The Mythic Imagination Institute was created to be a community resource connecting you to events and resources all over the world. We'll continue to update this page of Mythic Passages regularly to keep you up-to-date on performances, workshops, conventions, exhibitions, classes, films, conferences, and more.

If you know of any mythic events we've missed, please let us know. You may also call us at 404-832-4127. We'll continue to update this page regularly, even after each issue of the newsletter is published, so please check back often.

May, 2004

Ancient Spirit, Modern Voice: The Mythic Journeys 2004 Art Exhibition May 1 - June 12, 2004 The Defoor Centre Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia This multi-cultural art exhibition boasts the work of over 20 artists whose imagery draws on universal archetypes to craft evocative imagery that resonates seeply with the human spirit. Featuring artists such as Alan Lee, Meinrad Craighead, Brian Froud, Stu Jenks, Lorenzo Scott, Roxanne Swentzell, Gabriel Bien-Amie, Greg Spalenka, Mara Friedman, Helena Nelson-Reed, and many more. The exhibition, coordinated by Charles Vess and Karen Shaffer, contains over 100 paintings, sculptures, prints, and photographs that depict a variety of traditions of myth, story and ritual to tap into a univeral language that enriches each of our own "hero's journeys." Opening Reception: Saturday, May 8, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Pacifica Graduate Institute presents Jean Shinoda Bolen May 21-23, 2004 Goddesses and Gods in Everyone: Sources of Meaning and Causes of Conflict A Workshop with Mythic Journeys gues Jean Shinoda Bolen Radisson Hotel Santa Barbara Heather Dale Performs Live through WRFG 89.3FM Atlanta, GA May 23, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. Atlanta, GA LISTEN LIVE ONLINE Heather Dale Performs Live through CKWR 98.5FM Ontario, Canada May 28, 2004 at 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Ontario, Canada LISTEN LIVE ONLINE Heather Dale Performs at the Flying Cloud Folk Club - Toronto, Canada May 30, 2004 at 8:00 p.m. Toronto, Canada Back to Top

June, 2004

Mythic Journeys 2004 In-Depth Pre-Conference June 3 - 4, 2004 A conference and performance festival featuring more than 100 guest participants, including scholars, novelists, poets, psychologists, muscians, dancers, filmmakers, and more in celebration of the centennial of Joseph Campbell's birth. The pre-conference is strictly limited to 250 attendees. The Hyatt Regency Hotel Atlanta, Georgia Mythic Journeys 2004 June 5 - 6, 2004 A conference and performance festival featuring more than 100 guest participants, including scholars, novelists, poets, psychologists, muscians, dancers, filmmakers, and more in celebration of the centennial of Joseph Campbell's birth. The main conference, open to more attendees, also includes a special Friday evening opening performance featuring Coleman Barks, Robert Bly, and more. The Hyatt Regency Hotel Atlanta, Georgia SpiritFire Festival June 16-20, 2004 SpiritFire is a gathering dedicated to community and peace through exploring the unity of mind, body, spirit, and each other. Our tools are joyful community, openness, spontaneity, dance, song, rhythm, and ritual, enacted around the swirling mandala of the all-night fire. SpiritFire is a sacred space where all voices and paths are welcome, combined together in rhythmic ritual each night in the glow of firelight and torches. Workshops in music, dance, chant, and other spiritual practices are offered during the daytime, and wonderful meals are provided. Drum n' Splash June 30 - July 4, 2004 This gathering supports a kid and family friendly atmosphere while offering drum and dance workshops as well as talks on ecological sustainability, poetry, song and chant. Sponsored by the Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary, a volunteer run non-profit organization that focuses on supported earth-based spirituality. Four Quarters Farm South Central, PA Back to Top

July, 2004

Drum n' Splash June 30 - July 4, 2004 This gathering supports a kid and family friendly atmosphere while offering drum and dance workshops as well as talks on ecological sustainability, poetry, song and chant. Sponsored by the Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary, a volunteer run non-profit organization that focuses on supported earth-based spirituality. Four Quarters Farm South Central, PA 2004 Parliament of the World's Religions July 7-13, 2004 Barcelona, Spain MythCon 35 Bridges to Other Worlds: Thirty-Five Years of Mythopoeic Scholarship University of Michigan, Ann Arbor July 30-Aug. 2, 2004 Author Guest of Honor: Neil Gaiman Scholar Guest of Honor: Charles A. Huttar With Musical Guests: The Chelsea House Orchestra For thirty-five summers, the Mythopoeic Society has celebrated mythopoeic and fantasy scholarship at its annual conference. It has fostered the development of this discipline, and has encouraged many persons in their academic endeavors. This milestone conference will examine the quality, the depth and breadth of mythopoeic scholarship as it has developed since Mythcon I, both within the Society and in academia in general. Back to Top

If you know of any mythic events (including conferences, classes, conventions, performances, signings, films, etc.) we've missed, please let us know. You may also call us at 404-832-4127.