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Nov
1
2:00 PM14:00

Electric Arcadia Día de los Muertos Celebration

Images by Stephanie Colchado Kelley and Ashlei Lang, collage by Linda Heck

Join us at Electric Arcadia Saturday, 11/1/25, from 2pm to 6pm for our Día de los Muertos Celebration.
We will gather at 2pm, and the opening ceremony will begin at 2:15pm with bells and Stephanie leading us in scattering marigolds to invite ancestors. (If you arrive during the opening, quietly join or pause.) 

Our circle includes Brooks Egerton, Stephanie Colchado Kelley, Lana Matthews Sain, Charlie McClain, Mairyn McGilvray, Jim Whiteside and Linda Heck sharing readings, music and memories.
Update: We’ve added Christina Ulibarri, Daniel Hull and Tom Gildemeister to our circle!

The opening of ceremony will begin at 2:15pm, with lighting of candles, tolling bells and Stephanie leading us in scattering marigold petals to invite ancestors. (If you arrive during the opening, quietly join or pause.) 

Bring mementos of loved ones to contribute to our collaborative Día de Muertos ofrenda!  These can be photos or objects. There will be collaging supplies available to make your own memento.
We also welcome voice memos or videos with audio for an improvised sonic ofrenda by Charlie and Linda.

Weather permitting, we will be outdoors and under cover adjacent to the studio and forest.
Saturday’s weather promises to be sunny, although  you might need a sweater!
We’ll serve light refreshments, including traditional menudo.
BYO beverage.

Event is free.
We will be collecting monetary donations for the Grundy County Foodbank.

There is street parking- please contact us if you need assistance with closer access.

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Jul
13
2:00 PM14:00

Electric Arcadia Festival 7

2025 is the 10th anniversary of Electric Arcadia Festival!
We skipped some years- the 7th EAF takes place Sunday 7/13/2025 from 2pm to 10pm.
We will be outdoors in our carport venue at the edge of the woods- rain or shine!
Street parking- use driveway for closer access drop offs, but please keep clear for artists. Bring your own beverage, picnic, chair, blanket, sunscreen.

$10 suggested donation- or pay what you can.

Artists are Kat Carpenter (Sewanee, TN), Disaster Trees (Nashville, TN), Eve Maret (Nashville. TN), Matt Hamilton (Nashville, TN), Owlbranch (McMiinnville, TN) , The Void Inclusive (Nashville, TN) and Infanta Silhouette (Sewanee, TN).

Scroll down for alphabetical artist info and links following the schedule. Pray for clement weather and expect lots of new work and surprises!
Doors at 2pm.
Music starts at 3pm.
Sets will last around 30-45 minutes.
Time slots (other than Eve opening at 3pm and Disaster Trees closing set beginning at 8:30)
are approximate to allow for relaxed switchovers and conversations and the possibility of a
pop-up thunderstorm. 
3pm  Eve Maret
3:45  Owlbranch
4:30  The Void Inclusive
5:30  Kat Carpenter
6:30  Matt Hamilton
7:30  Infanta Silhouette
8:30  Disaster Trees
10pm

KAT CARPENTER
 Multi-instrumentalist and composer Kat Carpenter (Sewanee) plays violin in the Sewanee Symphony and electric bass for their band Acrosome. They've performed with the University Jazz Ensemble, playing trombone on their original composition "Lemonade" as well as other tunes. In their solo projects, they use a wide variety of instruments and styles, including vocals and lyric writing.

DISASTER TREES
Disaster Trees (Nashville) is the tidal electronic duo of Kim Rueger (Belly Full Of Stars )
and Chris Rueger (wkujater) improvising with found sound samples, analog and FM synths, cut-up piano compositions, modular manipulation and processed guitar.
https://memphisconcrete.bandcamp.com/track/try

EVE MARET
Producer/composer/performer Eve Maret (Nashville)
is an experimental artist who explores the possibilities of personal and communal healing through sound, color, and movement. 
https://evemaret.bandcamp.com/album/three-of-swords
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciEsKe2Yu2g

MATT HAMILTON
Musician/audio engineer Matt Hamilton (Nashville) has performed experimental music for 30 years both solo and with The Voight Kampff Collective. His improvised exploratory electric guitar soundscapes may evoke an industrial junkyard, interstellar travel, and/or nature scenes.

