Music Workshop, Sound Garden

Free outdoor art workshops will be open to the community the week of June 13th.  Workshops will take place near the Land O’ Lakes Community Park Pavilion and Walking Trail (located behind the Northern Waters Museum) and are geared for all ages. (Please note ages 7 – 10 need to be accompanied by an adult.) They will be led by Composer JG Everest from the Twin Cities with help from local naturalists and artists. All workshops will tie into a free, interactive outdoor exhibit called the LOLA Sound Garden, which will be open to the public on June 18, 20, and 21. This exhibit will be located in the same place as the workshops and will include artwork from the workshops and artwork from the students in Watersmeet schools, SOAR MS Charter School, and LOLA Homeschool students. 

Click here to see a video of last year’s LOLA Sound Garden. 

Click for PDF of workshop flyer Sound Garden Workshops

Sound Garden Music Workshop– Thursday, June 16, 2022 (1 PM -3 PM) Free 

Composer / Director JG Everest will lead participants in a series of listening exercises and sound-making activities that bring our attention to the existing aural ecosystem of the site, and the ways that spatial layers of sound can affect our sense of scale, proximity, and location. We will explore elements of texture, harmony, and rhythm, in a series of playful improvisations throughout the space. No instrument or prior formal musical training is required Open to all ages and abilities.  Participants can bring their own instruments and/or play some of the instruments provided.

• LOLA Arts has lifted its mask requirement for in-person events and classes effective May 23rd, 2022.  LOLA visitors and students who want to wear a mask are more than welcome to do so. Moving forward, any mask or COVID-19 precaution policies or changes to current policies will align with the CDC recommendations based on COVID-19 community levels.