Margaret Saizan

Gulf of Mexico Labyrinth Walk -Grand Isle, LA

To Commemorate Gulf Coast Rising - A Day of Solidarity, Beauty, Healing, and Yes Even Joy, for the Gulf of Mexico and Its People

Pelicans, Grand Isle, LA - Photo Courtesy Matthew D. White

 

Where:

Grand Isle, Louisiana
1618 Highway 1
(Beach Behind Bridgeside Marina)
Grand Isle, LA 70358

In conjunction with  Gulf Coast Rising, A Day of Solidarity, Beauty, Healing, and Yes Even Joy, for the Gulf of Mexico and Its People,  the Louisiana Labyrinth Network will  create a birdseed labyrinth and host an informal labyrinth walk from noon to 4:00 pm  on the beach behind Bridgeside Marina, 1618 Highway 1, Grand Isle, LA.

 You are invited to come walk the labyrinth and to bring a small, lightweight symbol, image or a written statement for the Gulf to be placed in the labyrinth during the walk.  Bring your beach chair, umbrella, snacks and drinks if you plan to spend the day with us - and a small bag of  birdseed to feed the birds.   If you are coming from out of town go to http://www.geauxpass.com/for information about the LA-1 Bridge toll.

  Louisiana artist Sidney Creaghan has graciously created a painting, Pelican Rising, exclusively  for the Gulf Coast Rising Event,  and it will be on view during the labyrinth walk.

Pelican Rising by Sidney Creaghan

Labyrinths are ancient symbols for wholeness found in cultures worldwide. They are being used today as personal practices for healing and growth, as tools for community building, as agents for global change, and as metaphors for life. Now in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the labyrinth is offered as a symbol of hope, healing, and renewal for the Gulf waters, its precious eco-system, and its people.

The Gulf of Mexico Labyrinth Walk is a Gulf Coast Rising event coordinated by the Louisiana Labyrinth Network and sponsored by Radical Joy for Hard Times,   a non-profit organization devoted to finding and making beauty in wounded places.

 For more information about the Labyrinth Walk, please email Margaret Saizan at msaizan at gmail dot com or call 225.229.7399.   For more information about Gulf Coast Rising, go to http://www.radicaljoyforhardtimes.org

 

Call for Participation: Gulf Coast Rising A Day of Solidarity, Beauty, Healing, and Yes, Even Joy for the Gulf of Mexico and its People

On Saturday, October 30, from Houma, Louisiana to Pensacola Florida, all along the waterways affected by the oil spill of April 20, 2010, people will gather together in a spirit of appreciation for their beautiful, damaged home and their own determination to thrive. On that day school students, church groups, birdwatchers and fishermen, artists and musicians, families and friends will get together to talk about how the oil spill has affected their lives, and who and what has given them strength. They will sing, reflect, play music, read poems, eat good food, drum or whatever feels right. Each group will create a simple picture out of ordinary materials—a bird, a shrimp, a human figure or anything else that represents the vitality of life in the Gulf—and take a photograph of themselves with their image. Groups that create a picture fifty feet long or larger will be considered for inclusion in a special, limited number of aerial photos to be taken that day by the award winning New Orleans photographer, Matthew D. White.  The photographs will be combined and every group will receive a presentation of the images on digital disc.

Radical Joy For Hard Times, the organization sponsoring the event, is calling for Gulf Coast citizens, groups and organizations to support the effort by either organizing or participating in an event. Groups can sign up for an event via the website at http://www.radicaljoyforhardtimes.org.  It is not necessary for groups to have their plans finalized at the time of sign up as the information can be self updated at any time.

Radical Joy for Hard Times, http://www.radicaljoyforhardtimes.org is a non-profit 501c3 organization whose mission is to find and make beauty in wounded places. On June 19, for their Global Earth Exchange, people on all the seven continents of the Earth went to clear-cut forests, polluted rivers, damaged beaches, the sites of coal and gas mining, and other places to gather, tell their stories, and make simple acts of beauty.  The Gulf Coast Rising Project is the latest venture in the organization’s effort to introduce a new, more intimate environmentalism for all citizens of the Earth.

Collaborations:

Coastal Visions Exhibit

September 24 - December 17, 2010
 

Opening Night
 9/24/ 2010 -6:30 -9:30 PM
Lecture on Fine Art Photography

Wealth Planners Gallery
6230 Perkins Road . Baton Rouge Louisiana 70808
click here for map and directions

 

Help  Us Photograph an Endangered Nautical Landmark!

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 Now Touring: Cameron Parish, LA

Sabine Pass Lighthouse

Coming Soon to a New Location in Cameron Parish. Check Back for Details!

Past Exhibits

Sulphur Regional Library:  July 13 - August 13, 2010
Cameron Parish Library:  May 10 - July 13, 2010

To book this exhibit contact Margaret Saizan at 225.229.7399 or email at msaizan@bigvisionmedia.com.

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