Michelle Nosco of the Arts for Earth Foundation has organized an amazing line-up of participants for the second annual Earth Day Celebration on Wednesday, April 20, which kicks off with a walking parade at 11 a.m. through the newly refurbished Frazier Mountain Park. Lots of activities for all ages are offered.
You Are Invited to a Spring Break Party for All Ages
By Michelle Nosco, Arts for Earth
On Wednesday, April 20 mountain storytellers, artists and musicians, along with experts in resources for your garden, hobbies, animals, the environment and family recreation will be waiting for you in Frazier Mountain Park. Arts For Earth has planned an amazing line-up to entertain, engage and make you smile.
The theme for our second annual Earth Day Celebration is “Pass it Forward…to the next generation.” Kids, parents, seniors, singles—all are invited to enjoy fun, earth-friendly ways to live together on our mountain.
Of Course, a Parade (Wednesday, April 20 at 11 a.m. in Frazier Mountain Pari)
Of course it starts with a walking, hopping, strolling laughing parade around the park with all its new walkways at 11 a.m. Dress in Earth Day theme costumes—or come as you are. We’ll meet by the pond, parade through the park, plant a tree with Veterans for Trees, go on a historical walking tour with the Ridge Route Communities Museum & Historical Society. At 12:30 p.m. free refreshments bring the celebration inside the community center.
You are invited to work on arts and craft projects with the Arts for Earth Nature Club. Listen to cool stories about the Chumash, pioneers and wilderness adventures. Bring your old ball caps, tennis shoes and Tshirts to learn ‘recycl’art’ painting. There is plenty for adults and children of all ages to do!
Participants include:
Celebrating Earth Day with us will be Abundant Harvest, Arts For Earth Foundation, Boys & Girls Club, Center of the World Festival, EarthSkills, Chatterpillar, Focus Central, Commodities, Family Resource Center, Friends of Seniors, Ginger’s Hand Crank Sewing Machines, Girl Scouts, Mountain Grapevine canning and bread making, Green Dragon and OK Farms, Let’s Live Local, Mountain Community SPCA, TriCounty Watchdogs, Ridge Route Communities Museum & Historical Society, Rotary Club, Shelter on the Hill, Sierra Club, Tejon Conservancy, U.S.Forest Service, Veterans For Trees, Wild At Heart Nursery and Windwolves Preserve.
Presenters include: Chuck Noble, Michi Knight, Daisy Cuddy, Michelle Nosco, Center of the World Festival and Joel Robinson’s Naturalist for You.
Exhibits include: Artwork by Roberta-Jean Owen, Jennifer Bentson, Michelle Nosco and Joette Snyder; photography by Chuck Noble, Abbe Gore and Lori Murpy; Recycl’art by Tracy Nichols, Ruth Handy and Cam Acosta; with Music by Mari Hughes, Sophie Goldberg and Lynne Shane.
For more information, see the colorful insert in this week’s issue of The Mountain Enterprise. To volunteer or to donate to this event, visit Arts For Earth Foundation at 3408 Mt.Pinos Way, see www. artsforearth.org or give a call to 661-245-1523/661-803-7744.
The Arts For Earth Foundation’s Nature & the Arts Club has received an Arts in the Community Grant from the Art Council of Kern.
This is part of the April 15, 2011 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.
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