Schoodic Arts Festival
Sunday, July 28, 2024 from 09:00am to 04:00pm
Schoodic Arts Festival
Various Venue in Winter Harbor
Schedule:
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Fish Tacos with Homemade Tortillas at Masonic Hall
Join JoAnne and her assistant instructor Katie Kowski, as they demonstrate making deliciously spiced fish tacos with Mexican lime slaw, as well as hand-making soft tortillas. Don't miss this chance to learn something new that will surprise you with how simple it is to make.
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Needle Felted Seals at Schoolhouse Tent
From raw wool to mounted sculpture in one session! After selling scores of felted harbor seals in local shops, Cathy breaks down and teaches her method for others to enjoy. Experience helpful but not required.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Madou Sidiki Diabate and Salif Bamakora: Kora Duets at Hammond Hall
Join us for an experience of the history, power, magic and guidance of the West African Kora with world renowned 71st-generation virtuoso Madou Sidiki Diabaté, accompanied by his longtime student Salif Bamakora, as the duo explore and interpret the traditional repertoire of songs and stories of the Djeli, or Griots, the hereditary keepers of knowledge encoded in music.
Serving for centuries as advisors, emissaries, oral historians and peacemakers, the Djeli maintain the people’s ties to their cultural inheritance and vitality of purpose with a resilient and adaptive cordage of intertwined praise and remembrance. Masterful musicianship combined with glimpses of the rich and storied significance of West Africa’s musical memory enlivened and animated by the harp strings of an ancient tradition still blossoming in the 21st century.