OUR STORIES, OURSELVES: CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY How does community start? And how does it germinate in order to empower people and authentic voices? How do you build on the movements that came before you? Join the Loft and More Than a Single Story for a panel of seasoned BIPOC writers and arts activists who will...
| Virtual Event | Writer to Writer is a series featuring conversations between BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) writers. Join playwrights and screenwriters Carlyle Brown and David Grant in a conversation about how they see Black artists in theater and film doing powerful and necessary work that responds to our current socio-political moment –...
We are collaborating with Theater Mu to host this Embracing Our Roots conversation with multidisciplinary artist Meghan Kreidler (actor, singer of Kiss the Tiger) will chat with trailblazers Lily Tung Crystal (Theater Mu), Ananya Chatterjee (Ananya Dance Theatre), and Lana Barkawi (MIZNA) about their experiences being Asian American women leaders in the arts. This will...
It is no secret that the historic and continuing violence on Black bodies has left many feeling hopelessness, fatigue, fear, and uncertainty. After eight years of engaging Minnesota BIPOC writers and arts activists in public conversations to explore issues their work addresses through readings, panels, open conversations, and community-based writing workshops to explore issues of...
In this two-day workshop, experiment with sound, writing and movement to get in touch with the feelings and sensations that arise within our bodies when we listen to and connect with other people and their stories. Individual and shared exercises will be inspired by text from “Solito” by Javier Zamora. This program is funded by...
In this four-part writing workshop, parents and children will embark on a journey of creativity and imagination. Using prompts and exercises to inspire their writing, participants will explore what they would wish for and what their world would look like if money was not a concern. Whether participants are experienced writers or just starting...
Join writers, activists, collaborators, and friends, Sun Yung Shin and Shannon Gibney in a conversation about how they bridge distances between artistic genres, cultural and racial groups, historically marginalized communities, spirituality, and liberatory activism. They will also discuss how others might bridge these gaps. Q&A session to follow. Register here: https://bit.ly/w2wfall2023 Sun Yung Shin (she/they) is the...
Write a novel in a month? Yes! That’s the goal of National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo, as it’s called, comes around every November, and the challenge is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. Prepare to take on the challenge by participating in this 3-session workshop. In session 2, brainstorm and outline plot ideas, create characters, and consider...
Panelists Janice Bad Moccasin (Crow Creek Hunkpati Dakota), Marian Hassan, Kinshasha Kambui, and Billy Lor will discuss how we carry personal and collective trauma, grief and losses, including those experienced over the last few years. Panelists with share how their cultures, beliefs and community help them remain engaged in life and the transition towards...
UNFORTUNATELY THESE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Anishinaabe poet Gerald Vizenor writes, “Survivance is an act of presence, the continuance of Native stories, not a mere reaction, or a survivable name. Native survivance stories are a renunciation of dominance, tragedy, and victimry.” In keeping with Vizenor’s survivance, we will conceptualize nurturance as a creative exercise...
