The Program:
You will be working in a safe space for experimentation, so we encourage you take these months to make bold choices, to try things you’ve never tried before, to cross disciplinary boundaries, to take leaps—and if you fall flat on your face, get up and try again. The program is not necessarily about “success” (especially not “commercial” success), but about your creative process and growth as an artist activist ("artivist"?). Keep that in mind always. This is about you developing your voice, about exploring ways to strive for social change (however you define that) through your performance work.
The Requirements:
* The program requires active participation. Please let George know in advance if you will miss a session.
* There will be a series of additional events outside of class/workshop time that will be required.
* Please bring a journal and a pen to every session.
* Dress in comfortable clothes that allow you to move freely.
Schedule of Events (*subject to adjustments)
Highly Suggested, Pretty-Much-Manatory Performance:
Wednesday, March 31 (8pm?) time TBD
Strange Democracy: An Evening with Spoken Workd Brujo Guillermo Gómez-Peña
(Opening by Fulana)
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
1230 5th Avenue New York, NY 10029-4496 (212) 831-7272
Session 1 • Saturday, April 3rd
Who We Are, Why We Are (Boal meets EMERGENYC)
10-2:00: Workshop with George *Hemi Staff will give a welcome at 10am
Session 2 • Saturday, April 10th
The Political Is Personal
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 3 • Saturday, April 17th
Who Are Our Communities?
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by Peggy Shaw (from legendary feminist collective Split Britches)
Session 4 • Saturday, April 24th
Where Personal and Community Meet
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 5 • Saturday, May 1st
Activating Art-Making
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
2-3pm: Lunch break
3-4pm: Karina Claudio-Betancourt from Make the Road New York
Session 6 • Saturday, May 8th
Dressing/Undressing: The Political Body
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
INTENSIVE WEEK (May 15th-23rd):
Session 7 • Saturday, May 15th
10am-1pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George (at PS Studio, 721 Broadway 6th Fl)
1-2pm: Lunch
2pm - 5pm: Workshop by performance artist Karina Casiano(at PS Studio, 721 Broadway 6th Fl)
Session 8 • Sunday, May 16th
Susana Cook workshop
10am-1pm: Workshop by performance artist Susana Cook(at PS Studio, 721 Broadway 6th Fl)
1-2pm: Lunch break
2pm - 5pm: Workshop (cont'd) by performance artist Susana Cook(at PS Studio, 721 Broadway 6th Fl)
Session 9 • Monday, May 17th
10am-12pm: OPEN DISCUSSION - (at Hemi, 20 Cooper Sq)
12-1pm: Lunch break
1-3pm: Workshop, Change-A-Llujah!, by Reverend Billy and Savi D(at Hemi, 20 Cooper Sq)
3-4pm: Discussion of projects.
Session 10 • Tuesday, May 18th
10am-12pm: Workshop with Leo Martín from Yomango (at Hemi, 20 Cooper Sq)
12-1: Lunch break
1pm - 5pm: Workshop, Autobiographical Writing for Performance, led by poet and performer Pamela Sneed (at 20 Cooper)
Session 11 • Wednesday, May 19th
10am-12pm: Exploring the Digital Video Library and other Hemi resources, with Marlène Ramírez-Cancio (at Hemi, 20 Cooper Sq)
12-1: Lunch break
1-4pm: Workshop at the Studio, with George (at PS Studio, 721 Broadway 6th Fl)
4- 5pm: KAREN FINLEY talk (at PS Studio, 721 Broadway 6th Fl)
Session 12 • Thursday, May 20th
10am-12pm:Leo Martín from Yomango) (at Hemi, 20 Cooper Sq)
12-1: Lunch break
1pm - 5pm: Workshop with Steve Sapp and Mildred Ruiz from Universes(at Hemi, 20 Cooper Sq)
5:15pm: Skype conversation with Guillermo Gómez-Peña (TO BE CONFIRMED) at Hemi
Session 13 • Friday, May 21st
Fulana workshop
10am-1pm: Workshop, “Satire and Parody, or the Art of Flipping Things,” led by Fulana(at PS Studio, 721 Broadway 6th Fl)
1-2pm: Lunch
2pm - 5pm: Workshop (cont'd) led by Latina media collective Fulana(at PS Studio, 721 Broadway 6th Fl)
Session 14 • Saturday, May 22nd
Open-Ended Questions
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
2pm-3pm: Lunch break
3pm-5pm: Conversation with Silvia Fernández, Program Director of The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, followed by a tour of the Tenement Museum. Meet at the Tenement Museum at 3pm sharp, address: Frnt A, 91 Orchard Street New York, NY 10002-3132
Session 15 • Saturday, May 29th
The Launch
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 16 • Saturday, June 6th
The Launch, part 2
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 17 • Saturday, June 13th
TBD
FINAL PRESENTATIONS • Friday, June 18th
Hemi Headquarters 20 Cooper Square, 7pm