Saturday, August 31, 2024
Watershed Alliance Beach Cleanup, Trash-Art Workshop, And River Healing with Aztec Dance and Offering Ceremony
Saturday, August 31 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
We are happy to announce a new event on Saturday, August 31st at Cottonwood Beach! Join us for a day of healing and offering to the Wimahl (Columbia) River in partnership with Huehca Omeyocan and La Casita Art Gallery and Cultural Center. We will begin the day of healing the river through a community cleanup of Cottonwood Beach. There will be a short break for lunch (please pack your own), before the workshops begin.
During the trash art workshop you will be working on community art piece(s) from trash collected at beach cleanups. The art will then be in an art show at La Casita Art Gallery and Cultural Center. There will also be an interactive flower offering activity led by Huehca Omeyocan.
Huehca Omeyocan will be performing an Aztec Dance and Drumming Ceremony with an Offering of Flowers to the River. This style of dance and music is of the Cem-Anahuac, meaning the Land Surrounded by water where people live entirely together.
Event Schedule:
9am to 11:30am: Beach cleanup
12pm to 1:30pm: Making of flower offerings and trash-art workshop
1:30pm to 3:30pm: Aztec dance and offering ceremony
Registration is only required for the litter cleanup. No registration is required for the workshops or ceremony. Register here.