Burlington Trout Parade
The Flynn is partnering with Burlington’s Sustainability Academy and the Burlington School District to create the Second Annual Burlington Trout Parade.
Each year Sustainability Academy’s 4th grade raises trout from eggs, releasing them into the Huntington River on a day when all conditions are right. Each year the whole school gathers to celebrate the release day with puppets and processions. This year, we’re expanding the celebration into a community parade celebrating trout and the watershed where they live.
Join us at the Flynn on May 29th for a joyful parade to Battery Park where we will celebrate the lake and our human and natural communities.
11:30 am: Community members meet at the Flynn to assemble for the parade
12:00 pm: Process to Sustainability Academy to join students
1:00 pm: Arrive at Battery Park
1:10 pm: Sustainability Academy Trout Pageant
2:00 pm: Parade Ends
Uncle Erok
(he/him/they/them) is a local artist, activist and poet who strives to create work that inspires joy, wonder, deep connection and liberation. From large-scale murals, banners, flags and protest signs to astrological woodcuts, freestyle poetry and upcycled clothing, erok offers a big and tiny array of artwork. Erok has been print making for over 20 yrs working in DIY styles of both screen and block printing. Often he's working with community to make prints and art used in parades, protests and campaigns for climate justice and human rights.
Janice Walrafen
Janice Walrafen is a multi media artist/sculptor/puppet maker/teacher/community celebrant living along the Winooski River in Central Vermont. For almost 4 decades she has been creating larger than life puppets, masks and costumes to celebrate the cycles of the seasons with community pageantry. It began in 1987 with the All Species Project, which is founded on the principles of ecology, and celebrating the interdependence of all life. Much of what she does can be seen at: https://www.alltogethernowvt.org/
"When we create and wear masks and costume representing another species of life, imagine seeing through their eyes, we find we can learn to be earthlings, not just human beings. Puppet theater is a powerful way to build community and narrate stories to inspire respect for all of life."
Additionally, she makes decorative Art Tiles https://www.jravenarttile.com/ and teaches art, both in the studio and community centers.
