ceremonied:(adj.) that which engages ceremony to honor, respect & care for all life as kin
to ceremony:(vb) to engage ceremony to bring into, or enact within networks of relational kinship & care, between humans & beings of all kinds
ceremonied art: art of any form that engages ceremony to honor & care for all life as family
Ceremonied art is not new; it happens all over the world all the time, when artists who honor all life as family incorporate elements of ceremony, care and benefit for all beings into their work. This site is simply using language — the newly-introduced word, ‘ceremonied’ – to help bring artists working this way together for mutual potency and support.
Ceremonied art validates all life forms as beings with agency and wisdom, capable of intuitive, also called “telepathic,” communication.
Intuitive/telepathic communication is often a significant part of feeling all life as kin. Ceremonied art can function to validate & increase collective intuitive capacities.
In an era when diverse intelligences might aid planetary survival, honing collective intuitive capacity means inviting wisdom and knowledge from other beings.
Read an invocation for ceremonied artists, here. Find the manifesto here, and details of ceremonied art practice, here.
Ceremonied Art, the organization
Ceremonied Art is a an online hub, a place where artists practicing ceremonied art can connect, share & collaborate.
Ceremonied Art supports artists to be held in networks of interconnected relationships, between people, land and beings.
Ceremonied Art crafts models of financial and social exchange that benefit all involved.
Ceremonied Art highlights the work of ceremonied artists all over the world, digitally & in-person.
Want to participate or support?Contact us at connect@ceremoniedart.org
about tilke elkins
Ceremonied Art is currently held in place & cultivated by artist/writer Tilke Elkins.
Tilke is a descendant of English people from lands known as Canada, the United States, Tasmania and Australia. She was raised on Wabanaki Dawnlands (Montreal, Que. & Alburgh, VT) and lives in O’gah P’ogeh Owingeh (Santa Fe, NM), after spending a couple of decades with Kalapuya lands (Springfield, OR).
In 2019, Tilke founded Wild Pigment Project, to ‘promote ecological balance & regenerative economies through a passion for wild pigments, their places of origin, and their cultural histories.’ Now archived, the project helped bring together a global community of artists working with and caring for land and people through foraged pigments.
‘Ceremonied art’ is the term Tilke uses to describe her own art practice. She humbly and experimentally offers the term and concept here, on a public platform, to see what will resonate, and to foster a deepening conversation about the potential for art to build and actively repair damage to collective kincentricity through emotion, embodiment and intuitive communication.
Tilke’s current & past ceremonied work can be viewed at www.tilkeelkins.com.
