DECOLONIZATION & PRIORITIZATION FOUNDATIONS WORKSHOP:
Artistic Practice and Process
Presented by
ARTISTS HEAL™
Facilitated by Noelle Diane Johnson
ARTISTS HEAL Founder & Owner
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORKSHOP?
THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS HEALING…
Decolonization & Prioritization Foundations is an all-inclusive workshop that will introduce foundational principles, theories, and strategies to decolonize collaborative art-making practices and prioritize the needs of marginalized artists and vulnerable communities.
This workshop guides participants to return to their body’s natural state allowing creativity, authenticity, engagement and ultimately healing to surface in the art-making process.
ARTISTS HEAL™ workshops provide support, community, and practical tools to incorporate into your artistic and healing practice. ARTISTS HEAL™ facilitates a space that allows artists to access Self-liberation, vulnerability, and empowerment as we continue to work towards a shift in industry standards and practices.
IS THIS WORKSHOP FOR ME?
A few questions to consider…
☀︎ Am I a collaborative art-maker interested in creating spaces that effectively support marginalized artists and vulnerable communities?
☀︎ Do I create art through theatre and/or collaborative art-making? For myself? For others?
☀︎ Am I on a journey to decolonize and dismantle the systems and structures of White Supremacy in my own practice and process?
☀︎ Have I ever witnessed or experienced harm in collaborative art-making spaces due to White Supremacy and wish I had the tools to intervene effectively?
☀︎ Would I like to find community and fellowship with other Artists seeking to implement changes in industry standards?
This workshop will challenge collaborators to de-center Whiteness and prioritize marginalized artists when art-making, explore decolonized pathways to creating and begin to develop a practice that supports and prioritizes vulnerable communities over product.
WHAT WILL I GET FROM THIS WORKSHOP?
Thinking about coming? Here’s what you’ll get!
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A tool kit including methods, practices, and strategies to better serve participants and create equitable and self-liberating spaces for marginalized artists.
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A pathway to proficiency in using tools to effectively dismantle systems and structures of White Supremacy in collaborative art-making spaces.
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An understanding of how artistic practice translates to artistic process and supports artists and communities.
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A Trauma-informed, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Somatic, and Consent-based perspective to incorporate into Artistic Practice and Process.
WORKSHOP DETAILS
WHEN IS THE WORKSHOP?
UPCOMING DATES:
☀︎ Monday, November 1, 2021 | 6 - 9 pm | THE DRAKE THEATRE LOBBY
☀︎ Saturday, November 6, 2021 | Noon - 3 pm | ZOOM
HOW LONG IS THE WORKSHOP?
This workshop is 3 hours long and includes:
☀︎ A presentation
☀︎ Light Refreshments (for in-person workshops)
☀︎ Group grounding, activities, fellowship, and Q&A
WHERE IS THE WORKSHOP?
THE DRAKE THEATRE LOBBY or ZOOM
WHAT’S THE COST OF ATTENDING?
This workshop is offered on a 3-tier sliding scale.
Pricing scale can be viewed on the workshop registration page.
Sponsorships for Black and Global Majority/BIPOC folx to attend are available at special request.
Please complete the brief form below to request being considered for a sponsorship.
Meet your Facilitator
Noelle Diane Johnson (she/her/hers) is a multi-disciplinary Artist and Artist Advocate based in Philadelphia, PA. She has worked as a Stage Manager, Production Manager, Director, Performer, and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer and has worked for multiple venues including the Wilma Theater, Theatre Horizon, The Lantern Theater Company, Simpatico Theatre Company, Theatre in the X, Shakespeare in Clark Park, The Bearded Ladies Cabaret, FringeArts, Long Wharf Theatre, and Playbill among many others.
Noelle is the Founder & Owner of ARTISTS HEAL™, a company designed to create healing and care spaces for collaborative art-making while centering and providing resources for marginalized artists and vulnerable communities. She has successfully brought the work of ARTISTS HEAL™ serving as EDI Officer for the Wilma Theater (Fat Ham, Minor Character), InterAct Theatre Company (The Chinese Lady), and Philadelphia Theatre Company (The Garbologists). Noelle believes in servant leadership and offers programming to promote self-liberated, inclusive, and equitable spaces designed for healing and expansion through decolonized artistic practice and process.