Help the Ocrafolk Festival by hosting a performer June 3-5!
Interested in hosting some of our performers over Ocrafolk
Festival Weekend? We would like to hear from you! One of the things that we
love about the Ocrafolk Festival is how audience, artists, and performers
become a close-knit family over the weekend. If you have a place on Ocracoke
and would like to help host a visiting performer, please contact us! Finding
housing for our entertainers is costly and becomes more difficult as the
festival becomes more popular. Housing sponsors will be recognized in the
program and will receive complementary admission buttons to the festival.
Contact David Tweedie at 252-921-0260 or info@ocracokealive.org
for more details.
Arts Partnership Program with Ocracoke School
Mexican cooking, baking, acting, photography, sign language, square dancing, print making, recycled mixed-media critters, polymer clay….doesn’t sound like your ordinary art class does it? Well, it’s not! The Arts Partnership Program is an incredible partnership between Ocracoke School and both regional, and local, artists. In the past six weeks alone, students have learned about all of the topics listed above, and we’re not even done yet. Don’t believe us? For proof, and just for fun, head to our YouTube Channel or Facebook Page (just search Ocracoke Alive on both sites) to check out the videos of each week’s classes!Ocracoke School Arts Week 2016
Ocracoke School Arts Week is fast approaching (March 21-25),
and Ocracoke Alive is proud to be
a partner in sponsoring this fabulously creative week at Ocracoke
School. This year, we will have
almost double the number of artists! Middle through high school students will
dive into Filmmaking with Andrea Tani and Anna Rose (to see some of their work,
visit the Molasses Creek website at www.molassescreek.com/videos),
Mask Making with Paperhand Puppets, Printmaking with Robert Chestnut, Steel
Drums with Scott Paulson and Barbara Smith, and Fiber Arts with Genevieve
Miles. The elementary classes will have sessions in Tie Dyeing with Kim Hanson,
Mexican Culture and Dance with Gloria Perez, Drawing with Carol Bullard, and
one more artist (yet to be determined). Can’t wait to bring you more pictures
and videos. Please join us at Ocracoke School for the community sharing
assembly at 9:30 AM on Friday morning, March 25. Thanks to Susan and Todd
Collins, Pat and Steve Tweedie, and Philip Howard for providing housing for our
artists.
Steel Drum workshop offered to the Ocracoke Community
While Scott Paulson and Barbara Smith bring their Caribbean
music to Ocracoke School for Arts Week, they will also be offering a chance for
Ocracoke community members to try their hand in a steel drum band. The five
session workshop will take place at Deepwater Theater, March 18 & 19, and
21-23 from 6-8:30 PM at Deepwater Theater. No musical experience or note reading ability is required.
Tuition for the 5 sessions is $75. There are just a few spaces left, so contact
us quickly if you are interested in joining the fun! Contact Scott at
islandtimesteel@hotmail.com or call 802-234-6987. You can also contact David
Tweedie at info@ocracokealive.org or 252-921-0260.
Ocracoke Alive’s Deepwater Theater Gets a Makeover, Summer Shows Announced
Ocracoke Alive’s Deepwater Theater and Music Hall is getting
a makeover for the new 2016 season with a new shop and upgrades to the space. Just across from the Methodist Church
on School Road, the facility is the headquarters for our organization, as well
as the home venue for summertime shows for Ocracoke's internationally renown
folk band, Molasses Creek (Thursdays), the Ocrafolk Opry (Wednesdays), and Blackbeard: An (Historical/Hysterical) Account (Mondays).
Ocrafolk Festival Artisan Application Deadline Looming! . . . March 15
Any artisans interested in having a booth at this year’s
Ocrafolk Festival must submit their application through the Ocracoke Alive
website by Tuesday, March 15. The festival artisan jury will select around 40
of the applicants to reflect a variety of mediums and creative spirits (We
would love to invite everyone to participate, but unfortunately we have limited
spaces). For more information visit www.ocracokealive.org/artisan-application.html.
Songs and Stories of the Carolina Coast: An evening with Author and Musician, Bland Simpson
On March 12, at 7:30 PM at Ocracoke Alive’s Deepwater
Theater, NC writer Bland Simpson, will be sharing music and stories from his
new book, Little Rivers. Bland is a Kenan Distinguished Professor at UNC and a
musician with the famed NC music group the Red Clay Ramblers.
Bland will regale us with new tales
of coastal North Carolina’s “water-loving land,” revealing how its creeks,
streams, and rivers shape the region’s geography as well as its culture.
Drawing on deep family ties and coastal travels, Simpson and wife and
collaborator Ann Cary Simpson tell the stories of those who have lived and
worked in this country, chronicling both a distinct environment and way of
life.
Whether rhapsodizing about learning to sail on the
Pasquotank River or eating oysters on Ocracoke, he introduces readers to the
people and communities along the watery web of myriad “little rivers” that
define North Carolina’s sound country as it meets the Atlantic.
The event is sponsored by Ocracoke
Friends of the Library and Ocracoke Alive.
Inaugural Festival Latino de Ocracoke set for November 12, 2016
Ocracoke Alive is very excited to be working with the Latino
residents of Ocracoke Island, assisting them in the creation of the first
annual Festival Latino de Ocracoke on Saturday, November 12. Committee members include Gloria
Espinosa, Freddy Contrarez, Adrian Espanosa, Eduardo Chavez, Cira Badillo, and
David Tweedie. The celebration will take place at the Ocracoke School and
Community Center and will include traditional dances, food, music, games, and
crafts. Put it on your calendar and stay tuned for more details!
