SOIL SPIRIT SOCIETY
Soil, Spirit, Society is a three-year land-based art project that calls on community
to consider our connections and relationships to land, our own spiritual selves, and our communities.
Generously funded by Canada Council for the Arts-Sector Innovation, Toronto Arts Council-Strategic Funding, City of Toronto Community Funding, LUSH Cosmetics.
Due to Public Health Restrictions
Soil Spirit Society will be hosting On Line Knowledge Shares
throughout April, May and June
Conversation on Food+Land
with Cheyenne Sundance and Isaac Crosby (Brother Nature)
Moderated by Whitney French
Monday May 18 at 6-8PM
Cheyenne and Isaac will have a in depth conversation about Food+Land,
They will discuss a range of topics including: healing medicines, urban agriculture,
how they started growing food, food and land sovereignty and other topics.
The panel will be moderated by Whitney French with a Q+A at the end.
Registered participants will receive a "Food and Land Workbook"
to write down their own thoughts and feelings regarding Food and Land.
Please RSVP here and share a bit about what you are interested in: https://forms.gle/mtSibYotxntmLx4a7
Here's the Zoom link for after you register: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87140396764
It requires a password and that password: Grow2020
Facebook Link to share with more friends:https://www.facebook.com/events/283613536368257
ENJOY RECORDINGS OF PAST SESSIONS:
IN THE GREEN HOUSE WITH CHEYENNE:Thursday April 16 at 2pm
Recording from the Green House visit with Cheyenne Sundance coming soon!
Cheyenne guided us through the basics of seed starting in a hands on demo on: Seed types and distinctions
Reading a seed package, What’s best to start from seed or seedling, How to treat and care for different seeds
,When to plant and learn in how to succession plant, Essentials for seed starting, Soil, Lights and Fertilizers
SPROUTING WITH CHEYENNE: Thursday April 30 at 2pm
Recording from the Green House visit with Cheyenne Sundance coming soon!
Cheyenne Sundance, is a self-taught organic farmer who has worked in both rural and urban settings where she tended to fields of vegetables, fruit forests and livestock. Her farming has always been with a social justice framework since being able to grow your own food is the foundation of independence. She is a food justice educator with experience working in community organizing and political resistance movements. Cheyenne has founder and farmer of Sundance Harvest , which is a urban farm in Toronto, Ontario that focuses on food justice and eradicating systemic racism in the food system. Cheyenne is also a member and creator of Toronto's first Urban Farm Coop, Radical Roots.
Soil Spirit Society will be hosting On Line Knowledge Shares
throughout April, May and June
Conversation on Food+Land
with Cheyenne Sundance and Isaac Crosby (Brother Nature)
Moderated by Whitney French
Monday May 18 at 6-8PM
Cheyenne and Isaac will have a in depth conversation about Food+Land,
They will discuss a range of topics including: healing medicines, urban agriculture,
how they started growing food, food and land sovereignty and other topics.
The panel will be moderated by Whitney French with a Q+A at the end.
Registered participants will receive a "Food and Land Workbook"
to write down their own thoughts and feelings regarding Food and Land.
Please RSVP here and share a bit about what you are interested in: https://forms.gle/mtSibYotxntmLx4a7
Here's the Zoom link for after you register: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87140396764
It requires a password and that password: Grow2020
Facebook Link to share with more friends:https://www.facebook.com/events/283613536368257
ENJOY RECORDINGS OF PAST SESSIONS:
IN THE GREEN HOUSE WITH CHEYENNE:Thursday April 16 at 2pm
Recording from the Green House visit with Cheyenne Sundance coming soon!
Cheyenne guided us through the basics of seed starting in a hands on demo on: Seed types and distinctions
Reading a seed package, What’s best to start from seed or seedling, How to treat and care for different seeds
,When to plant and learn in how to succession plant, Essentials for seed starting, Soil, Lights and Fertilizers
SPROUTING WITH CHEYENNE: Thursday April 30 at 2pm
Recording from the Green House visit with Cheyenne Sundance coming soon!
