WORKSHOPS
Week long classes offered daily

Fermata Nowhere:
A Capella with Shoal 
with Graham and Kristina Fuller

This is a reprise of last year’s a capella workshop! In 2014, the "singing flash mob" learned songs such as "Home" and "Happy" and shared their work with the other LOAS 1 island-goers with song breakouts on the front porch, among other locations.

This year's workshop will continue to strive to foster creativity, joy, and community through a capella music. Since the music is performed without instruments, participants only need to bring their voices. Singers of all ability-levels are welcomed!

Kristina and Graham Fuller are from Longmont, Colorado, where they both enjoy participating in music in many different formats.

Achieving Peace and Economic Justice in a Challenging World
with Tom Kennedy

Our focus in the just society workshop will be on understanding and discussing the key economic and social drivers creating an increasingly unequal distribution of wealth around the world and what we can and should do to restore the American Dream.  Our sources will include summaries of Thomas Picketty’s recent master work on Capital in the 21^st Century, Robert Putnam’s analysis of the state of the American Dream in Our Kids and shorter materials as well. We will also evaluate top 10 lists on various fun topics.  Brave enthusiasts can share our conclusions with the conference through tastefully worn stickers.

Relevant summaries of the written materials to be discussed will be available before the LOAS I conference to anyone who requests them from tkennedy@kjmlabor.com.  

Exploring our Differences
with David Whitford

During year's book club on island time we'll consider questions of race, class, gender, religion and age, inspired by the the promise of this years's conference to "explore the many ways that we interact with each other and the world."

Each day we'll read and discuss one or maybe two notable examples of magazine journalism. We'll talk about the pieces themselves and the journalists who wrote them, and we'll examine questions of craft, execution and meaning. There will be daily, manageable assignments designed for the reading habits of porch-rockers and rock-sitters. Participants are under no obligation to commit to perfect attendance but instead should feel free to peruse the assignments and join us for the topics that interest them.

Hard copies of all the assignments will be provided but those who have bring e-readers are encouraged to bring them. Once the reading list is ready, advance copies of the texts in digital form can be obtained by emailing davidwhitford@gmail.com, Subject: LOAS 2015 reading list

Basic Yoga
Cynthia Eisemann

Using a vinyasa -- sun salutation -- format, we will explore all the poses that echo the heavens and sky. Beginning each session with breathing, balancing and grounding moments, we will warm up, taking into consideration all the levels of practice of those in the room. Surya Namaskars -- sun salutations -- will get us moving, and there will be occasional challenge poses to allow us to laugh at ourselves. We will also incorporate some partner/group exercises to bring us closer together. Rounding off the practice will be Savasana, corpse pose and a meditation to take you through the day. Namaste

Assemble Yourself
with Hally McGehean and Quinn Kostman

In the spring of 1912 Pablo Picasso affixed an Italian postage stamp onto his own depiction of a letter. That moment is the storied genesis of collage. The word collage comes from the french coller meaning to glue and is generally art that co-opts pre-existing materials on a two-dimensional surface. When found objects are repurposed in three-dimensional work it is known as assemblage. 

“Assemble Yourself” will explore the art of three dimensional collage using the techniques of twentieth and twenty-first century artists like Picasso, Dustin Yellin, Yang Yongliang, Rodrigo Torres, and Geoffrey Farmer. The workshop will encourage experimentation and refinement with the goal of finding the conceit in the story that is told when the process and the material come together. 

If you can listen, you can compose and perform your own symphony! Over the week we will listen to music for inspiration, create musical instruments, compose a symphony for them, and the perform the finished piece for everyone. No musical knowledge or skills needed at all, just a pair of ears, and an open mind. (Of course, musicians are welcome, too!)

S T AR B U R S T S
Single, 45 Minute Mini-Workshops to fill in your days

Here’s your chance to make your own Star Island original! Stenciling is fast and fun. You bring the stuff you want to stencil -- any kind of cotton clothing you wish, tote bags, socks, pieces of driftwood…. I will bring original stencils, paints, and applicators. You will leave this workshop with one or more original creations celebrating Star Island. … Something you will wear/use year after year when you return. I love my tote bag, stenciled many years ago. (photo attached) This old bag is more dear to me than any Gucci or Prada could ever be. It comes with me to the Island every year.   If you wish to make your own tote, blank canvas bags are typically available in the craft department in big box stores. Dharma Trading (online) also has quite an assortment. Give it a wash to remove sizing before you come to the island.
     Bring an item you want to Stencil    Join June Thursday: 3:30-5 in Sandpiper

Tea Tasting
Brian and Emily Levine

Storytelling
Rob Meier

Movement
Cynthia Eisemann

Human-Powered Water Skiing