Current Projects
Shuswap River Waterthread Project
How well do you know our Watershed? Do you know where the water comes from, that we drink every day?
Runaway Moon has embarked upon a new community art project, to create an embroidered map of the Shuswap River, and the creeks and lakes that run into it. We have invited people who’d like to share knowledge about the river, and also people who know a little or a lot about embroidery and other fabric embellishment techniques.
Our groups have been meeting in the following communities this winter.
Armstrong, Ashton Creek, Enderby, Mara, Lumby, Sicamous and Spallumcheen Township/Silver Star.
Lumby - Fridays 10-12, Fabric Arts group, OAP Hall.
Spallumcheen Township/Silver Star - Meeting Sundays at 1pm at the Vernon Library upstairs.
Contact Deb at debbchumphries@gmail.com for more info
Email info@runawaymoon.org if you would like to get involved in this community project.
Growing Roots
This started as a pilot project with The Only Animal Theatre Company and Mohammed Zaqout, working with Refugee Claimants to build roots in Canada through getting to know the local trees. The weekly sessions involved learning about and connecting with the natural world. It also involved story telling, poetry, memoire and making things by hand that were then shared in a public presentation.
Someone Else’s Shoes
Runaway Moon created puppets for a project with a group of non-binary youth, through the Salmon Arm Gallery, where the puppets were on exhibit during Pride Week.
This project continues with an update coming soon…
Sketches by Wren Rathbone
Calendario Wheel Interactive Sculpture UPDATE
Our CALENDARIO WHEEL interactive sculpture is now at the Enderby Public Library until further notice after spending May and June at the Salmon Arm Art Centre. This model, with its 6 wheels of images created by the community, is 1/2 the size of the ultimate 7 foot outdoor sculpture.
Thanks to scenic artist Molly March for finalizing the composition of images made by community members, sculptor Eric Kutschker for designing and building it, and to project producer Marcella Moser looking for a home where the full sized outdoor version of the CALENDARIO WHEEL will ultimately be installed!
Recent Projects
Out of the Darkness
Lantern Parade
Join us at 6:45pm on February 18th beside the Maud Street parking lot in Enderby.
We have started preparations for a Winter Lantern Procession to take place Sunday, February 18th, 2024. We are taking inspiration from our daily life with this year’s theme being “home.”
We have free drop in public workshops happening in Salmon Arm, Armstrong and Enderby.
Enderby: Next door to Library 514B Cliff Street
Saturdays Jan. 27, Feb. 10, Feb. 17 from 1-4 PM
Salmon Arm Gallery/Arts Centre, 70 Hudson Ave. NE
Sundays Jan. 28, Feb. 4 from 1- 4 PM
Armstrong: Pv Blvd Coffee, 2510 Pleasant Valley Blvd
Saturday Feb. 3 & Sunday Feb 11 from 12 - 3 PM
We are scheduling workshops at Grindrod, Shihiya, Heartwood, AL Fortune and MV Beattie Elementary along with a few community groups.
Interested in getting involved?
We are looking for people to help with lantern lighting, organization, soundscape, shadow show puppeteers, hot chocolate servers and cross country skiing.
Contact info@runawaymoon.org
Walk of the Woods
We have been getting to know the trees in this area through a number of art opportunities, community workshops, and unexpected appearances. How well do you know cottonwood, birch, Western Red Cedar, Trembling Aspen, Hemlock? Which tree would you be if you were a tree?
Tree appearances
Riparian ReAnimation
Giant Puppet Workshops
The Giant Puppet Workshop was part of Riparian ReAnimation, a donation-based community program with the goal of creating medium- and large-scale puppets of characters from the Kelowna floodplain for a series of public parades and presentations in the summer and fall of 2023. During these open workshops, participants worked as part of a team or as individuals to help create a collection of puppets inspired by the living beings of Brandt's Creek.
For more information visit Rotary Centre for the Arts.
SPLASH
The Blue People Adventures
These new beings are appearing in different places … an experiment that may turn into something larger!
Thomas Conlin Jones, Dalynn Kearney, Isabelle Kirouac, Molly March, Jaci Metivier and guest musician Stephan Bircher.
catch some of their adventures…
The Miraculous (After)Life of Isidro, Patron Saint of Farmers
was brought to life by actor/musicians Aidan Sparks, Sarah May Redmond and Christie Watson with Runaway Moon Theatre’s 2022 Summer Tour from Revelstoke to Kamloops to Lumby and Vernon and all points in between during the last week of July and first week of August 2022.
We are hoping to tour the show in other parts of BC soon!
Thanks to everyone involved in putting together and presenting this whimsical production, and to those who took the time to enjoy the show.
Photo courtesy of the Salmon Arm Observer (Martha Wickett).
ZOOM SHADOW:
Stay tuned for a presentation of the first and third sets!
Inspired by UNESCO’s documentation of Intangible Cultural Heritage, we are curious to find out what Intangible Personal or Cultural Treasures you might be holding. Our third group of 7 will soon be working with Sarah Redmond, Cathy Stubington, and composer Joelysa Pankanea to create short shadow plays, describing these elements from their memory banks.
Have a look at this set of Intangible Treasures (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r2rUaZhRAc&ab_channel=HeartOfTheCityFestival). This is a showing of our second group of Treasures, made by residents of the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, facilitated by Sarah Redmond and Cathy Stubington. This took place at the Heart of the City Festival, and was a partnership between Runaway Moon and Vancouver Moving Theatre.
Calendario Clothing
People met at venues in Vernon, Salmon Arm, Enderby and Splatsin, to re-create clothing inspired by seasonal signs that are important to the wearers. Teresa Christian, Deb Humphries and Jasmin Wright helped out with inspiration and encouragement. Unfortunately, the final stages of the project were canceled due to the pandemic, but we hope to resume at some point!