Cheyenne Sundance, is a self-taught organic farmer who has worked in both rural and urban settings where she tended to fields of vegetables, fruit forests and livestock. Her farming has always been with a social justice framework since being able to grow your own food is the foundation of independence. She is a food justice educator with experience working in community organizing and political resistance movements. Cheyenne has founder and farmer of Sundance Harvest , which is a urban farm in Toronto, Ontario that focuses on food justice and eradicating systemic racism in the food system. Cheyenne is also a member and creator of Toronto's first Urban Farm Coop, Radical Roots.
The 2020 Soil, Spirit, Society Artist Residency will also start with On line Sessions.
Connect with Adam for more info Innovator@childrenspeacetheatre.org
Connect with Adam for more info Innovator@childrenspeacetheatre.org
Love Offering September 2019
September 21st The Soil, Spirit, Society Artist Residents completed the first full year of a Residency.
They curated their work for the community in a beautiful offering of Love
It was a gorgeous day of harvesting, feasting and dialogue.
Congratulations to all of the Residents:
Hermmela, Lydia, Cyn, Kai, Edan, Ekow, Keisha, Kayla, Jessica, Carvela, Daniela, Brittnee and Nyakel
They curated their work for the community in a beautiful offering of Love
It was a gorgeous day of harvesting, feasting and dialogue.
Congratulations to all of the Residents:
Hermmela, Lydia, Cyn, Kai, Edan, Ekow, Keisha, Kayla, Jessica, Carvela, Daniela, Brittnee and Nyakel
The next Residency for Black and Indigenous Artists 18-29 will start on line soon!
The Residency includes learning about Dish with One Spoon: Indigenous Past, Present and Future
Relationship to plants, Seeds and Planting, Soil, Salve making, Writing while Black and Indigenous, Black History in Toronto and Southern Ontario, Two Spirit Intersectionality, Community Conflict Transformation and more....
Contact Adam at Innovator@childrenspeacetheatre.org for more information
Get involved in our Community Learning Garden
Thank you to all the amazing Residents, Gardians and Community folks who came out for the Garden Build Day May 14th and the Planting Day on June 1st.
Special Thanks to Isaac Crosby for sharing so much knowledge on Planting and Harvest Days.
If you are interested in becoming a Gardian and helping with caring for and learning about what we are growing here contact Adam at facilities@childrenspeacetheatre.org
Special Thanks to Isaac Crosby for sharing so much knowledge on Planting and Harvest Days.
If you are interested in becoming a Gardian and helping with caring for and learning about what we are growing here contact Adam at facilities@childrenspeacetheatre.org
Soil Spirit Society Year One Recap:
Launch Feast
Wednesday March 21, 2018
A gathering of community members interested in or already involved in food sovereignty and security for Indigenous and Black communities, as well as other communities within and around Tkarónto.
Art Magic
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Artful healing practices facilitated by Zainab Amadahy and Duane Hall
Planting Weekend
June 2 and 3, 2018
Teachings on Indigenous treaties with multidisciplinary artist and performer from Kahnawake Mohawk Territory Ange Loft,
and planting protocols with Wyandot Tradition Keeper Catherine Taomesre Tammaro
Soil Spirit Society Indigenous and Black Youth Residency
Thursday September 27-Sunday September 30, 2018
We launched our residency with an opening feast for the 8 youth residents from across Ontario and Northern Quebec, as well as invited guests from our growing network of Elders, mentors, land based storytellers and food growers. Over the course of the residency,
participants experienced the following workshops:
Intro to A Dish With One Spoon with Jamaias DaCosta
Black History in Tkarónto and Southern Ontario with Desmond Miller
Relationships with Plants with Abena McKenzie
Artistic Practice with Catherine Taomesre Tammaro
Two-Spirit Intersectionality with Teddy Syrette
African Drum workshop with Saikou Saho
Intro to Capoeira with Hélio Sousa
Community Activation for Emergence Symposium
Mapping Mentorship: A Conversation with Kapisanan, Children's Peace Theatre and Platform A
Children's Peace Theatre Program Manager Jamaias DaCosta will be doing a talk on the work of Project Future and Soil Spirit Society
