EVENT CALENDAR
EVENT CALENDAR
OCTOBER 12 — at 7 pm
GRAPE CULTURE
Comedy Show by Toni Nagy + Sarah Buckner
at Firefolk Arts, Waitsfield, VT // Ages 17+
+ a somatic workshop before the show! 2-4pm
“In a tragicomedy unveiling grape culture, comedian Toni Nagy will join forces with performance artist Sarah Buckner. Together, they expose the insidious dominance without consent, peeling away the predatory programming suffocating society, through comedy, dance, film, storytelling, and clowning.” —Broadway World
“With compassion and care, Toni and Sarah guide the audience through a narrative that exposes the toxic tendrils of power and control woven into the fabric of society.”
"Grape Culture" is not merely a performance; it is a call to action, a plea for collective revolution. With every scene, Toni and Sarah strip away the layers of pain and suffering to reveal the raw humanity beneath, fostering an environment where healing and transformation can flourish." —Broadway World
https://www.grapeculturehealing.com/
WHO IS TONI NAGY:
Toni Nagy is a stand-up comedian and content creator most known for her viral videos where she interpretive dances her philosophies while pontificating, gyrating, and questioning culture. She has 600,000 followers across her social media platforms, not that she's counting or anything. Her comedy is quasi– radical, pseudo-philosophical, somewhat-existential, and mostly funny. Observing Toni’s work is like micro-dosing shrooms, but then an hour later wondering, "wait... was that actually a macro-dose!?" She's directed and acted in numerous films and written multiple award-winning screenplays and is the founder of Cavelight Productions. Nagy has performed stand up at the Comedy Store in LA, Flappers LA, Elysian Theater LA, Greenwich Village Comedy Club NY, the Improv Boston, Laugh Boston, Next Stage Theater Vermont, the Palm Springs Comedy Festival, and the infamous "Sweet" show at the Chelsea Music Hall in NYC. The Broadway Comedy NYC club twice voted her “Best New Comedian.”
Links:
https://www.tiktok.com/@toni.nagy https://www.instagram.com/toninagy/ https://www.facebook.com/toninagycomedy
WHO IS SARAH BUCKNER:
Sarah Buckner is a multidisciplinary artist, dancer, somatic practitioner, yoga teacher and higher self embodiment doula offering trauma-informed and body focused containers to support healing, awakening, self-realization and revolutionary self-love. Through her work as an artist, practitioner and teacher, Sarah guides people in embodying their personal power, deepening intimacy with their bodies, breath and intuition and self-caring in a way that hits the spot so that they can express their truth and live from their power. Sarah holds a Bachelor of fine arts from Savannah College of Art and Design and a Master of Fine Arts from Duke University. She has completed a 500 hour yoga and meditation teacher training with MindBody Centering Yoga.
Links:
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
DONATIONS APPRECIATED
Hear from poets using their artistic voice to catalyze change.
For even more incentive to attend, we’ll have delicious Puerto Rican food and mocktails.
PARKING: FREE street parking on Bridge + Main Streets, or at Village Grocery, 4 doors away.
ACCESSIBILITY: Space IS wheelchair accessible, BUT restroom is NOT. A wheelchair accessible restroom is across the street in the market parking lot. Please plan accordingly.
SUNDAY, JULY 7 — 12-4 PM
COME HANG!
Vendors + Live Music
Filipino + Middle Eastern Food
+ Herbal Mocktails
FREE TO ENTER
THIS WILL BE HELD NEXT DOOR TO FIREFOLK ARTS - IN THE “KODAK” BUILDING: 4412 MAIN ST. WAITSFIELD, VERMONT / UNCEDED LAND OF THE ABENAKI
Saturday, JUNE 8th — 12-5 pm
Support your local artists!
20 vendors + Live Music
Korean + Filipino + Middle Eastern Food
+ Herbal Mocktails + Ice cream!
