Past Offerings in 2020
Heading into the last few months of the whirlwind (sh*tstorm? psychic tornado?) that has been 2020, we have sensed, amongst each other and from our communities, that there is a need to be held as a collective, to use the wisdom of the arts to process and release information overload and anxiety, and ground the nervous system. As collective tensions ramp up with the upcoming election, so does the need for spaces of deep nourishment. Collectively, we (Monica, Nandita & Libby) will be offering InterPlay, authentic movement, narrative therapy, & expressive art practices, to help you hone in on what needs to be *held* for you right now. Our hope is that you will leave feeling nourished, replenished, and creatively fed—and that this energy can spill over throughout your week, and help you to find grounding in these challenging times.
Offered through Teachers & Writers Collaborative: https://twc.org/)
2020 has been a year of massive experience— between the Coronavirus pandemic, and the global movement for racial justice that has emerged in the face of ongoing police brutality, there is so much to feel. “Poetry for Processing” will use poetry as a critical tool in helping us to find grounding, process emotions, and integrate the experiences in our lives.
Unlike poetry workshops where we come together to fortify elements of the craft, or work to polish our poems in hopes of publication, this workshop honors poetry as a practice that can create transformation on the level of self, regardless of whether the work has an audience. During our weekly Zoom call, participants will engage in embodied grounding practices, and prompts that invite us to meditate on conversations, events, and cultural shifts we are feeling in our lives.
Additional prompts and practices will be shared to engage with throughout the week on your own time. Participants will have the option to submit these poems, and get resonance (as opposed to feedback) from Libby, and fellow participants. This workshop is open to poets of all levels and experiences— whether you are the author of several books, or you haven’t written a poem in 10 years, you are welcome here.
2020 has been a year of massive experience— between the Coronavirus pandemic, and the global movement for racial justice that has emerged in the face of ongoing police brutality, there is so much to feel. “Poetry for Processing” will use poetry as a critical tool in helping us to find grounding, process emotions, and integrate the experiences in our lives.
Unlike poetry workshops where we come together to fortify elements of the craft, or work to polish our poems in hopes of publication, this workshop honors poetry as a practice that can create transformation on the level of self, regardless of whether the work has an audience. During our weekly Zoom call, participants will engage in embodied grounding practices, and prompts that invite us to meditate on conversations, events, and cultural shifts we are feeling in our lives.
Additional prompts and practices will be shared to engage with throughout the week on your own time. Participants will have the option to submit these poems, and get resonance (as opposed to feedback) from Libby, and fellow participants. This workshop is open to poets of all levels and experiences— whether you are the author of several books, or you haven’t written a poem in 10 years, you are welcome here.
The Power of Poetry: a collaborative poetry and art ZINE-making workshop FOR TEENS to heal, integrate, & empower!
(offered through Wild Child Artdoors. https://wildchildartdoors.com/)
Poetry has an understated power. It helps us integrate challenging emotions and experiences, process complexity, and express profound truths that can shape, move and shift hearts and minds.
In this 7 week series designed for teens, we will use poetry to process the current moment that we’re in: a global pandemic, police brutality that begs of us a more profound commitment to racial justice, and an upcoming election, the outcome of which will have huge consequences for the United States and beyond.
We will experiment with a wide variety of poetic forms (erasure poems, poem-collages, place-poems, praise poems, poems of instruction, ekphrastic poems (poetry inspired by visual art) to explore, express and integrate the moment that we’re in, with an emphasis on integrating poetry and visual art.
At the end of our time together, I will assemble our works into a hand-crafted ‘zine (a DIY style publication), & each participant will be mailed a copy! We will also produce a digital copy that participants can share with their friends and families. This workshop is open to teens with all levels of poetic and creative experience!
(offered through Wild Child Artdoors. https://wildchildartdoors.com/)
Poetry has an understated power. It helps us integrate challenging emotions and experiences, process complexity, and express profound truths that can shape, move and shift hearts and minds.
In this 7 week series designed for teens, we will use poetry to process the current moment that we’re in: a global pandemic, police brutality that begs of us a more profound commitment to racial justice, and an upcoming election, the outcome of which will have huge consequences for the United States and beyond.
We will experiment with a wide variety of poetic forms (erasure poems, poem-collages, place-poems, praise poems, poems of instruction, ekphrastic poems (poetry inspired by visual art) to explore, express and integrate the moment that we’re in, with an emphasis on integrating poetry and visual art.
At the end of our time together, I will assemble our works into a hand-crafted ‘zine (a DIY style publication), & each participant will be mailed a copy! We will also produce a digital copy that participants can share with their friends and families. This workshop is open to teens with all levels of poetic and creative experience!
