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ARTIST STATEMENT SEMINAR, for writing your Artist Statement (AKA Artistic Statement). Play Cafe invites you to an interactive workshop presented by Emma Goldman-Sherman on Sunday, February 22, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

You might think, oh, those are only for applications, grants, and funding. But even if you're not applying for anything, Artistic Statements are a kind of scaffolding we create for ourselves so that we can keep going with our project, a way to maintain our commitment to the work.

We will look at a few examples of different approaches to the Artistic Statement so that you can create one that is unique to you! We will do 3 short writing sprints (no athletic ability required) to free write from 7 optional lenses from a place of grounded embodiment to create some raw material. Then we will shift to convergent thinking to edit and shape our material into a draft of an Artistic Statement. Everyone will be invited to share their draft either in the workshop or afterwards privately (or both)!

You will need a private place to work, preferably from a laptop or tablet. You will get a handout to read a few days beforehand, and then in class I will be emailing another handout (so there's no peeking until we're ready). You can read what others have said about this workshop: https://www.bravespace.online/testimonials (scroll down for them).  

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Emma Goldman-Sherman’s plays have been produced on 4 continents and include "Abraham's Daughters," a podcast at TheParsnipShip.com. Their work (and their artistic statement) is available on NPX. They've taught for the Dramatists Guild Institute, PlayPenn, the University of Iowa (where they earned their MFA), Washington & Lee, Great Plains Theatre Conference, Alliance of Jewish Theatres, New York Writers Workshop, and many other places. They founded and worked as the Resident Dramaturg for the 29th Street Playwrights Collective and the WriteNow Workshop to develop the work of older, emerging playwrights. You can read more about Emma here: https://www.bravespace.online/about-emma

REGISTRATION:

The fee to participate is $25 for Play Cafe members and $32 for non-members. Register early! Space is limited to 20 registrants.  Play Cafe Members, write to programs@playcafe.org to request the discount code. Closer to the date, registrants will be sent a handout to read and the Zoom instructions from programs@playcafe.org  It might land in a spam folder.