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August 16-22, 2009

Peaceful Nature Cooperative Arts Camp Painting, Drums, Flutes, Photography, Jewelry, Weaving, Musical Composition, Improvisation and Poetry with purposes of Peace & Environmental Activism for age groups 9-13 and 13-17, no prerequisite. • Activity List & Locations. • Main Goal & Skills Covered. • Session History & Lead Instructor. • Camp Storyline & Songs. Current Enrollment: Open/Available. This is a great week of natrual arts and music through awareness of yourself and the world. Learn a simple way to write music, play instruments, sketch the beautiful landscapes of nature, and write poetry that harkens back to the days of nature as it was originally created. For our instruments, we will endeavor to harvest many materials directly from nature to use in our cordage, and clothing. Make a primitive flute from knotweed and a whistle made of willow. Make native-style painted rawhide drums, and complete a cedar bark basket. Craft a beaded necklace and other jewelry using string that you "reverse wrap", a "holy stone" that you find and drill yourself, plus some provided beads if desired. Are you a budding artist, actor, musician, or other person who wants to put your talents to use in a way that will help bring peace to your community or world? If so, come to this camp week, because you will work cooperatively with your new friends to develop individual and group themes for your art within the rhelms of peace and the environment. Your instructors include experienced music and art teachers, environmental and peace activists, and of course so-called nature awareness experts. But it will be you who becomes the expert this week, as instructors guide you to develop art inspired from your own experiences in nature here, and if you want, to help you share some inspirations in order to influence the political world through community activism. This camp session takes place primarily at Wolf Camp but may include field trips to our county seat of Everett, the federal building in Seattle, and the state capital in Olympia. Activities covered during this camp session include, but are not limited to the following list, and are somewhat dependent on weather, instructor descretion, camper desire, and serendipity: This camp week is largely designed by those who attend, and will include plenty of games, swimming, campfires and group cook-outs. The goal of this camp session is to develop your artistic abilities, and to show you how that can effect the world. Skills covered during this camp session include, but are not limited to the following list, and are somewhat dependent on instructor preference and camper readiness: • Drum Making. • Painting With Rocks We Process. • Working with Rawhide. • Wood Carving & Knife Safety. • Cedar bark and willow basketry • Flute Making. • Poetry & Music Composition. • Poetry & Music Performance. • Drawing & Sketching. • Prose & Nature Writing. • Cordage & Cloth Making from wool and bark. • Local, regional, national and inernational environmental politics. • Drama & Activist Acting. • Cooperative Decision Making. Some of the songs you may learn this week include: • Colors of the Wind • De Colores • The Tree • Patchwork World • Go Down, Moses • We Shall Overcome • When the Land Belonged to God • I'd Like to Teach the World To Sing • Teach Your Children • Imagine • Eye of the Tiger • Peace Is Flowing Like A River • Study War No More • Ain't Easy Bein' Green This session's likely lead instructor will be Chris Chisholm, with assistance from instructors in the Stone Age Artisans camp running simultaneously, but may change depending on need and availability, and the history of this camp session includes: • Pilot Year: Started under another name in 2000. • This camp was rearranged this year to include more political activism. • Past Instructors: Chris, Krista, Nikki. • Intensity Rating: 5. • Rating on Fun Scale: 8 Enrollment as of June 1st: 4 spaces remain open.

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Click for a link to the Fall-Spring Class Series descriptions. All classes run from 6-9 p.m. including a pot-luck dinner. Classes take place at the new Wolf Camp home office at 1313 A 2nd St. in historic downtown Snohomish. Please park on "E" Street as there is no parking right around our home office. Costs vary, so see class descriptions for details.

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Tuesdays: Permaculture Pot Luck begins January 6, 2009 and will run through Memorial Day, then pick back up again in the fall beginning September 22, 2009. This is a complimentary event for those who are currently engaged in permaculture projects and who will be preparing pot-luck dishes to share, while the public is also invited to attend at a $5.00 contribution level to learn about permaculture.

BEGINNING SPRING OF 2009:

Mondays: Cooperative Group Facilitation runs March 23 - May 19 in the Spring of 2009, and September 21 - November 16 in the Fall of 2009. The cost is $5.00 for those with demonstrated facilitation experience, and $10.00 per class for beginners.

Wednesdays: Earth Skills Study runs March 25 - May 21 in the Spring of 2009, and September 23 - November 18 in the Fall of 2009. There is no charge for those who are already teaching in the field of earth skills, or $5.00 for those who are actively studying the Wolf Journey or similar secret-spot-based curriculum, and $10.00 per class for everyone else.

Thursdays: Art & Music Composition runs March 26 - May 22 in the Spring of 2009, and September 23 - November 19 in the Fall of 2009. The cost is $5.00 for those who are currently teaching or professionally recording music and art, and $10.00 per class for beginners/intermediates. You can also try out your compositions on Friday nights at Open Mic Lives! located in the Thumbnail Theater just up the street from the Wolf Camp home office where Chris has some of his sound equipment on loan, and Chris will also help you schedule and promote cover performances of your compositions at the Thumbnail on Saturday nights if you like.

Thursdays: Art & Music Composition