A Collection of Artful Experiences, in Community
Choose from a dynamic blend of performances, community workshops, and nature-based experiences over the course of the year.
Season II will unfold across the summer and fall or 2026 as a series of workshops and performances led by local visiting artists, each one an invitation to show up with curiosity, make something, and connect more deeply to yourself, community, and the landscapes of rural Virginia.​
You’re invited to explore what resonates most. ​Offerings are available at various price points to meet you where you are. Spaces are limited and vary by event, so we recommend reserving your spots early.
SING, MOVE, PLAY!
Resonating from the Inside Out
JULY 11, 2026
An Exploration of Voice, Movement, and Presence with Annalisa Tornfelt and Cornelia Hodges
10-11:30a | Holstein Barn at the Old Dairy
Limited to 15 participants
​Guided by musician and songwriter Annalisa Tornfelt and movement artist Cornelia Hodges, this experiential workshop invites participants into a playful exploration of voice, movement, and creative expression. Through sound, rhythm, improvisation, and somatic practices, we'll explore how finding your authentic voice and deepening your connection to your body can become pathways for presence, spontaneity, and discovery. No prior experience is necessary.
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Your Facilitators:​
Annalisa Tornfelt is a fiddle player, songwriter, and collaborator based in Somerset, Kentucky. With nearly two dozen albums to her name, she brings a rich musical practice rooted in creativity, connection, and the expressive power of song. {Listen to Annalisa on Spotify.}
Cornelia Hodges is a movement artist and community arts advocate based in Warm Springs, Virginia. She has cultivated a diverse artistic practice that bridges movement, performance, and community engagement. Her classical dance training, enriched by studies in modern dance, brings a multifaceted approach to her work. Cornelia co-founded the Living Arts Gathering in 2025.
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MYTHIC EXPLORATION AND THE EMBODIED STORY
SEPTEMBER 12, 2026​​
​Workshop Series Note:
These workshops are designed to build on one another, with the themes and discoveries of Mythic Exploration informing the afternoon's Embodied Story experience. Participants are welcome to attend both workshops or choose the one that speaks most to them.
Mythic Exploration with Liza Newell
10-11:30a | Outdoor Location in Bath County, TBA
Limited to 15 participants
​In this interactive workshop, storyteller Liza Newell invites participants to explore personal mythology through story, reflection, writing, and creative play.
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Drawing inspiration from myths, archetypes, and the landscape around us, we'll explore the stories and symbols that resonate within our own lives. Together, we'll discover how creativity can become a process of revealing what already exists beneath the surface and uncovering the deeper threads that connect personal experience to something larger.
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No storytelling experience is necessary—only curiosity and a willingness to explore.
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Your Facilitator:​
Liza Newell is an award-winning performance artist, storyteller, and keynote speaker hailing from Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Drawing from folklore, mythology, fairy tales, song, and personal experience, she creates immersive experiences that invite audiences into wonder, deep listening, connection, and imagination.
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The Embodied Story with Cornelia Hodges & Miles Lassi
2-3:30p | Trimble Hall at the Old Dairy
Limited to 15 participants
What happens when a story moves beyond words and into the body?
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In this experiential workshop, movement artist Cornelia Hodges and sound artist Miles Lassi invite participants to explore personal mythology through movement, sound, and imagination. Drawing on the stories, symbols, and archetypes uncovered throughout the morning workshop, we'll use improvisation, listening, and embodied exploration to feel our way into the deeper layers of story.
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Accompanied by immersive soundscapes and field recordings, participants will be invited to experience story as something lived rather than told—revealing new pathways for creativity, expression, and connection.
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Your Facilitators​:
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Miles Lassi is an interdisciplinary artist, musician, composer, sound designer, and field recordist based in Oakland, California. His work spans live performance, dance, film, recording, and immersive sound experiences, with collaborations ranging from symphony orchestras and Broadway productions to contemporary dance companies and site-responsive art projects. Drawing inspiration from listening, place, and creative collaboration, Miles creates sonic environments that invite curiosity, connection, and deeper engagement with the world around us.
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Cornelia Hodges is a movement artist and community arts advocate based in Warm Springs, Virginia. Drawing on a background in classical and modern dance, her work bridges movement, performance, and community engagement. Since relocating to Bath County, she has focused on fostering connection through the arts in her rural community. In 2024, she co-produced and performed in the dance film PORTALS and co-founded the Living Arts Gathering in 2025.
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An Evening of Storytelling & Performance with Liza Newell, Cornelia Hodges & Miles Lassi
Somewhere between memory and myth, story and song, lies a landscape waiting to be explored.​
Inspired by folklore, personal mythology, and the timeless stories that guide us across unseen thresholds, this collaborative evening brings together storyteller Liza Newell, movement artist Cornelia Hodges, and sound artist Miles Lassi in an immersive exploration of story, movement, and sound. Through spoken word, live performance, and evocative soundscapes, audiences are invited to step beyond the familiar and into a world where imagination, memory, and meaning intertwine.​
Part ritual, part performance, and part invitation, the evening explores the stories that connect us to one another, to place, and to the unseen currents that run beneath everyday life.
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About the Open Dance Jam: The evening concludes with an open community dance jam accompanied by a live improvised soundscape from musician and sound artist Miles Lassi.
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LISTENING FIELDS:
WARM SPRINGS
OCTOBER 24, 2026
A Day-Long Immersion in Sound, Movement & Nature with Kathi Hendrick and Robot Koch
10:00a - 4:00p | Trimble Hall at the Old Dairy
Limited to 20 participants
Rather than a traditional workshop, Listening Fields is a day-long immersion exploring listening as a pathway to presence, perception, and connection. Guided through a series of interconnected experiences with live music throughout the day, participants will be invited to deepen their awareness of self, body, landscape, and the world around them.
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Part I: Sound Immersion — Listening Within Stillness
Cultivating attention through deep listening, live music, and contemplative practice.
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Part II: Somatic Immersion — Listening Within Movement
Exploring movement, sensation, and embodied awareness as pathways for listening and discovery.
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Part III: Nature Immersion — Listening with the Landscape
Taking the practice outdoors, participants will engage with the natural world through observation, reflection, and direct experience, exploring what becomes possible when we enter into conversation with a place.
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The day concludes with a closing integration circle and space for reflection.
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Optional Evening Offering: Listening Beneath the Stars
An evening gathering of story, sky, and live music, inviting participants to extend the practice of listening into the night.
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Your Facilitators:​​
Kathi Hendrick is a transformational guide, somatic facilitator, experience designer, and multidisciplinary artist whose work lives at the intersection of creativity, embodiment, and systems change. She creates immersive environments that invite people into deeper relationship with themselves, one another, and the living world. Her practice weaves trauma-informed somatic work, nervous system regulation, archetypal and sacred systems, creative ritual, and regenerative design into integrative experiences that support both personal and collective transformation. Through her work, she explores how attention, presence, and embodied awareness can become portals for perception, healing, and new ways of relating. Kathi co-founded the Living Arts Gathering in 2025.
Robot Koch is a composer, sound artist, and producer whose work explores sound as a field of perception, healing, and relational intelligence. Drawing from decades of experience across electronic music, film scoring, immersive performance, and interdisciplinary collaboration, he develops sound environments designed to support nervous system regulation, presence, and coherence. His compositions are less about spectacle and more about creating conditions: living systems of sound that open space, soften attention, and invite deeper states of listening and awareness. His recorded work spans multiple albums with over 100 million streams worldwide, and his music has been featured in films, television, and immersive audiovisual installations. He has received multiple international awards and has collaborated with a wide range of artists across genres and disciplines.
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