Earth Arts NW

Earth Arts NW is on permanent hiatus, but our work continues through collaboration with regional partners and Robin's publication venue: Dreaming Earth Press. Dreaming Earth Press is launching an imprint for children in 2022 entitled Storieseed.

Storieseed books are created to help kids imagine and prepare to shape their future – one that nurtures life, rebalances the health of our planet home, joyfully embraces creativity and self-awareness, while also promoting nature learning and a peaceful, equitable world. Visit Dreaming Earth Press at: www.dreamingearthpress.com

Dreaming Earth Press Dreaming Earth Press: Self-Publication Services, Robin Chilstrom

Earth Spirits Exhibit See the video

Join us at Cerimon House for a visual celebration of the Spirits of the Earth and an honoring of regional Environmental Organizations who work to care for Mother Earth and her children.

This Spring's Gathering of Cascadians was intimate, lively and inspiring. Thanks to our wonderful friend Marlene Andrejco here are a few snapshots of the event.

Earth Arts NW awakens again this Spring with a wonderful new parent organization - Cerimon House. We're honoring the renewal of earth, community and inviting new friends and old to join us as we Celebrate with a Gathering of Cascadians! Hope to see you there!

Earth Arts NW awakens again this Spring with a wonderful new parent organization - Cerimon House. We're honoring the renewal of earth, community and inviting new friends and old to join us as we Celebrate with a Gathering of Cascadians! Hope to see you there!

In 2003 at just this time of year, Judith Yeckel and I launched our first Earth Arts NW residencies in Portland. Ten years later, Earth Arts programming comes to a close. I'm deeply grateful to the many individuals and foundations who made this work possible, and to the Earth & Spirit Council for its long-standing sponsorship. I want to celebrate Earth Art's teaching artists and the thousands of children whose imaginations, curiosity, dreams and artistry enriched our lives. So . . . I'll be posting artwork from time to time, created by our wonderful dreamers . . . children of the 21st century. For children's privacy, no names are shared.

This spring 4th and 5th grade students at Ardenwald and Beach Schools created animal masks while learning about regional species and Native American tribes of the Pacific NW Coast.

Mapping Me Student Projects created in the classrooms of Master Teachers Lois Read and Bonnie Jones at Harvey Scott School in Portland Oregon. Students created personal symbols that connected to their families, culture, personal identity and goals for the future then composed them inside a silhouette of themselves.

Earth Arts NW worked with hundreds of students this spring to support their learning about regional species. Students simultaneously created works of art to honor their fellow "citizens of Cascadia," as you see below. The Council of Cascadians project was co-sponsored by The Regional Arts and Culture Council and the Earth and Spirit Council.