Folkloric Dinner Parties
Create a folkloric environment for your dinner parties and social events.
We are all folkloric! We have designed this experience so that you can bring the folklore home with you and to the people you love most. This Folkloric Dinner Party is a way to take folklore into your social experience.
We want to equip you to socialize and connect--and explore folklore as you do.
The Films:
Michelle Barnes is a visionary curator and arts nurturer whom many artists cite as the first to give them an opportunity.
Juan Valentine elevates his craft to an art form; both his haircuts and yoga classes are curated, life-giving experiences.
Brian Ellison illuminates what is beautiful and valuable in what is seen as common, mundane and often discarded.
Farmer Joe Icet finds the sacred in the soil and is growing the future at The Last Organic Outpost.
Judy Nyquist is a curator and arts patron who sees the potential in local contemporary artists and nurtures their careers with support, opportunities and encouragement.
Jed Foronda’s legacy lives through his innovative artwork, courage and capacity for love. His exacto-knife sculpture is an unprecedented innovation of visual art.
Farmer Joe Icet finds the sacred in the soil and is growing the future at The Last Organic Outpost.
The Instructions:
1) Prepare your Dinner Party menu using Chef Keisha Bocage's food and wine pairing suggestions.
2) Watch the films.
3) Open the PDF Document Called "Guiding Questions" and start the playlist as the score for your conversation.
4) Enjoy discovering the Folklore of your dinner companions, and share your Four-Word Stories.
Your Instructor
Folklore Films is a non-profit film company dedicated to telling better stories to Houston about Houston, one folkloric resident at a time.