CINEMA I/O PRESENTS

WILDERNESS OF WAVES: THE FILMS OF OLIVIA WYATT

DECEMBER 29, 2023

DOORS OPEN 5 PM

FILM SCREENING AT 7:30 PM, FOLLOWED BY A Q&A WITH DIRECTOR OLIVIA WYATT

SUGGESTED $15 DONATION AT THE DOOR


Join us for a Multimedia Nautical Fundraiser That Includes a Film Screening of Sailing a Sinking Sea with Director Q&A and Meet & Greet with the Sailboat Captain!

Live Music, Nautical Art, Fashion, Photo Booths, Installation Art, and Live Mermaids! Proceeds Help Olivia Compete in the Longest Loneliest and Most Daring Solo Sailboat Race Around the World, the Golden Globe (GGR)


You can follow Olivia at find more information at these links.

https://wildernessofwaves.com/

https://wildernessofwaves.com/golden-globe-2026/

Follow her on Instagram  @wildernessofwaves

This document provides a lot of great detail about her adventure and opportunities for sponsorship

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TY7QFFmdZCHSbNBbIHjZLWy95Qh5p5N-/view 

*FILM * ART * FASHION * PHOTOBOOTHS * PERFORMERS * MUSIC * INSTALLATION ART * MERMAIDS * 

Film Screening and Q&A with Director of Sailing a Sinking Sea by Olivia Wyatt, about a nomadic sea-faring people from the Andaman Sea


Meet & Greet with Sail Boat Captain Olivia Wyatt, who is solo sail boating around the world in the Golden Globe Race GGR as the first Arkansan, first North American and one of the few women.


Seaside Meditations. Olivia's Seaside Meditations will be screening on a loop continuously throughout the night in the 8-seat micro-cinema Cinema I/O Blackbox Theater and Projection Room. Experience at your own pace and timing throughout the night.

LIVE MERMAIDS!

Come meet and take photos with Mermaid Pixi and Mermaid Sparkles, featured in the Netflix docuseries MerPeople! They'll be bringing their two mermaid friends Mermaid Ashe and Mermaid Delta. That makes a total of four live mermaids to get for a chance to meet and take photos with! 

MERMAID PIXI

MERMAID SPARKLES

MERMAID DELTA

MERMAID ASHE

TV/Video/Projection Installation Art Sea inspired experience by Dan Anderson of Cineplosion Productions from Minnesota/Hot Springs, AR.


Howlpop Studios Atlantis Fashion. Mo Lappin of Howlpop Studios has been making a splash in the festival, parade, and pageantry world with her costumes and designs for Mardi Gras and Carnival, as well as the runways of the fashion world, teaching workshops, and presenting in fashion shows. She lived by the ocean waters of New Orleans, having a shop in the French Quarter, until Katrina brought her to the magical waters of Hot Springs, Ark. She will be showcasing her nautical designs at this event!


Crying Weasel Vintage Seaside Vintage. Little Rock's Crying Weasel Vintage will be showcasing some of their aquatic inspired vintage pieces.

LIVE MUSIC!

Classical guitar by Joel Richardson, as you meet mermaids and peruse the exhibitions. 


After the Film Q&A feel free to stay a while, mingle, meet the captain, and afterparty to the groovy watery tunes of:


 The Snake Sutras

Reward Center

HAPPY AURA ARKANSAS PHOTOBOOTH!

Happy Aura Arkansas Photobooth! Come get a colorful photo of your energy field!


Various visual artists supporting Olivia's cause will have art in exhibition, such as nautical illustrations by neon glittery, special prints by Miranda Rice, digital collage by Sonny Kay, Bethannie Newsom Steelman, Jessica Kirkpatrick, Brandon Markin, Mariella Markin, photography and art by the filmmaker and sailboat captain herself, Olivia Wyatt, and more!


Some of the art and fashion featured will be in the silent auction along with nautical items from Olivia's travels and other special sea-inspired treasures!


Food & Drink. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres and drinks, along with some specials from Loblolly Ice Cream and Lost Forty Brewery!

SPONSORS