Ministry of Art and Science
From SCA Lyondemere
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What:
The third Monday of each month the [Minister of Art and Science] will host gatherings to discuss, practise, or otherwise engage in art or science as it pertains to the Actual or Current Middle Ages.
Where:
Currently Arts and Sciences meets at the home of the Minister of Arts and Sciences, in the Barony of Lyondemere. Please see the YahooGroup announcements, or the most current issue of the Tydes.
When:
The house opens at 7:00 p.m. with workshops starting at 7:30 p.m. Contact the Minister, or check the Tydes for the address and any further details.
Upcoming Schedule
- March 16th - More String, Better! - Weaving Cloth A field trip to Eilidh's home to explore how to turn string into cloth and see working looms.
- April 20th The Hot Bed of Scribal Activity - Mistress Aleskye will guide us through the next steps in creating scroll templates for the Kingdom.
- May 18th Bardic Circle A field trip to Cecilia Lightfoot's home for a bardic circle.
- June 15th Movie Night Please contact the minister to suggest a movie, or it's Tristan and Islode!
Contact Information:
For more information contact THLady Meala Caimbeul.
Scribe of Lyondemere
Scribe of Lyondemere - Mistress Aliskye.
- August - We're talking the month off!
- September - Baronial Scriptorium will be held in conjunction with Collegium at Calle Mayor on September 21
- October - First Sunday of the month hopefully we'll be back to our regular time and day at Calle Mayor
Art and Science Champion
The baronial Art and Science champion is determined through a competition at the annual Arts and Archery event in February. This champion has the rights and responsibilities as all other Lyondemere Champions
The competition will be run as follows:
The Lyondemere Art and Science Champion is judged on three entries. All entries should be recent, completed in the past year, and are expected to be documented. Because the judging is to be “blind” please do NOT put your name, or any other identifying marks, on your entries or documentation, if possible. You will be given a number to identify each entry when you sign in at List. Your three entries must meet the following requirements:
1) Primary Interest: Each contestant will submit one entry of their best work from their primary area of interest, such as: bardic, culinary, costuming, textile making, scribal, woodworking, metal-working. (This is a dry site, so any brewing entries MUST be non-alcoholic.)
2) Secondary Example: Each contestant will also submit one entry in an area different from their primary, though it may be related to their primary interest. For example, if your primary interest is bardic, and you submit an original poem as your primary, you may submit a performance of a period work as your second entry. Likewise, if you submit a carving under a woodworking primary interest, your second entry could be a jewelry box.
3) Breadth of Knowledge: Each contestant will submit a third entry unrelated to the first two. It is suggested that among the three entries each artist include an example of fine art (judged on its aesthetic qualities; such as a painting or a costume), and practical art, or science (judged on its usefulness and precise recreation, such as recreating medieval pigments, or building a scale model.)
There will be no refrigeration or heating appliances available, and entries must be able to sit out for several hours during judging.
Performances will be scheduled at Lists. Performers may have accompaniment, but only one competitor will be judged per performance.
Because judges may have allergies, any entries meant to be consumed (cooking, brewing, etc.) or come in contact with skin (cosmetics, perfumes, lotions, etc.) MUST provide a COMPLETE ingredient list.
