ANNUAL TURNPARK SUMMER FESTIVAL

2 Moscow Road,West Stockbridge MA 01266

11 June, 2022

Description

The Annual TurnPark Summer Festival is Saturday, June 11, 2022, 4–10PM! This year’s theme is Healing Flames. We will gather together with the intention of bringing peace, serenity, and healing to our exhausted world – to make a fire for warmth, not for war! As always, our program will include an exciting array of multicultural performances, visual artworks, and music, along with drinks, food by Handcrafted, and activities for kids. Tickets are $30 until May 31, $35 between June 1 and 10, and $40 day-of. Children 12 and under admitted free of charge with an adult. The centerpiece of the Festival will be the firing of Earth & Sky, a large-scale ceramic sculpture by world-renowned ceramist, Estonian-American sculptor Sergei Isupov, who was raised and educated in Kyiv, Ukraine. Over the course of the day, the eight-foot kiln will open like the petals of a flower until it reveals the fiery glowing sculpture at 10PM! Other events of the day-long event include Chingiz Dub, a unique musical and visual experience, led by Sasha Drey. Chingiz Dub mixes traditional Tuvan throat singing with experimental electronic music, intertwining mythological and fairy tale elements with psychedelic trance, costumed performance, and rock concert energy to create a new tincture for the senses. The visual portion of the Festival will be developed, among others, by Georgian-born multimedia artist Uta Bekaia. In his practice, the New York and Tsibili-based Bekaia engages multiple artistic mediums, creating wearable sculptures and immersive installations, along with costumes, ceramics, and embroideries. This year's Festival is also a continuation of TurnPark's effort to aid Ukrainian citizens and refugees. Throughout the month of March, TurnPark collected thousands of items from the community shipped to humanitarian organizations working in Ukraine. The Festival will offer opportunities to buy unique merchandise and donate. In these uncertain times we find inspiration in the words of bell hooks: "When we let our light shine, we draw to us and are drawn to other bearers of light. We are not alone." We hope you will join us! - The TurnPark Team