Upcoming events.
Crafting an Artist’s Statement
Making artist statements can feel overwhelming when you’re doing it alone. Fear not, you can write one! This workshop is for all levels of writers. Whether you're crafting your artist statement for the first time or you've done it multiple times. We're going to go over defining yourself as an artist, reflective questions to discover your artistic voice, how to communicate the importance of your work, and writing the dang thing.
Event One
about the movie
A portrait of James Baldwin, one of the towering figures of 20th-century American literature, Black culture and political thought, filmed in Paris. The iconic writer is captured in many symbolic locations in Paris, where he was living at the time.
why were watching it
The 28-minute documentary is stressful to watch and, frankly, I think it needs to be watched in community because your body goes through so much when you’re watching it. It presents the tension between two people (the documentarian and the author) and the tension between two concepts (consumerism and humanity) James Baldwin models grace, defends his love ethic, and stays committed to sharing his truth. Writers love to write and know how to form their craft, but do we know how to say, “how I tell me story is more important than your expectation of it.”