Author: 4e

Outside the Box

Outside the Box:  4elements’ initiatives to encourage creative outdoor activity, on Manitoulin’s trails and waterways, for all ability levels.  For more info on our guided outings, and Drawing Boxes, see […]

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River School

[one_half] Thanks, everyone for a great season. We’ll see you again next year!  Summer 2017 Program Subject: Plants, Trees, & that Green Slime! July 5, 9 – noon Simple plant […]

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Early Learning

Books available December 2017! Click pic to order. Inquiry and land-based early learning:  After many seasons of offering inquiry-based learning in early years classrooms and community settings on Manitoulin Island […]

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Walking Program

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Elemental Festival

Elemental Festival and the Billings Connection Trail: Nature. Art. Heritage. September 28 – October 1, 2017 Over the last many months, 4e and our community partners have been working to […]

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Elemental Excursions

Gently Active Outings on Manitoulin Island Especially for older adults, but open to all ages and fitness levels –Walks, Bicycle Rides, and Snowshoeing, along with Ecology, Arts, and other Land-Based […]

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2013-14 Events

July-August 2014 Summer Events Calendar facilitated by or in conjunction with 4elements Living Arts July 2014 Bonnie Blink Exhibit July 3rd – 23rd Sheguiandah July 2014 Animating the Archive July 3rd […]

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Permaculture Internships

Working with Manitoulin Permaculture, 4 Elements Living Arts is coordinating a season long permaculture internship program on Manitoulin Island. For the 2013 growing season (May – Oct), participants will gain […]

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Land Art Events for 2015

Upcoming Events for 2015 Family Fun Day – February 16th 2015  Winter Land Art and Snow Shoe Part of Get Active with the Arts Bridal Veil Trail (Kagawong) Guides & […]

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Artist Residencies

4elements now offers artist residencies. If you would like to work with 4elements on an existing project, or design your own, please contact us.   2016 Residency Lisa Hamalainen Lisa Hamalainen […]

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School Programs

4e works closely with local schools to support arts education and supplement existing curricular expectations. In addition to classes in communities around the Island (Gore Bay, M’Chigeeng, Mindemoya, Kagawong), we […]

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The Art of Being Billings

  The Art of Being Billings, a year-long project ongoing through summer 2013, highlighted community connections between people and places in Billings Township, through creative arts and community mapping initiatives. […]

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The Bonnie Blink Project

The Bonnie Blink house was one of the first settler houses built on Manitoulin. The name Bonnie Blink means ‘beautiful view’.  When the Robinson-Huron Treaty enabled white settlement on Manitoulin,  […]

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Artist Educator Training Program

4elements provides support for arts educators: training and education for place-based education, curriculum development, facilitation skills   We also do the work so that you can do yours: workshop organization, […]

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Consultation and Advocacy

There is a good deal of behind-the-scenes support required for artists to do what they do, and for organizations like 4e to do the work we do in communities. Call […]

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