FREE TO ENTER
THIS WILL BE HELD NEXT DOOR TO FIREFOLK ARTS - IN THE “KODAK” BUILDING TO THE RIGHT: 4412 MAIN ST. WAITSFIELD, VERMONT / UNCEDED LAND OF THE ABENAKI
2024 CALENDAR
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Saturday, JUNE 1 - CONCERT
3 teen singers + a poet
6 pm - 8:30 pm (doors 5:30)
all ages, tickets at door only
COST: $5 - $10 (sliding scale)
Join us for entertainment by:
Nolan Smith, Tegan Miller, Eireann McDonough
+ Poetry by Harmony Belle Devoe - VT’s first Youth Poet Laureate
~ snacks + beverages for sale ~
Sorrows & Sunshine
Grief Writing + Story-telling Workshop
April 20, 1-3 pm
At Firefolk Arts - 4424 Main St. Waitsfield, VT
Facilitated by Rachel Wylie - Where The Love Lies
Rachel is a grief guide, death doula, home herbalist, weaver, and storyteller.
Rachel believes that story is a powerful tool for connection, meaning-seeking, healing, and integrating the most beautiful and challenging parts of life. Grief can often feel very solitary, but sharing our stories of sorrow with others helps bring light to the darkness. In the Sorrows & Sunshine workshop, Rachel will guide participants through an explorative writing exercise designed to shine a warm light on our sorrows, followed by optional story-telling.
About Rachel
Rachel’s own apprenticeship to grief began in Feb 2020 when her father was diagnosed with ALS. During his dying process, she started talking - and writing - about her experience navigating his disease and death (Where The Love Lies). Writing helped her make sense of the senseless, helped her process the loss, and begin to figure out how to hold her sorrow with the same honor as her love.
What to expect:
Creation of a communal grief altar
Writing exercise
Opportunity to tell your story to the group
Please bring:
An item, picture, or special offering for the altar. This can be something related to the sorrow you want to work with, or something that supports/strengthens/inspires you.
Items for comfort (snacks, layers, water, etc)
COST: Sliding Scale $5 - $20
VENMO: Firefolk Arts
EMAIL TO REGISTER: firefolkarts@gmail.com
CONCERT: Thursday, April 11
6:30 doors / 7pm show — $15 TICKETS HERE
Join us for a concert featuring touring musicians, Brittany Ann Tranbaugh (Queer Americana from Philly, PA), and Blair Borax (Indie Folk / Pop from Portland, Oregon) with special guest singer, Avery Lavoie (Vermont).
Firefolk Arts brings you this intimate event, providing a cozy atmosphere to immerse yourself in the enchanting melodies and heartfelt lyrics of these 3 artists. All ages are welcome.
+ Mocktails for sale during this show!
VT Womenpreneurs x Firefolk Arts
March 28, 5:30-8 pm
Dinner + Creative Connection / Biz Buzz Meetup
with Food by Taino Kitchen
Mocktails by Wild Sings The Bird
Poetry by Harmony Belle + Block Prints with Meg!
Rattling the Bones with Kafari
Workshop + Concert
POSTPONED // NEW DATE TBA
2-6 pm — cost: $15-50 sliding scale
(Mocktails for sale at this event)
"The rhythm bones are an ancient percussion instrument played by holding two in one hand, rotating the wrist forward and backward to create sound. While they are most often heard in Irish traditional music and bluegrass ensembles, the bones are a fantastic vehicle for exploring the expansive universe of rhythm! Whether you're an experienced rhythm bones player or totally new to this fascinating and fun instrument, join Portland, Maine-based beatmaker, pianist and rhythm bones player Ahmad Muhammad a.k.a 'Kafari' for an exploratory bones gathering designed for players of all experience levels. After a brief presentation about the origins of the bones, learn the basics of holding and playing the bones and experiment with basic rhythmic patterns that can be used to jam along with others! *NO prior musical experience is required* and bones will be provided for all participants (for duration of workshop)."
ARTIST BIO:
"Kafari’ (he/him) is the alias of Cincinnati, OH born, Portland, ME based pianist and rhythm bones - wielding beatmaker Ahmad Muhammad. Kafari’s music synthesizes his love of ambient piano music, instrumental hip-hop and acoustic percussion, taking inspiration from Detroit jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby, Detroit beatmaker J Dilla, and the Carolina Chocolate Drops, who in a 2014 performance sparked Kafari's interest in traditional music and the Irish rhythm bones - a percussion instrument popularized in America in the 1800s through Blackface Minstrelsy. Kafari often distributes and teaches the rhythm bones at his performances, inviting his audiences to workshop basic rhythmic techniques and to share in the joy and magic of bones playing.
