Coming Soon to
Ely's Historic State Theater
Coming Soon to
Ely's Historic State Theater
The new arts and cultural organizing collective, Fire in the Village, is pleased to announce the inaugural Fire in the Village: Art & Music Tour of the upper Midwest this September, October & November.
The concert will be led by Village co-founders and touring songwriters Annie Humphrey & David
Huckfelt (formerly of The Pines), following daytime community art workshops led by Village artist and organizer Shanai Matteson.
Concerts will open with a mini-fashion show featuring designs by Annie Humphrey and Terri "T-Bazz" Laduke. Music will be accompanied by videos & multimedia art activations, the contributions of guitarist and producer Jeremy Ylvisaker and other guest artists.
Fire in the Village is a new arts collective led by Humphrey (Leech Lake Reservation), Huckfelt (Minneapolis), and Matteson (rural Aitkin County).
The goals of the group are to create art and culture experiences in small communities and cities to remind people that we are made of earth, and we are power. These concerts and workshops center on themes of shared connection with land and water, the importance of free thinking and creative expression, and care for our communities in tumultuous times.
"Our Fire in the village tour brings music, storytelling, visual art and an all-inclusive spirit. The purpose of this tour is to gather and create together, so that we will recognize the very real power that is within each of us." said Village artist Annie Humphrey.
Fire in The Village is a collective of artists and cultural organizers.
We build & sustain spiritual fires of connection where we live – in Anishinaabe territory, or rural northern Minnesota – and in arts and music communities across the region.
The oxygen for these fires is poetry, music, printmaking, mural arts, storytelling, dancing & nourishment, all woven together by coherent thought for our children and earth.
The renewable fuel is the heartfire within each of us.