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Everyone needs a HOME. HOMELESSNESS is not limited to a human concern.
We are ONE family and ALL OUR RELATIONS – the plants,animals … all are experiencing the same profound loss of HOME on this earth. We all feel the loss.
HEARTH's vision is to create a permaculture land bank, a model that can be reproduced anywhere whether through land donations or co-partnerships with land owners or many other possible strategies.The idea is to be a land clearing house and new economic model which will support permaculture practices,regenerative thinking and projects through reviving the spirit of the second American Homestead Act ( created during the Depression).H E A R T H is the brainchild of musician/poet/CO-founder of ACE,Chordata (non profits)/social activist and long-time homelessness advocate,Liz Gilbert..
About LIZ
Musician/Composer, Writer, Community Arts Organizer, Artrepreneur. CO-
Founder, ACE, Vancouver which created zoning and bylaws that legalized artist
live-work studios and saved many buildings in the city as well as produced
numerous spinoffs such as galleries, publications and neighbourhood events. Cofounder,
The Warehouse Show, largest exhibition of contemporary art in Canada’s
history which became the biennial Artropolis. Her company Blueprint Inc.
provided master planning, fundraising and management for many arts
organizations and artists. Co-owner of several businesses in California including a
contemporary art gallery. Arts writer for many Canadian publications. Producer of
many CDS of original music and music for film and years as a performing artist.
Co-founder of arts and permaculture non profit CHORDATA in California, a unique 6000 square foot free venue, housing recording studio,art spaces,
artist in residencies and a permaculture,water and native plant conservation ongoing demonstration garden.
“ Artists of all kinds have been my primary focus over the years because they give so much to community and often have little conventional financial support. I have myself experienced foreclosure,homelessness,health issues and financial instability. Artists are the ONE group in society who are not motivated by MONEY(though,yes we DO have to live! Support artists!). We do what we do because we love what we do. We are the catalytic agents for transformation of the human spirit. We support FREEDOM for the human soul and celebrate our interconnectedness. “
Liz refers to H E A R T H as being like Farm Aid because it will depend on the collaborative effort of many musician and artist friends and organizations to promote the initiative.
HEARTH'S FIRST INITIATIVE:
While in Taos , we started an informal organization called Hearth Homestead. You can read all about this here:
http://www.hearthhomestead.com/
The project that we would first like to support through funds coming to ASR LLC (10 % of all profits ) and through independent fundraising efforts, is the creation of a Ra Paulette Trust and the purchase of 208 acres with two of his finest caves.
http://newmexicospiritualland.com/
Ra Paulette is the epitome of ARTIST with a capital A and stands for all we represent about the importance of supporting artists and their work, and BETTER while they are still alive!
This from the site Cavedigger Documentary,an award-winning doc about Ra Paulette: http://cavediggerdocumentary.com/about.html
Ra Paulette digs cathedral-like, 'eighth wonder of the world' art caves into the sandstone cliffs of Northern New Mexico. Each creation takes him years to complete, and each is a masterwork. But patrons who have commissioned caves have cut off nearly all of his projects due to artistic differences.Fed up, Ra has chosen to forego commissions altogether and create a massive, 10-year project, his Magnum Opus.
Everyone needs a HOME. HOMELESSNESS is not limited to a human concern.
We are ONE family and ALL OUR RELATIONS – the plants,animals … all are experiencing the same profound loss of HOME on this earth. We all feel the loss.
HEARTH's vision is to create a permaculture land bank, a model that can be reproduced anywhere whether through land donations or co-partnerships with land owners or many other possible strategies.The idea is to be a land clearing house and new economic model which will support permaculture practices,regenerative thinking and projects through reviving the spirit of the second American Homestead Act ( created during the Depression).H E A R T H is the brainchild of musician/poet/CO-founder of ACE,Chordata (non profits)/social activist and long-time homelessness advocate,Liz Gilbert..
About LIZ
Musician/Composer, Writer, Community Arts Organizer, Artrepreneur. CO-
Founder, ACE, Vancouver which created zoning and bylaws that legalized artist
live-work studios and saved many buildings in the city as well as produced
numerous spinoffs such as galleries, publications and neighbourhood events. Cofounder,
The Warehouse Show, largest exhibition of contemporary art in Canada’s
history which became the biennial Artropolis. Her company Blueprint Inc.
provided master planning, fundraising and management for many arts
organizations and artists. Co-owner of several businesses in California including a
contemporary art gallery. Arts writer for many Canadian publications. Producer of
many CDS of original music and music for film and years as a performing artist.
Co-founder of arts and permaculture non profit CHORDATA in California, a unique 6000 square foot free venue, housing recording studio,art spaces,
artist in residencies and a permaculture,water and native plant conservation ongoing demonstration garden.
“ Artists of all kinds have been my primary focus over the years because they give so much to community and often have little conventional financial support. I have myself experienced foreclosure,homelessness,health issues and financial instability. Artists are the ONE group in society who are not motivated by MONEY(though,yes we DO have to live! Support artists!). We do what we do because we love what we do. We are the catalytic agents for transformation of the human spirit. We support FREEDOM for the human soul and celebrate our interconnectedness. “
Liz refers to H E A R T H as being like Farm Aid because it will depend on the collaborative effort of many musician and artist friends and organizations to promote the initiative.
HEARTH'S FIRST INITIATIVE:
While in Taos , we started an informal organization called Hearth Homestead. You can read all about this here:
http://www.hearthhomestead.com/
The project that we would first like to support through funds coming to ASR LLC (10 % of all profits ) and through independent fundraising efforts, is the creation of a Ra Paulette Trust and the purchase of 208 acres with two of his finest caves.
http://newmexicospiritualland.com/
Ra Paulette is the epitome of ARTIST with a capital A and stands for all we represent about the importance of supporting artists and their work, and BETTER while they are still alive!
This from the site Cavedigger Documentary,an award-winning doc about Ra Paulette: http://cavediggerdocumentary.com/about.html
Ra Paulette digs cathedral-like, 'eighth wonder of the world' art caves into the sandstone cliffs of Northern New Mexico. Each creation takes him years to complete, and each is a masterwork. But patrons who have commissioned caves have cut off nearly all of his projects due to artistic differences.Fed up, Ra has chosen to forego commissions altogether and create a massive, 10-year project, his Magnum Opus.