From July 2019 to May 2023, Kafari appeared weekly on Monday nights in Portland, Maine at The Jewel Box, where he hosted a residency performance featuring his piano/organ bass renditions of contemporary and modern songs stretching across jazz, neo-soul, r&b, and classical idioms. Briefly before the conclusion of this longstanding residency, Kafari shared his intent behind the Monday night Jewel Box experience - "I hope to facilitate a rejuvenating sonic sanctuary that I and others can momentarily lean on and be recharged by."
Through numerous cohesive, mood-setting instrumental albums, Kafari explores music-making as a balm for the spirit, inviting listeners on a journey of spiritual discovery and self -healing. In his most recent full-length album 'Blanket of Black,' Kafari creates a peaceful, warm, and ethereal wall of sound grounded in experimentally warped acoustic piano recordings. Summarizing the project's inspiration, Kafari says "My music represents how I want to feel in the world and reflects the world I would like to live in...Crafting loops and beats out of these piano recordings became a healing practice for my mind and spirit."
Landscape Embroidery with
Emma Mary Murray
Feb 24, 2024 — 4-6 pm
REGISTER HERE: https://www.emmamarymurray.com/firefolk
Learn the art of landscape embroidery and make a felt flag (or at least begin one)!
Beginners are welcome; all are welcome.
$60 covers all materials and instruction.
We’ll start with the basics of embroidery, from choosing colors to threading your needle and tying your knots, then move into how to depict light and topography with embroidery thread.
You’re welcome to choose some landscapes that are special to you in advance and bring images on your phone or printed out, or you’re welcome to use one of the inspiration images I’ll provide. Zero experience needed!
Feel free to reach out with any questions- emmamarymurraystudio@gmail.com
Mending With Meg
Feb 8, 2024 ~ 5:30 - 7:30 PM
All ages / All levels
Register By Email: firefolkarts@gmail.com
Here's what Meg will teach:
-Why do we mend?
-supplies you will need (pins, needles, scissors, etc)
-different kinds of stitches and what they're used for (whip stitch and running stitch)
-how to select the right thread and fabric for your mend
-other considerations - decorative mending or invisible mending?
-patching the inside or the outside of a garment?
-button replacement (if people want to learn this)
Things not covered:
-how to mend knitwear (i.e. darning)
-zipper replacement
-hemming or tailoring
-no machine use
NOTE: Please be cautious if you have recently been around anyone who is sick, and stay home if you are not feeling 100% well. There is a lot going around right now.
Disrupt the Linear /
Land and Form:
a generative poetry workshop with Sarah Audsley, Korean American author of Landlock X (Texas Review Press, 2023)
The lyric disrupts linear time just like the continual changes in the natural world are fluid. The lyric allows poetry to become an embodied container for the human experience. Connecting to land and place allows us a sense of belonging. What a relief. Yes? Yes, on both counts. In this generative workshop, participants will be invited to look at the lyric mode in poetry. We will write together using examples of various poetic forms to jumpstart new work and ideas of how to write into land and forms.
Cost: sliding scale $20 to $50 per person
A handout will be provided. Bring a notebook, pen or pencil, colored pencils or markers, and an image of your favorite place or an object from the natural world. No experience necessary.
REGISTER BY EMAIL: firefolkarts@gmail.com
WINTER MARKET
WINTER MARKET
SAT. DEC. 2 @2-5 PM
+ find more art for sale from December 1 - January 8
OPEN: MON, WED, THURS, FRI ~ afternoons
NOV 18 - OPEN MIC - 4-6 PM
EMCEED BY TEEN POET, HARMONY BELLE
ALL AGES + MEDIUMS WELCOME
SIGN UPS FROM 3:45-4:15
DESSERT BY MATRYOSHKA’S BAKERY
$10 AT DOOR
The Invisible Labor
SEPTEMBER 23 - NOVEMBER 1 (on view)
THE INVISIBLE LABOR
A MULTICULTURAL GROUP ART EXHIBIT, FEATURING 19 MOTHERS, CAREGIVERS + NURTURERS
Artwork exploring both the physical and emotional fulfillment and toll of caregiving. Through a variety of material explorations, these artists attempt to communicate and visualize the invisible labor of care in birth, community, and death.
