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JOIN US APRIL 21st!
Please join us for our Earth Day Cabaret! on Sunday, April 21 at 2 pm! We will be hosting a family friendly taco party, live dance and theater performance, dance party with cake walking and line dancing at The Dome School in Takilma. Reserved seats are $20 and entry at the door is “pay-what-you-can”. Come honor the Great Mother with us by watching your community dance for the planet! All proceeds benefit RiverStars Performing Arts!
WHAT IS THE MOTHERLINE
`“The Motherline” is a movement to protect our planet, an organizing project to improve local health and economic sustainability, and a weekly dance practice. Our shared movement practice is our genesis point for community reformation, and for creating sustainable, reparative economy in generationally impoverished rural communities.
JOIN US FOR
"THE MOTHERGROUND" PREMIERE!
RiverStars and Southern Oregon Guild present “The Motherground,” for a Mother’s Day like no other. We will be presenting an exclusive engagement of the heart warming and hope lifting film, “The Motherground” at the Kerby Belt building to honor our valley’s mothers on Sunday, May 12 at “The Guild Gallery & Art Center”, located inside of the Kerby Belt Building at 24353 Redwood Highway Kerby, OR
2 pm: Motherground film showing with artist talk back: $20 per ticket
3:30 pm: Motherground film showing with fine wine and chocolate tasting, coupled with a very special art auction geared toward bestowing our mothers with local fine art delicacies: $40 per ticket
“The Motherground” is a film about motherhood, our great Gaia ‘One’ mother, the wisdoms she whispers, and our capacity for rising. If honoring your mother by affirming a commitment to restoration feels like the most meaningful way to spend the day, come and see a jaw dropping, epically beautiful and transformative dance and nature film, shot right here in our valley. You can PRE-PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE or at the door prior to entry.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
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For the purposes of this project, "Mother" is defined as any person of any gender or age who possesses a deep need and calling to cultivate and nourish life, whether flora, fauna, or other human beings. Line does not only refer to bloodline, but an impenetrable force of will. "Motherline" then becomes a verb. "We are Motherlining...."
WE ARE HOMESTEADERS
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The homesteaders of the Illinois Valley live in a generationally impoverished region of southern Oregon, and through their resiliency have developed a wealth of earth skill knowledge between them. Motherliners specialize in primitive survival skills and forest living, goat husbandry, cheese-making, permaculture gardening, miso fermentation, cyclical birth control and fertility awareness, storytelling, fiber arts and more. Our selection of easy, 11 minute videos will answer your homestead questions and inspire you to try new endeavors, all by current practitioners of earth loving life and practices. We are currently developing a first offering of Homestead Help skill videos. Sign up to hear about the release of our first Homestead Help videos, coming soon!
ARTS & AGRICULTURE
CULTIVATE KIDS
RIVER STARS
Cultivate kids teaches rural youth sustainable garden and farm skills while nurturing leadership and economic opportunity through multi-generational mentorship.
RiverStars cultivates youth voice and power through dance and theater to galvanize community action.
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Frequently Asked Questions
+ How Much Does It Cost?
Participation in The Motherline is free, but we welcome and encourage donations.
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+ Can I Participate in the Motherline?
Yes! Weekly dance practice happens at Healthy U in Cave Junction, Oregon on Fridays from 10am-12pm, and all self identifying “mothers” are welcome.
+ What is the difference between the Motherline & Motherground?
“The Motherline” refers to our organizing project in its entirety, in which we galvanize radical nature protection from mothers by connecting through meaningful weekly dance practice. This helps us heal, and moves us to be better protectors of our planet through all of our actions and social interactions. “The Motherground” is our inaugural film project, announcing our arrival as a band of rural, homesteading mothers determined to defend ourselves and our earth from further trespass and exploitation.
We believe rape culture is rape culture. Whether our own or the earth’s, our bodies are being violated. By healing ourselves, we move toward healing for the planet, understanding profoundly what self love and restoration look and feel like.
DONATE
Your tax deductible donation goes directly to program costs in the rurally isolated geographic region of the Illinois Valley in Josephine County, Oregon, where 100% of youth qualify for federal free and reduced lunch, and where addiction, abuse, and generational poverty threaten the health of our most vulnerable community members. We are making liberal arts education available to rural youth through inclusive dance, theatre and agriculture programs created to empower our community with the power to express themselves non violently, and the motivation to realize their potential as agents of improvement for our world. These programs are rooted in planet protective practices, helping kids to gain earth healing skills as they develop themselves as artists and gardeners. Your donation has a real and lasting impact on the health of one of the most ecologically diverse regions in the world, and the people who live there!
CHOOSE WHAT YOUR DONATION GOES TOWARDS:
- Sponsor a Dancer! A $200 donation pays the tuition for one dancer for a full year.
- Monthly Donor: You decide! Help sustain us throughout the year!
- Annual Donor: Choose a level of support that works for you!
