GLOCESTER – An effort that unites the love of nature and out of doors areas with appreciation for the humanities continues to convey guests to the woods of Glocester, with the most recent initiative on monitor to showcase musicians on a path within the Sprague Farm City Forest.
The Glocester Land Belief is collaborating with the nonprofit SENE Movie, Music & Arts to supply “Trek & Tunes,” an opportunity for company to find each the fantastic thing about the city’s open house and a few proficient native musicians.
Organizers are actually in search of native performers to participate within the occasion, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 27 from 1 to 4 p.m.
The twin effort took place by way of one member of the GLT’s involvement with the New England arts scene. Belief Vice Chairman John Pitocco has been the official SENE photographer because the competition started in 2008, and has labored on a number of occasions and initiatives with SENE Co-Founder and President Don Farias.
“SENE’s mission is to help and promote native musicians, filmmakers and artists, and we’re all the time searching for alternatives to share their abilities with our native communities,” defined Farias.
Pitocco can be the president of the Wickford Artwork Affiliation and oversees the Wickford Artwork Competition, and the pair introduced an analogous concept to that occasion final 12 months. SENE was a sponsor for musicians who performed alongside a path that related the village of Wickford to Wilson Park through the competition final summer time.
“We did a little analysis to study what others have finished and located that there are comparable occasions being held across the nation and world,” Farias famous.
Pitocco and the belief have laid out a 1 mile path within the Sprague Farm Forest that includes areas acceptable for performers. The belief owns the 985 acre forest, and the vice chairman was amongst these to create the woodland’s many strolling paths. He notes the path chosen is pretty stage, however guests ought to be ready for some uneven terrain.
“We’re hoping to focus on totally different options alongside the path, resembling outdated foundations or stone partitions, the place every musician might be enjoying,” Pitocco mentioned.
The occasion is simply the most recent in belief’s ongoing effort to make public lands extra inviting and fascinating by merging artwork and nature. An ongoing collaboration with Hearken to Your Artwork has introduced a scavenger hunt to a different land belief property, Steere Farm Path, the place hikers can seek for ornamental frogs painted by younger artists. Final 12 months, artists adorned chook homes to mount alongside Hawkins Pond.
At Trek & Tunes, attendees will comply with the path with stops to get pleasure from music that additionally spotlight the forest’s distinctive options and historical past.
“We’re actually hoping to have households come out collectively and uncover not solely the improbable trails and the proficient musicians, but in addition Glocester,” Pitocco mentioned. “We really feel it is a nice fusion between nature and artwork that many individuals will respect.”
The organizers put a name out for potential performers final week with a deadline of Monday, Could 26. Musicians might carry out alone or as a bunch, however all performances should be acoustic with no amplification allowed. Performers might be compensated by way of funding break up between GLT and SENE.
Farias famous that as of this week, ten musicians/acts had already expressed curiosity. Ten spots can be found and the 2 teams will consider all requests with hopes to showcase totally different devices.
“We hope that native highschool college students will contemplate performing,” Farias mentioned.
These are requested to electronic mail [email protected] by Could 26 with performer data and a video hyperlink if obtainable. Performers might be notified by the top of June.
