MATER PERFORMANCE LABS
This workshop series is open to the public and focused on collaborative creative processes. Named for the ancient root of both mother and matter, these labs transmute raw lived experience into lasting material culture. By exploring memories, embodying roles, and shifting perspectives, participants gain safe emotional distance to look at their histories clearly. Utilizing practices from performance art, creative writing, collage, somatic inquiry and archival materials, memory is physically forged into art.
Ancestor Plays
A six week workshop culminating in live performance
Are you curious about the daily, embodied experiences of your ancestors? Is there a specific family story that you want to explore and crystallize into something lasting? This series works with family lore, historical objects/ephemera, language and a study of archetypes to distill the story you want to tell. By using process from creative writing, ethnography and drama-based exploration, you will sense into the lived experiences of your family. This will culminate in a written and performed scene, story, or poem to share with your community and the next generation.
