This in-person workshop with Aleah Black, also known on Instagram as gendersauce, is for experienced writers and new artists alike. The 2-hour workshop will include exploration of how to make honest poetry, the value of writing, and pieces of art to take home. This class includes a lot of experimentation– with pens, with ink, with brushes, with words. Participants can expect to leave with new ways of approaching their writing practice that center on authenticity and play. Celebrate National Poetry Month with this new and exclusive workshop from an exciting voice in today’s creative world!
This workshop is appropriate for ages 15 and up. Limited to 16 participants. Registration required.
Aleah Black is an interdisciplinary artist and educator. They create poetry and puppets, songs and stories, and a general ruckus. Aleah released a book of poetry and art in 2024 entitled It Is Always a Circle. Aleah’s most recent play, Thicket, premiered in New York City, April 2023. Thicket is a large-scale puppet play that includes tabletop puppetry, mask work, paper mache giants, and a full band. Aleah’s past playwriting/directing efforts include multiple full length plays (including How to Eat the Thing That Eats You at Dixon Place) as well as multiple puppet pageant scripts that are now used by school communities around the country. Aleah organizes large scale community actions; they host open to the public song circles and chant spaces in New York City. They run the online account “Gendersauce” for an audience of over a quarter of a million followers; Gendersauce is a meme page that fuses poetry, education, and tomfoolery. Aleah is a Social & Emotional Learning teacher for children and adults alike. They have created liberatory curricula for several Waldorf Schools in the USA and have a consulting practice for schools that are working to create arts, theater, music, or SEL curricula. Aleah was a puppet apprentice to Amy Trompetter of Redwing Blackbird Theater. They currently live and teach in Lenapehoking/Brooklyn, NY.
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