SUN SiNG iN PLACE #4 - May 21st, 2020 - An Online Concert Series from ARTivism Virginia
Channel: ARTivism Virginia
Date: 2020-05-25

Feeling socially distant? Isolated? Down about the cancelled concerts and events you were looking forward to this spring? As we stay at home to keep our families and communities healthy, it's more important than ever to stay connected – and we at ARTivism Virginia prefer to connect through art. 

Starting Thursday, April 9th, and continuing every other Thursday, the SUN SiNG Collective will be broadcasting from their respective locations across Virginia for "SUN SiNG iN PLACE: Thursday Night Bi-Weekly Concert Series." We'll be bringing you an hour of music, spoken word, pipeline updates and action opportunities straight to your living room, kitchen, or wherever you may be tuning in from, every other Thursday!

TUNE IN HERE from 7PM to 8PM every other Thursday night:

Facebook:
www.facebook.com/artivismvirginia/
Vimeo: 
www.vimeo.com/artivismvirginia/
YouTube: 
www.youtube.com/c/artivismvirginia/


We'll be broadcasting music from individual Collective members and those they're quarantined with, as well as guest ARTivists and leaders in the fight against the Mountain Valley, Atlantic Coast, and MVP Southgate pipelines, and other threatening fracked gas infrastructure in our region. 

The SUN SiNG Collective is a group of musicians and visual artists formed in 2019 to create, record, and perform original material to support the work of the broad, deep, and growing coalition fighting fracked gas infrastructure. The group, led by co-producers Graham Smith-White and Kay Ferguson, collectively arranged and remotely recorded "To The River", and original song by member Joshua Vana, using the Sun Bus, an off-road vehicle with solar-powered recording and concert-level sound capability. 

Tune in! We look forward to seeing you and connecting through song – until we win!

Be sure to check out the ARTivism Virginia page for our alternating Thursday night events – STREET SiNG Workshops!

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SPECIAL GUESTS for Thursday, May 21st:

Høly River:
https://www.holyrivermusic.com

Rachel Eddy:
https://www.racheleddymusic.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq-D1WBxBmY

Richard Averitt, Nelson County landowner & activist

Amelia L. Williams:
https://www.wildink.net
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIXFbBa_N2U&feature=emb_logo

Ash Devine: 
https://www.ashdevine.net/
https://www.pateon.com/ashdevine/

Rachel Blankenship-Tucker:
https://www.afterjackband.com
https://www.facebook.com/TheForageHer

Emily Hammond: 
http://www.progressivereform.org/about-cpr/cpr-scholars/

Maury Johnson:
https://www.powhr.org/
https://www.facebook.com/POWHR/
https://www.wvrivers.org

Ted Day will also be joining us from Lights & Years Productions to introduce a new collaborative video with ARTivism!
https://vimeo.com/lightsandyears


******* ACTION ALERT! *******
PETITION LEGISLATORS AND EDUCATE PUBLIC ON INJUSTICE OF TOLLING ORDERS/EMINENT DOMAIN IN FERC’S PIPELINE APPROVAL PROCESS: Go here to send a letter to your legislators: bit.ly/2SduMYf

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TO UNDERSTAND THIS ROBBERY: Congressional Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Investigation of tolling orders and eminent domain in the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee’s pipeline permitting process, featuring Richard Averitt and Maury Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY4E2JarH0U&feature=youtu.be

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Subcommittee’s Press Release: https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/subcommittee-releases-preliminary-findings-showing-ferc-pipeline-approval

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ARTivism VA is also on Instagram: 
https://www.instragram.com/artivism_virginia
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SUN SiNG iN PLACE: An ARTivism Virginia Concert
Producer: Joshua Vana
Technical Director: Graham Smith-White
Co-producers: SUN SiNG Collective members BJ Lark, Camry Harris, Emily Blankenship-Tucker, Gabe Gavin, Graham Smith-White, Laney Sullivan, Lilly Bechtel, and Joshua Vana, ARTivism Virginia Co-Director Kay Ferguson


Projects of SUN SiNG Collective members:

Camry Harris: Camry Drummer Harris
Emily Blankenship-Tucker: www.afterjackband.com
Gabe Gavin: Bhakti Boyz - https://www.facebook.com/bhaktiboyz/ ; Positive Collective - https://www.facebook.com/PositiveCollective/
Graham Smith-White: www.solarpoweredmusic.com
Laney Sullivan: www.holyrivermusic.com/
Lilly Bechtel: www.instagram.com/__night__teacher__/
Joshua Vana: https://norajanestruthers.bandcamp.com/album/bright-lights-long-drives-first-words (lead guitar)
Kay Ferguson: https://www.facebook.com/waterislifeprotectit/ 

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