—We attempt to validate the labor that often remains unnoticed, unthanked, unpaid, or overlooked… and the loss of identity that is commonly sensed by caregivers, navigating the ebb and flow of grief and joy.
co-curated by Christine Mitchell Adams + Tina Picz
SUGGESTED DONATION: $1-$20
FOOD + DRINK FOR SALE BY:
TAINO KITCHEN ~ PUERTO RICAN CUISINE
WILD SINGS THE BIRD ~ HERBAL MOCKTAILS
4424 Main St, Waitsfield, VT
ARTIST LINKS:
Christine Mitchell Adams, Misoo Bang, Cynthia Cagle, Pamela Day, Heather Gallagher, Kate Holcomb Hale, Katrine Hildebrandt, Elisa Järnefelt, Ellen Kucera, Isabel Mattia / Birth Braid, Joetta Maue, Whitney McGuire, Chalice Mitchell, Veronica A Pèrez, Tina Picz, Dawn Yow, Renee Romero, Stefania Urist, Eva Zasloff
Poetry Salon + Book Reading
by Author, Sarah Audsley
SUNDAY, NOV 5, 1 PM
SARAH AUDSLEY - will read from her new book Landlock X, and host a salon-style open mic. Come share your poetry with us!
SUGGESTED DONATION OF $10 / pay what you can
SARAH AUDSLEY, a Korean American adoptee raised in rural Vermont, has received support from The Rona Jaffe Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, Banff Centre’s Writing Studio, and the Vermont Arts Council. Her work appears in New England Review, The Cortland Review, Four Way Review, The Massachusetts Review, Tupelo Quarterly, Pleiades, and elsewhere. A graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and a member of The Starlings Collective, she lives and works in Johnson, VT where she serves as the Writing Program Manager at Vermont Studio Center.
Advance praise for Landlock X by Sarah Audsley – Texas Review Press, Spring 2023
“Say the answer to the impossible equation is X. Now, let’s say you are solving for your life, an origin that feels constructed of absence. Such is the ferocity with which Sarah Audsley’s brave debut moves, formally active in its interrogation; it is as if somewhere—in poetry, in art, in translation—there is a combination for righting the painful history of adoption, for learning to live simultaneously with and against. “Why, even now, do I practice this insistence on beauty?” the poet asks. And I cannot say how glad I am she does insist. As difficult as the subject matter is, these poems move me toward a kind of relief. “It’s never enough just to love.” Landlock X is the evidence.
— Sally Keith, author of River House
Author photo courtesy of Carolyn S. Kehler
AUGUST 26 ~ 3-6pm ~ All Ages
VINTAGE + VINYL BASH
WITH BUCH SPIELER RECORDS
SUSTAINABLE SHOPPING, CLOTHES, RECORDS, FOOD, HANDMADE GOODS + ART
VENEZUELAN FOOD / AREPAS - BY: THE CARACAS
+ ART ON VIEW BY: CAMIELLE JOSEPHINE AYLWIN
AUGUST 12 —
Summer Celebration with Firefolk Arts
at Shelburne Farms for Vermont Open Farm Week
Art in the Market Garden: Photography, Filipino Stories, Flower Festivities & More!
Date: August 12
Time: 2–5:00PM
Fee: $15 per car or family
Location: Market Garden
Contact: For program questions, please contact Vera Simon-Nobes at vsimonnobes@shelburnefarms.org.
For registration questions, please contact Mariah Hawkins at registration@shelburnefarms.org.
Registration is required.
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All are welcome at this Vermont Open Farm Week event, an art-filled celebration of summer traditions! Based at the Shelburne Farms Market Garden, local artists and makers will share the joy of seasonal plant harvest, creating, and making with you! Get ready to...
