Turtle Dance Co-Op

Turtle Dance Co-Op’s artists have continued to share their eco-rooted multi-disciplinary works with the public and children of the Lubec community during the pandemic at Turtle Dance Co-Op’s dedicated gallery in Lubec and with public shows (Eastport Art Gallery, Lubec Library) and have published Putep’s Tale. The book has recently been aired three times on Maine Public Broadcasting Network. Using puppetry and “sea-junk assemblages” the Co-Op promotes issues of ocean health and beach clean-up for all age audiences. The Co-Op had previously brought materials and creative instruction to the Maine Discovery Museum, the Lubec Outreach Program, the MOFGA Fair, and sponsored several workshop clinics for children at our shop in Lubec. In the next year, the Co-Op’s authors and artists will be collaborating on yet another book for children, with a focus on the spiritual connection between the natural world and children of all cultures, with the extended intent of reawakening that natural communication in the adult reader.