The Motherline
Play Video
JOIN US APRIL 21st!
Please join us for our Earth Day Cabaret! on Sunday, April 21 at 2 pm! We will be hosting a family friendly taco party, live dance and theater performance, dance party with cake walking and line dancing at The Dome School in Takilma. Reserved seats are $20 and entry at the door is “pay-what-you-can”. Come honor the Great Mother with us by watching your community dance for the planet! All proceeds benefit RiverStars Performing Arts!
WHAT IS THE MOTHERLINE
_________
`“The Motherline” is a movement to protect our planet, an organizing project to improve local health and economic sustainability, and a weekly dance practice. Our shared movement practice is our genesis point for community reformation, and for creating sustainable, reparative economy in generationally impoverished rural communities.
Play Video
JOIN US FOR
"THE MOTHERGROUND" PREMIERE!
_________
RiverStars and Southern Oregon Guild present “The Motherground,” for a Mother’s Day like no other. We will be presenting an exclusive engagement of the heart warming and hope lifting film, “The Motherground” at the Kerby Belt building to honor our valley’s mothers on Sunday, May 12 at “The Guild Gallery & Art Center”, located inside of the Kerby Belt Building at 24353 Redwood Highway Kerby, OR
2 pm: Motherground film showing with artist talk back: $20 per ticket
3:30 pm: Motherground film showing with fine wine and chocolate tasting, coupled with a very special art auction geared toward bestowing our mothers with local fine art delicacies: $40 per ticket
“The Motherground” is a film about motherhood, our great Gaia ‘One’ mother, the wisdoms she whispers, and our capacity for rising. If honoring your mother by affirming a commitment to restoration feels like the most meaningful way to spend the day, come and see a jaw dropping, epically beautiful and transformative dance and nature film, shot right here in our valley. You can PRE-PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE or at the door prior to entry.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For the purposes of this project, "Mother" is defined as any person of any gender or age who possesses a deep need and calling to cultivate and nourish life, whether flora, fauna, or other human beings. Line does not only refer to bloodline, but an impenetrable force of will. "Motherline" then becomes a verb. "We are Motherlining...."
WE ARE HOMESTEADERS
_________
The homesteaders of the Illinois Valley live in a generationally impoverished region of southern Oregon, and through their resiliency have developed a wealth of earth skill knowledge between them. Motherliners specialize in primitive survival skills and forest living, goat husbandry, cheese-making, permaculture gardening, miso fermentation, cyclical birth control and fertility awareness, storytelling, fiber arts and more. Our selection of easy, 11 minute videos will answer your homestead questions and inspire you to try new endeavors, all by current practitioners of earth loving life and practices. We are currently developing a first offering of Homestead Help skill videos. Sign up to hear about the release of our first Homestead Help videos, coming soon.
ARTS & AGRICULTURE
_________
CULTIVATE KIDS
Cultivate kids teaches rural youth sustainable garden and farm skills while nurturing leadership and economic opportunity through multi-generational mentorship.
RIVER STARS
RiverStars cultivates youth voice and power through dance and theater to galvanize community action.
Testimonials
Previous
Next
Frequently Asked Questions
“The Motherline” refers to our organizing project in its entirety, in which we galvanize radical nature protection from mothers by connecting through meaningful weekly dance practice. This helps us heal, and moves us to be better protectors of our planet through all of our actions and social interactions. “The Motherground” is our inaugural film project, announcing our arrival as a band of rural, homesteading mothers determined to defend ourselves and our earth from further trespass and exploitation.
We believe rape culture is rape culture. Whether our own or the earth’s, our bodies are being violated. By healing ourselves, we move toward healing for the planet, understanding profoundly what self love and restoration look and feel like.
Yes! Weekly dance practice happens at Healthy U in Cave Junction, Oregon on Fridays from 10am-12pm, and all self identifying “mothers” are welcome.
Participation in "The Motherline" is free, but we welcome and encourage donations.
DONATE
_________
Your tax deductible donation goes directly to program costs in the rurally isolated geographic region of the Illinois Valley in Josephine County, Oregon, where 100% of youth qualify for federal free and reduced lunch, and where addiction, abuse, and generational poverty threaten the health of our most vulnerable community members. We are making liberal arts education available to rural youth through inclusive dance, theatre and agriculture programs created to empower our community with the power to express themselves non violently, and the motivation to realize their potential as agents of improvement for our world. These programs are rooted in planet protective practices, helping kids to gain earth healing skills as they develop themselves as artists and gardeners. Your donation has a real and lasting impact on the health of one of the most ecologically diverse regions in the world, and the people who live there!
CHOOSE WHAT YOUR DONATION GOES TOWARDS:
- Sponsor a Dancer! A $200 donation pays the tuition for one dancer for a full year.
- Monthly Donor: You decide! Help sustain us throughout the year!
- Annual Donor: Choose a level of support that works for you!