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Mid Atlantic Events
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Quink July 20-24, Louisa VA
What is a Quink?
The spark of positive change
Roughly the opposite of trauma
An acute experience that changes life for the better
An event after which you have lasting positive memories and capacities
We organize the QuinkFair with the intention
to hold space for positive, life-changing experiences.
Every year, we come together at QuinkFair to create space for transformative moments. We share our own quink experiences in their many forms. We work together to create a sharing, inspiring culture using a wide variety of offerings and experiences to stimulate “ah ha” moments, engage your imagination and creativity, and spark self-awareness and healing. We consciously cultivate consent culture and mutual respect.
In the pursuit of self reflection and personal insight, we offer the use of divination tools like Tarot, Runes, I Ching as well as self-exploration systems like Astrology, Human Design, Destiny Cards, and the Enneagram. QuinkFair features diverse workshops to provide options to choose from for fun, connection, and to inspire personal quinks.
We don’t think of ourselves as a music festival, yet we create space for people to play music, present music and song workshops, and create space for drum circles and dance events.
We don’t consider ourselves a spiritual
event, yet we honor the potential of ritual to help
clarify our desires, call in what we want and help
us let go of what no longer serves us. The
opening circle asks us to clarify our intention for
the weekend. The Effigy burn helps us let go of
the old and celebrate new beginnings. The
morning ritual at the river encourages us to grieve
what we intend to let go of and wash ourselves
clean as a way to solidify our intentions.
In the closing ritual we celebrate our new
beginnings and clarify what we want to take back
into our lives with us.
We take inspiration and influence from larger festivals- from the Rainbow Gathering we draw sustainability, shared food, and a non-commercial culture, from the Twin Oaks Communities Conference we bring the lessons of living in intentional communities as well as embracing family participation, from the Network for New Culture we bring a strong consent culture, transparency, and non-violence, and from Burning Man we bring an immediate, participatory, radically inclusive culture.
QuinkFair works to make festival attendance accessible to more people by lowering barriers, especially financial and logistical barriers. We keep ticket prices as low as possible, we offer scholarship tickets (some lower cost, some free), we offer lower cost tickets for volunteers. All food is included in the cost of tickets (QF is internally non commercial, we have no vendors on site), and we provide transport from local airports, bus stations, and train stations for folks who are reliant on (or prefer to travel by) mass transit.
A day at QuinkFair may include
Early morning activities - yoga, meditation, martial arts, etc.
Delicious and healthy meals - all meals included when you buy a ticket.
Introduction to some self-exploration systems - such as Human Design, enneagram, astrology, Myers Briggs, and destiny cards….
Practices or processes that support self growth - changing language, personal reflection space, sharing circles, affinity groups, etc.
Healthy ways of relating - Authentic Relating, examining inter personal dynamics, play, etc.
Temple of Oracles - Seeking guidance using various divination tools and rituals.
Aphrodite’s Temple - Creating a consent culture and exploring physical intimacy.
Living life differently- from meeting some communities, to energy independence or downsizing, to claiming a new name.
Music! Fire circles! Dance!
River! Mud pit! Burning sculpture!
and of course camping on established campsites in the beautiful forest of Louisa, Virginia.
Watch this video to learn about the origin of QuinkFair
Some workshops on the schedule
Enjoying Energy Independence by Alexis Zeigler
What’s the best way to protest the fossil fuel industry? To not use fossil fuel. But isn’t that expensive?
Not if you use the Direct Drive DC Microgrids (D3M) developed at Living Energy Farm in Louisa Virginia. Our D3M energy systems cost about 80% less than conventional off-grid kits, and will run for the rest of your lifetime with almost no maintenance costs. We will give a brief technical overview of how these systems work, and what a D3M lifestyle is like. We will talk with participants about their home situation and how D3M might work for them.
Self Love Language by Joy Smith
Talking lovingly to ourselves takes a major step towards acknowledging our worth, moving towards our dreams and establishing peaceful relationships.
Come enjoy interactive play with words, body stance and self talk that affect how you feel. Explore how changing the way you talk to and about yourself can help you find more peace and ease within yourself, and in your life.
“Call Me By My Name" by Jade and Paxus
As a rite of passage into adulthood, many people choose a new name different from the one they were given at birth. We embody our essence fully when taking on a chosen name. This is a workshop for folks interested in sharing personal narratives on identity to discover the meaning of the name(s) we are known by.
Authentic Relating by Mike Jadoo
Authentic Relating (AR) practice helps us feel connected and understood by others. It explores a method for solving social problems while listening to our needs and those of others.
AR games provide an easy and fun way to help us practice relational conversations and to experience deeper connections with others so that we can enjoy life more. We will use several games to practice in pairs or triads in order to gain tools to help us build deeper connections.
Meet the Communities
Several of the intentional communities, mostly around Louisa, Virginia, will come for an ice cream social, talk with you about their communities and you can set up times to go visit the ones close by.
The festival opens on Thursday morning July 20th at 10am. Plan to come early to catch all the events you want to take part in.
If you would like to host your workshop or other events at our camp this year, please follow this link and submit your details to us as soon as possible. Event Form Submission deadline is May 15th. Please send sooner than later.
Many people say that running a workshop was one of their most rewarding Burning Man moments.
If you have any questions, please message Diana our Workshops Coordinator, or submit an event using our form here.
We are looking for a Tea Lounge lead (and support team). If you have a flair for creating ambiance and serving warm beverages to weary, mysterious, and magical travelers.... you might be exactly who we are looking for!
If interested, you can find the application here under Tea Lounge Coordinator. We have a number of other stewards roles we're looking to fill as well