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The Last Page article from our summer print issue features a public artwork created by brooke smiley during her Green Box artist residency.

José Antonio Arellano writes, “‘EARTH.SPEAKS’ ámanikyatumɵ’ɵvi or ‘Resting Hand’ sits in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado. Comprising five Superadobe benches bisected by Fountain Creek, the work inverts the propositions of the canonical Land Art of the 1970s. Where Robert Smithson built at a scale that eclipses the human body on land long treated as empty, brooke smiley, an Osage artist, created with the human body in mind on land she acknowledged as inhabited.”

“Combining the Superadobe practice she learned from CalEarth and the multiple somatic practices in which she is certified, smiley worked with local residents to construct the benches using the local soil. Drawing attention to their bodies as they worked, smiley guided the residents’ awareness to the interaction between their presence and the site.”

Read the full article at dariamag.com

@jose.antonio.arellano
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We're highlighting the content that is ready for access now: films, guided explorations, interviews, and articles. Register for Ecology: Time, Place, and Relationship, BMCA's 3-day online conference from October 2-4! 30 sessions with more than 40 presenters. Unlimited access to all recordings. Sliding scale pricing and $50 discount for Explorer and Professional members. View the full program and schedule at bmcassociation.org/news. #bodymindcentering® #ecology #somatics #ecosomatics

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More presenters! Register now for Ecology: Time, Place, and Relationship, BMCA's 3-day online conference from October 2-4! 30 sessions with more than 40 presenters. Unlimited access to session recordings. Sliding scale pricing and $50 discount for Explorer and Professional members. Preview the program and schedule at bmcassociation.org/news. #bodymindcentering® #ecology #somaticmovement #ecosomatics

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☀️ Summer yoga is here! ☀️

Join me Tuesdays & Thursdays at 9 AM at the Earth Benches near Joyland in Green Mountain Falls.

Created by indigenous artist Brooke Smiley, @many__herds_____ , and part of all the amazing offerings curated by @greenboxarts , this beautiful gathering space feels like a love letter to the land and community. Surrounded by mountain air, whispering pines, and the sounds of summer, it’s one of my favorite places to practice!

We’ll move, breathe, and connect with ourselves, each other, and the natural world around us.

All bodies are welcome.

DM me for a pin or directions and come start your morning with us. 🌿✨

#yogaforeverybody #greenmountainfalls #communityyoga #summeryoga #spredlove

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Free to all members as part of our Regathering event May 29th:

An experiential session with brooke smiley, an artist and somatic movement educator living in California, U.S., and working from indigenous, land-based, social justice, and Body-Mind Centering® perspectives.

RSVP Now: https://community.bmcassociation.org/spaces/23446187/
Learn more: https://linktr.ee/bmcassociation

The Regathering event is a way to rekindle interest in the rich and varied offerings from the previous year’s 3-day event, Liaisons in this case. We also embrace this year’s Regathering to engage together around the theme of Ecology. Not only is ecology the theme of our upcoming 3-day online event (October 2-4, 2026), ecology is a reliably fertile framework for considering questions of how we relate to each other and our environment, equally relevant at the micro and macro levels, and in the realms of the biological, psychophysical, and metaphorical.

#BMCA #BMCAmembers #bonniebainbridgecohen #bodymindcentering #somaticmovement #cellularconsciousness #volunteering #meditation #yoga #embodiedconsciousness #embodiedanatomy #cellularconsciousness #dance #somatics #bodywork #ISMETA

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Join the Regathering Friday, May 29th. Free for members and includes a number of opportunities for gathering and sharing with each other.

RSVP now: https://community.bmcassociation.org/spaces/23446187/
Learn more: https://linktr.ee/bmcassociation

This annual 1-day Regathering is a way to rekindle interest in the rich and varied offerings from the previous year’s 3-day event, Liaisons in this case. This year we will also engage together around the theme of Ecology. Not only is ecology the theme of our upcoming 3-day online event (October 2-4, 2026), ecology is a reliably fertile framework for considering questions of how we relate to each other and our environment, equally relevant at the micro and macro levels, and in the realms of the biological, psychophysical, and metaphorical.

#BMCA #BMCAmembers #bonniebainbridgecohen #bodymindcentering #somaticmovement #cellularconsciousness #volunteering #meditation #yoga #embodiedconsciousness #embodiedanatomy #cellularconsciousness #dance #somatics #bodywork #ISMETA

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Congratulations 🌟! An incredible group of artists being supported to create meaningful work. We want to give a shout to EVERYONE who continues to put themselves out there and create. Your performances, poetry, dance, comedy and music are how our stories continue on.

Please give this group a congratulations and a follow to keep up with their projects ❤️

Thank you to the supporting organizations and groups! @native_art_culture @tulsaartistfellowship @creative_capital @1stpeoplesfund

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Last year, we partnered with artists to help bring to life 20 artist-led experiments that use technology to create, present, distribute and preserve new works of performance. Here is an update on some of their work!

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Major news! Five CalArtians have been honored by Creative Capital, a nonprofit organization dedicated to championing artistic freedom of expression. @creative_capital

Big applause to brooke smiley (Dance BFA 05) @many__herds_____, who has earned the inaugural State of the Art Prize, an unrestricted grant awarded to one artist per state.

Four others received the highly competitive Creative Capital Award to fund bold new projects: Sadie Barnette (Art BFA 06) @sadiebarnette, Sharon Chohi Kim (Music MFA 14) @sharonchohikim, faculty member Roger Q. Mason @rogerq.mason, and alumna/faculty Carmina Escobar (Music MFA 10) @carminaescobar.

Find all the details at 24700, linked in bio.

#CalArts #CreativeCapital #VisualArts #PerformingArts

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What an incredible year! In April, we hosted our third Rematriation Retreat, with speakers like @itsimiveecreations @joyharjoforreal @kaluhyanuwes @many__herds_____ @sejoym and @ndngirlsbookclub
* May we welcomed Claire Maracle @clairitysee our new Executive Director- their work has already deepened our programming and amplified our voice across Turtle Island 🐢
* June- we joined @blis_collective Black Liberation Indigenous Sovereignty, strengthening our networks and shared vision for liberation for all people. •In August, we kicked off our monthly reunion circles, graciously hosted by @fourmotherscollective 🪶
* November we hosted our first literary gala featuring @jakeskeets & @kinsalehues with @percyulilschist and @herculilz it was a night of poems and incredible generosity. 📚 ❤️ None of this would’ve been impossible without you!
* Our 2026 Rematriation Retreat will be April 10-12 to save the date and stay in touch! Looking forward to seeing you all in 2026 ✨

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We gathered. We remembered. We Dreamed. So much gratitude to our 2025 Rematriation Retreat teachers, artists & speakers & everyone who showed up. Today is the day #givingtuesday is here!! Recap of this Rematriation Retreat this year- #linkinbio to continue the work

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