Muddle mint and sip a mocktail
Take in a food and farm photography exhibit
Listen to youth-led original poetry
Enjoy a reading of the Filipino children’s book, When Lola Visits
Make a plant cyanotype + botanical dyed scarf /see demo
Best for adults of all ages and families with kids ages 4+. This event is a collaboration between Shelburne Farms and Firefolk Arts.
Education stations will be set up throughout the Market Garden with a variety of creative and delicious demos.
Tickets are timed to assist with parking, but once at the event, visit the stations at your own pace.
Featuring + Selling art + goods:
Victoria Keen - botanical dye demo
Sara Riegler - cyanotype demo
Wild Sings the Bird - herbal beverages
Tina Picz - photography
Harmony Belle Devoe - poetry + story readings
PEACE OF MIND - July 8th
2-5 pm ~ All Ages
Asian / APIDA Artist Line Up
FREE ENTRY
ART + FOOD FOR SALE
FEATURING ART BY:
ericwlee.com from Brooklyn, NY
MUSIC + POETRY BY:
Harmony Belle Devoe
FOOD BY:
Asian Desserts: Stowe Street Cafe
Asian-Inspired Herbal Mocktails:
SPONSORED BY:
flyer designed by: ericwlee.com
OPENING DAY! - June 10th
We invite you to come out and support multicultural artists from all over Vermont! Eat some Filipino food, hear music by a teenage singer, grab an herbal mocktail, and check out the new art space.
This is Amber Tamm’s debut art show in Vermont, having recently moved from NYC as a Black floral designer, farmer, horticulturist, and food policy worker, seeking to start a farm here, on Abenaki Land. She creates unique floral-food art, highlighting seasonal produce of VT farms, and educates on climate + racial justice issues. See her story here.
100% of proceeds from sales at this show go to the artists & makers. Contact them directly with inquiries.
GRATITUDE TO OUR SPONSORS:
The Vermont RELEAF Collective
Canoeist Co.
David Garten Photo
Pistil Production
Understory Farm
MiMesita.com
Past Events
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Poetry Salon + Book Reading
SUNDAY, NOV 5, 1 PM
SARAH AUDSLEY - reads from her new book Landlock X, and hosts an open mic poetry salon
FOOD FOR SALE BY TAINO KITCHEN
SUGGESTED DONATION OF $5
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Mending Workshop
NOV 10, 5:30-7:30
with Meg Reinhold $30 / EMAIL TO SIGN UP -
Teen-Led Open Mic by Harmony Belle
SAT. NOV 18, 4-6 PM
Harmony, age 14, will emcee an evening of entertainment, sign ups open to all ages + mediums
Dessert for sale by Matryoshka’s Bakery
$10 AT DOOR
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LIFE DRAWING
NOV 8, 5:30-8
DRAW / PAINT WITH NUDE MODEL AS SUBJECT
BRING YOUR MATERIALS + EASEL
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Winter Market
DECEMBER 2, 2-5 PM
ARTISTS + FOOD VENDORS
art . ceramics . herbs . prints . clothing . food . gifts
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Seeding The Trenches
JUNE 10TH, 2023 2-5 PM
OPENING EVENT / ART + FOOD
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Peace Of Mind
JULY 8TH, 2023 2-5 PM
ART + FOOD POP UP
ASIAN / AAPI / APIDA ARTISTS
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Firefolk Arts Celebration at Shelburne Farms
AUGUST 12, 2023
Art in the Market Garden: Photography, Filipino Stories, Flower Festivities & More!
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Vintage + Vinyl Bash
AUGUST 26, 2023 3-6 PM
VINTAGE CLOTHING POP UP + RECORDS + FOOD
sustainable shopping + art!
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The Invisible Labor
SEPT. 23, 2023
Group exhibit of Caregivers / Mothers
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Book Launch
SEPTEMBER 30th 4-6 PM
SPACE RESERVED FOR
Erika Nichols-Frazer Poetry Book Launch
Free + Open to All
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Prophecy Chocolate