Faerie artists Charles Vess, authors Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman, Ari Berk and Eugie Foster, IK the Troll and many others converge on Atlanta for the first Faerie Escape in the United States
The faerie-themed convention brings together conversations on faeries, fairy tales, and their psychological and ecological themes; workshops on costuming, writing, faerie house construction and more; children’s programming; and celebrations of all things faerie related.
“Faeries symbolize far more than just the mischievous, irrepressible side of human nature. Fairy tales have always taught lessons of importance to all people, be it respect for our environment, secrets of our psyches, or even not to travel alone into dark woods,” said Andrew Greenberg, director of Faerie Escape: Atlanta. “The lessons apply as well now as they did 1000 years ago.”
The Faerie Escape brings together a number of groups, including the Mythic Imagination Institute, the Phoenix and Dragon bookstore, and Realms of Fantasy magazine. “Interest in faeries and fairy tales reaches across many different groups and subcultures. We see their influence in movies, books and more,” Greenberg said.
Speakers for the Escape include Vess, Berk, Foster, IK; authors such as Orion Foxwood and Kristen McDermott; noted mythologist Honora Foah; artists John Bridges, Lindsay Archer and Rene Newsome; game designers Bill Bridges and Joseph Carriker; faerie house designer Candace Apple and more.
The Escape’s theme, “Into the Woods, Into the Alleys,” reflects both traditional thoughts on faeries as well as more modern interpretations presented in Vess’s work in “Stardust” and Berk’s in “Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Letters.” It also examines how ideas about faeries and fairy tales now encompass both rural and urban settings.
WHAT Faerie Escape workshops, classes and exhibitors
WHEN 10 am-6pm Saturday & Sunday, August 14-15
SPECIAL The Grand Faerie Escape Ball - 8 pm Saturday August 14
WHERE Holiday Inn Select Perimeter - Atlanta, Georgia, 30341
HOW MUCH: Weekend passes are only $19 in advance
MORE INFO: www.faeatlanta.com
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