is built from layers of interlocking harmonies and rhythmic patterns to form churning compositions that make heads spin and feet move. Drawing inspiration from his time as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana, and from his other lives as a public elementary school art teacher and a part-time post-punk-dub-jazz drummer, Bassuener's songs sound like a warped world music from a place that might not exist.
Visit Asumaya on Bandcamp. www.asumaya.bandcamp.com
Sarah Gail Luther
Sarah Gail Luther is a Milwaukee-based artist who explores and documents the familiar, the average, or the forgotten. The results of these inquiries manifest in drawings, performances, public events, and distribulate objects. Through her work, she strives to build an understanding of the subject, not necessarily to elevate but to appreciate it intricacies, humor, or humanity. www.sarahgailluther.strikingly.com
Lisa Vihos
Lisa's poems have been published in many journals, both print and online. She has received two Pushcart Prize nominations and awards from the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. She is the author of four chapbooks, the editor of two anthologies, and the poetry and arts editor of Stoneboat Literary Journal. Lisa blends her interests in poetry, music, visual art, and public spaces to create venues in which people can share their voices through programs such as 100 Thousand Poets for Change, Poetic Pairings, and other reading series and workshop opportunities.
Visit Lisa’s website and poetry: www.lisavihos.com
Craig Grabhorn
Craig lives and works in Sheboygan, WI. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stout. He is the founder of the Of Water, Land, & Sky project. Born and raised in rural Minnesota and has made a career as a practiced designer, printmaker, painter, curator and arts organizer.
His work is inspired by a meditative exploration or observation of place and the opportunities within our natural surroundings. Through intensive listening he translates environment into material works, including prints, paintings and sculptural works. Objects he creates are often tools or vehicles of exploration, used to help capture and interpret the emotions and opportunities he finds.
www.craiggrabhorn.com
Craig will introduce the OWLS project and artists who are involved. How the project works and what we hope to accomplish in the future.