Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, May 7, 2008
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Oregon Little Big Band, led by Selma resident Tim Wallace pre-
sented a Jazz concert and workshop for Lorna Byrne Middle
School students Friday, May 2. The program was arranged with
help from Illinois River Valley Arts Council, and school Principal
Damian Crowson. The band’s numbers were well received by the
student body. (Photos by Illinois Valley News )
IRVAC annual
meeting with
Chautauqua
A free, public Chautauqua
program, The Romantic Roots
of Environmentalism, will be
presented Wednesday, May 14
in the Josephine County Bldg.
in Cave Junction.
Hosted by Illinois River
Valley Arts Council
(IRVAC), the evening will
begin with a meeting at 6:30
to socialize, conduct annual
elections, and receive pro-
gram reports. The Chautauqua
program, offered through the
Oregon Council for the Hu-
manities, will begin at 7:30.
The speaker will be Gail
Wells, of Corvallis, author of
The Tillamook: A Created
Forest Comes of Age, and co-
author of Lewis and Clark
Meet Oregon’s Forests: Les-
sons from Dynamic Nature.
Wells will address the
influence that the Romantic
Movement of the late 18th
and 19th centuries exerted on
the development of environ-
mentalism.
“The Arts Council is an
ideal sponsor for this event
because the arts align so
closely with appreciation of
Nature and beauty,” said IR-
VAC President Dorothea
Hover-Kramer. “We are well-
known in Illinois Valley for
sponsoring two major pro-
jects: Learning Through Art
in schools, and Second Friday
Art Walk from April through
December.”
For more information
phone visit irvac.com or
phone 592-5296.
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China, India culture, art LBMS program
LTA, the Illinois River
Valley Arts Council
(IRVAC) Learning Through
Art program, brought dragons
and mandalas to sixth-graders
at Lorna Byrne Middle
School in Cave Junction on
Tuesday, April 8.
The sixth-graders are
learning about China and
India as part of their cultural
studies. Under the guidance
of IRVAC’s Learning
Through Arts program, they
made Chinese “moveable”
dragons with accordion-
folded bodies, then elabo-
rately decorated them with
scales and whiskers.
The students also learned
that dragons play an impor-
tant role in Chinese mythol-
ogy. In fact, Chinese people
regard themselves as descen-
dants of the dragon.
According to this myth,
whose unknown origin pre-
dates written history, dragons
were benevolent creatures.
They lived in rivers, lakes and
pools, and rose in great
clouds of mist to promote and
control rainfall and the land
which yielded crops.
Depicted as wise, beauti-
ful and very benign creatures
that protect the people, the
mythical Chinese dragon also
was composed of nine differ-
ent animals; and, unlike other
dragons of legend, did not
have wings.
During its India work-
shop, LTA offered students
the opportunity to create a
“unity mandala quilt.” Man-
dalas are thought to be a heal-
ing medium for the soul, en-
compassing the merging of
soul, body and spirit. Uncov-
ering creativity, they are often
used as tools for introspec-
tion, healing and meditation,
allowing people to master
life's every day stresses, be-
come calm and gain trust and
composure.
Some of the world’s most
famous mandalas have been
created by Tibetan monks
during periods of days or
weeks. Tibetan monks create
their mandalas with sand and
the dust of precious stones,
painstakingly placing millions
of grains of sand in a tradi-
tional method that includes
geometric shapes and many
ancient spiritual symbols.
The sixth-graders colored
a variety of mandalas, then
traded half of each with an-
other student. They then cut
the mandalas into eight
pieces, resulting in “new”
mandalas which were
mounted on squares of col-
ored construction paper, and
“pieced” together like a quilt.
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Two special programs
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one for the public and one for
professionals, will be pre-
sented by Lovejoy Hospice in
Grants Pass.
There will be a free pres-
entation Tuesday, May 20
from 6 to 9 p.m. Titled, The
Wilderness of Grief: Finding
Your Way, it offers commu-
nity members a chance to
hear a nationally recognized
author and to gain the under-
standing necessary to heal
their own grief.
For professional care-
givers, there will be a presen-
tation, with a fee, Wednes-
day, May 21 from 9 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. Its title is, Explor-
ing the Heart of Grief: A
Companioning Philosophy of
Care-giving.
Both programs will be
held in The Lodge Event
Center at 955 S.E. Seventh
St.
Lovejoy Hospice is host-
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to provide bereavement edu-
cation for the public and for
professionals.
“In our region there is a
huge need for services for
those seeking healing from
the loss of a loved one,” said
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are limited. Hospice bereave-
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not reimbursed through insur-
ances, Medicare or Medicaid.
“Lovejoy Hospice re-
ceives daily calls from
individuals, families, school
counselors and state agencies,
all looking for help for those
faced with the mental anguish
of dealing with loss.
“The May 21 presenta-
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the network of counselors,
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educators and others who
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themselves and others. Rarely
do we have the chance to hear
speakers of this caliber in
Southwestern Oregon.”
The presenter is Alan D.
Wolfelt, an internationally
noted author, educator and
grief counselor. He serves as
director of the Center for
Loss and Life Transition and
is on the faculty at the Uni-
versity of Colorado Medical
School’s Dept. of Family
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Perhaps best known for
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