CREATE DANGEROUSLY: A Writing for Performance Lab
NEW 10 WEEK WRITING WORKSHOP SERIES at JACK
To create today is to create dangerously.” -Albert Camus, from Create Dangerously (1957)
Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. This is what I've always thought it meant to be a writer. Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them."
–Edwidge Danticat, from Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work
Inviting all artists and/or cultural workers, soulsisters and homeboys, those trans to gender and/or genre who want to explore what it means to “create dangerously” in dangerous times. This Writing for Performance Lab is facilitated by Virginia Grise and Kyla Searle and is informed by the basic principles of the jazz aesthetic with a particular focus on creative process and artistic risk taking. The workshop series will feature guest workshops by theatrical jazz artists and innovators including Sharon Bridgforth, Erik Ehn, Daniel Alexander Jones, Omi Osun Joni Jones, Carl Hancock Rux, and Ni’Ja Whitson.Workshops will run from 3:30-6:30 on Sundays from October 4-November 29 with a final performance showing on Wednesday December 2. All sessions will be held at JACK (505 ½ Waverly Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11238). Participants must commit to attending all 10 sessions.
JACK is an OBIE-winning arts center founded in 2012 with a mission of transforming the relationship of arts and community. JACK presents theater, music and dance performances, hosts a free theater program for teens, and is headed by Artistic Director Alec Duffy.
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: September 20, 2015.
SELECTION: Based on class size and the needs and dynamics of the group.
NOTIFICATION: September 27, 2015, by e-mail
FEE: Sliding scale $35-$225 (choose the amount that’s right for you).
HOW TO APPLY:
Submit a document that includes the following information:
1. Cover Page (that includes your name and contact info.)
2. A writing sample (3 pages max) in any genre.
3. One-two page statement addressing the following questions: tell us a little bit about your life as an artist and/or cultural worker, your aesthetic and artistic practice; why you want to be a part of this series; what you bring to a group writing process; and what you wish to accomplish in the workshop. Do you have any physical challenges/considerations that we should know about?
Materials will be accepted electronically and should be emailed as a single PDF document to: jackwritingworkshop@gmail.com.
Contact Virginia Grise or Kyla Searle at jackwritingworkshop@gmail.com with any questions.
This series is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
JACK is an OBIE-winning arts center founded in 2012 with a mission of transforming the relationship of arts and community. JACK presents theater, music and dance performances, hosts a free theater program for teens, and is headed by Artistic Director Alec Duffy.
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: September 20, 2015.
SELECTION: Based on class size and the needs and dynamics of the group.
NOTIFICATION: September 27, 2015, by e-mail
FEE: Sliding scale $35-$225 (choose the amount that’s right for you).
HOW TO APPLY:
Submit a document that includes the following information:
1. Cover Page (that includes your name and contact info.)
2. A writing sample (3 pages max) in any genre.
3. One-two page statement addressing the following questions: tell us a little bit about your life as an artist and/or cultural worker, your aesthetic and artistic practice; why you want to be a part of this series; what you bring to a group writing process; and what you wish to accomplish in the workshop. Do you have any physical challenges/considerations that we should know about?
Materials will be accepted electronically and should be emailed as a single PDF document to: jackwritingworkshop@gmail.com.
Contact Virginia Grise or Kyla Searle at jackwritingworkshop@gmail.com with any questions.
This series is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
