WILD HEART Conscious Dinner / BURNING SEED fundraiser for the giant bird sculpture!

A Conscious dinner to connect with our own wild hearts and connect with like-minded people heart-to-heart, and contribute financially through your ticket for a good cause!

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LINE UP

- Art Installations - by Artist Melissa Carey

- Heart-warming cacao on arrival - set your intention

- Unleash your wild heart - energetic movement - by Aaron Hubig

- Eye gazing and heart opening - by Eliot Redelman

- Warming home cooked dinner (Vegan curry GF DF SF plus other side dishes)

- Conscious conversations

- Live music by Dom White & Deb Morgan

- Flow arts performance - by Tain Byrne & Aaron Hubig

- Fire Performances by Leon

***All performances during this event are volunteer so that all of the ticket sales can go straight to raising money for the costs of the sculpture!***

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WHEN

Saturday Evening 14th Sept 6pm - 10pm (Dinner at 7.30pm)

Location - Create or Die Warehouse, 7 Farr Street, Marrickville, Sydney, NSW

Tickets: EARLY BIRD PRICE $25 per person before 6th Sept.

FULL PRICE $35 per person from 7th Sept until event date.

VIP TICKET $60 includes an artwork of your choice by Melissa Carey (take home on the night)

All Tickets include entry, cacao drink and dinner.

NOTE: This is a Drug & Alcohol Free event, No BYO allowed.

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ABOUT THE SCULPTURE

WILD HEART - Our heart calls for the wild, unleashed, unraveled, unfolded, we ache to roam in the fields, soar in the sky, filled with love.

We are making a giant bird sculpture that will represent a bird with splayed wings. There will be a glowing heart at the base of the sculpture that will be lit up at night. The sculpture will span a minimum of 3 metres high and 4 metres wide (but the more funding we get, the bigger we can build it!). It will be created using a mixture of structural timber, recycled timber and foraged natural timber from the nearby forest. It will be set on fire during the Friday night Art Burn where it will be set free and transformed through the fire element.

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WHY

I am raising money through this event to build the biggest sculpture possible, to offer to the community at BURNING SEED Festival this September 25th. 100% PROFIT from tickets will go towards these costs.

I have been given a small art grant by BURNING SEED, but this only covers a small amount of costs towards timber. We need extra funding to cover the following costs:

- Purchase more structural timber for a bigger sculpture

- Assist in costs to transport the timber to the festival using 4 vans and trailer hire

- Purchasing recycled timber

- Pay for lighting so we can light up the heart of the sculpture at night

- Pay for white cards for my crew as the requirement by the festival

- Assist with the cost of our tickets (as the philosophy of burning seed is that everyone pays for a ticket)

- Build a small model for our design

- Any extra money will help us build a bigger sculpture!

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WHO

Artist Melissa Carey is an established Contemporary Artist living in Sydney and her work has been showcased internationally. She loves to create large sculptural installations, contributes installation art within the community through festivals, art exhibitions, collaborations and commissions, and has a passion for sharing her knowledge and creativity through teaching art workshops for adults and kids since 2014. She recently created a sculpture at Confest called "Woven Conversation Pod" - see more here https://www.instagram.com/artistmelissacarey/

Melissa Carey will be building this sculpture with this amazing crew that will be volunteering their time:

Kira Rosenwax - is a multidisciplinary artist based in Melbourne who creates art installations, sculptures and stunning jewellery pieces - more here https://www.instagram.com/morphica_/

Dreadfull Creations co. - Rhysie Culwick & Mase Kelly are 2 beautiful souls who currently design and build stages, sets and artworks for sculptures - more here https://www.instagram.com/dreadfull_creationsco/

Leon Metzker - a creative fire spirit at heart, who performs with the fire dragon and other props, will be assisting with the build - more here https://www.instagram.com/dreadsndragons/

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ABOUT BURNING SEED FESTIVAL

Burning Seed is an experimental gathering dedicated to creativity, collaboration and a cash-free community — conceived, built, run and returned to nothing again by YOU. It is the Australian version of the Burning Man festival in the US and is based on the same principles. Each year, tens of thousands gather on an ancient lake bed to create Black Rock City, a whirling dervish of radical expression, collaboration and art that lasts a week and culminates with the burning of a wooden man and temple, before the city disappears again without a trace.

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DONATIONS

We have set up a GOFUNDME page to raise extra money if you cannot attend in person! Every dollar helps!! https://www.gofundme.com/f/wild-heart-sculpture-fundraier-for-burning-seed

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This is an event that I have been thinking about for the past 6 months, it is close to my heart and I want to bring people together through my art and sharing a delicious meal.

Please contact me if you would like to contribute to this community event.

I hope to see all of you beautiful souls there!

BIG Love,

Mel xx

Artist Melissa Carey

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WILD HEART Conscious Dinner / BURNING SEED fundraiser for the giant bird sculpture!