Hearing
Sunday Dec 4, 2:00-4:00pm: (in-person) Being in the Shadow & the Light with Yiyo Ornelas and Pamela Hollings
A live, experiential journey of space and sound. As the days shorten and the veils between the worlds become porous take time out to 'be' in nature. Listen to the sounds of the birds, discover your voice. Roar, whisper, wail, coo. Move and be moved by your own movement and the movement in the world around you. Uncover your wild self and take that wildness into the dark months of winter as sustenance and solace.
Wear comfortable layers for moving out of doors. Bring water and rain gear (just in case!) and a camp chair if you will be more comfortable working from a seated position.
Location TBD in an outdoor natural setting
Meet the Facilitators!
Guillermo “Yiyo” Ornelas, Artist and Board Member (They/Them):
Guillermo “Yiyo” Ornelas is a theater creator, teaching artist, and arts education advocate. As a first-generation Mexican-American, they understand the impact that an arts education can have, especially to members of vulnerable communities. Most recently, they performed at Brava Theater in Richard Montoya's, Translating Selena. They have worked with Campo Santo, Fuse, and foolsFury to help develop new work. Yiyo has served as the Vice-Chair for the Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area (AEABA) to ensure that arts education be equitable and accessible to all members of the community. Guillermo holds a B.A from UC Berkeley, double majoring in Sociology and Theater & Performance Studies, having received the Mark Goodson award for ‘Distinguished Artistic Talent.’ Prior to transferring to UC Berkeley, they led a weekly theater workshop for runaway and homeless youth in Redlands, California. They’ve worked with local communities to encourage youth and their families to foster creative modes of expression, through the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, the Teatro Project, and JumpStart. They currently work as an outreach coordinator and teaching artist with San Francisco Youth Theater.
Pamela Hollings, Artist (She/Her)
Pamela Hollings was the Board Chair (2013-2021), as well as an ensemble member (2018-2022) of foolsFURY Theater and the former Artistic Managing Director of Soup Kitchen Theatre, Melbourne, Australia. She was the dramaturg for foolsFURY on (dis)Place[d] by Debórah Eliezer and Dionysus Was Such a Nice Man by Kate Tarker and has participated in development processes with foolsFURY as an actor, director and dramaturg. She is the Literary Director / Resident Dramaturg at 3Girls Theatre where she directs the Salon Series for emerging women playwrights over 40. She trained in Theatre Direction at Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) whose distinguished alums include Cate Blanchett, Judy Davis, Baz Luhrmann and many more. She has studied Nature Awareness and Relational Education through Weaving Earth and is the Managing Artistic Director and a teacher with the Yat / Bentley Centre for Performance. She has strong interests in group process, peacemaking, ritual and storytelling in all its forms.