OWLBRANCH
Owlbranch (McMinnville TN) is the electroacoustic duo Janna McClain (electric guitar) and Charlie McClain (prepared recordings, synthesizer, acoustic guitar) on the ambient edge of folk collage.  

THE VOID INCLUSIVE
The Void Inclusive (Nashville) is Heath Webb, weaving textural loops using iPad, laptop, field recordings, and analog synth to celebrate the ephemeral and the eternal, the cerebral and the emotional, the human and the being. 

INFANTA SILHOUETTE
Infanta Silhouette  (Sewanee) is the nom de son for artist/musician Linda Heck’s exploratory electronics practice, using chance procedures and poetic practices to create an evolving palette of field recordings and samples live mixed during performance with synthesizer and occasional vocals.
https://soundcloud.com/linda-heck






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Easter Sampler Sunday Sonic Salon 4/20/2025
Apr
20
2:00 PM14:00

Easter Sampler Sunday Sonic Salon 4/20/2025

Join us Sunday 4/20/2025 from 2pm to 6pm for an Easter Sampler of sound, music, poetry and community conversations. 

Music begins at 2:30pm with local opener Infanta Silhouette (Linda Heck’s electronics sound collages) and winds down with Nashville musician Belly Full of Stars (ambient synths and samples) beginning around 5:15pm. Sewanee poet Lana Matthews Sain will read new work, and we’ll have more music from University of the South students Braden Haynes (guitar) and Snow Clone (alternative singer/songwriter Brendan Downes).

*tentative* schedule:
2:30pm Infanta Silhouette
2:50Pm Lana MAtthews Sain
3:30PM Braden Haynes
4:15PM Snow Clone
5PM Lana Matthews Sain
5:15PM Belly full of stars

Additional artist links:
Belly Full of Stars on Carissa Stolting’s Radio Resistance podcast
follow Belly Full of Stars on Instagram
Lana Matthews Sain here and also here
Snow Clone EP
Infanta Silhouette soundcloud


Weather permitting, we will be outdoors and under cover adjacent to the studio. Pay what you can- $10 suggested donation. There’ll be light snacks-BYOB-coolers-blankets-chairs. There is street parking- please contact us (via website) for assistance with closer access. 

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Sunday Sonic Salon- Listen: We Are All Connected
Feb
23
1:00 PM13:00

Sunday Sonic Salon- Listen: We Are All Connected

Electric Arcadia Sunday Sonic Salon: 
Listen: We Are All Connected
2/23/25

For our next Sunday Sonic Salon, I am delighted to welcome visiting artist friends from Nashville, Belly Full of Stars and Eve Marett. 
We would love for you to join us Sunday 2/23/25 from 1 to 5pm for an exploration of sound bathing, continuing and expanding our years-long conversations around sound and listening and connection.

Sound Intervals:
1:30pm All 3-collaborative improv ambient drone episode
2:30pm Eve Maret
3:? Infanta Silhouette mini set
4pm Belly Full of Stars

As Infanta Silhouette, I’ll join them for a collaborative set, and each of us will also contribute a solo set.     

Belly Full of Stars blends FM synths and textural vocals with granular sampling and modular processes. Eve Maret explores the possibilities of personal and communal healing through sound, color, and movement. Infanta Silhouette is Linda Heck’s field recordings-based electronics practice.
Sometimes I draw a tarot card to help me think about my intentions and focus, and for this event I drew the 3 of Cups !

We’ll gather indoors in the main house, rain or shine. We’ll have light refreshments, and feel free to byob. The Electric Arcadia Garage studio will be open for visits.

Pay what you can- $10 suggested donation. There is street parking-
please contact us for assistance with closer access.

Electric Arcadia, 874 Lake O’Donnell Road in Sewanee, TN, is a music & art studio and retreat on the Cumberland Plateau fostering exploration, community, discovery and healing through creative practices. 

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