Reset & Restore Workshop
A HEALING WORKSHOP FOR BLACK ARTISTS
In collaboration with ARTISTS HEAL™ and OMG! Studios
Facilitated by Noelle Diane Johnson
ARTISTS HEAL Founder & Owner
Registration is now closed.
What is the purpose of this workshop?
The ultimate goal is healing.
Many Black Artists have found that Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) or majority White spaces are not able to provide the support that many Black Theatre Artists are seeking when art-making.
ARTISTS HEAL™ workshops provide that support, community, and practical tools to incorporate into your artistic and healing practice. ARTISTS HEAL™ facilitates a space that encourages Black Theatre Artists to embrace Self-liberation, vulnerability, and empowerment as we continue to embody Blackness and the many intersections of marginalization.
Is this workshop for me?
A few questions to consider…
▸ Am I a Black Artist living in the Greater Philadelphia region?
▸ Do I create art through collaborative art-making? For myself? For others?
▸ Have I experienced harm while engaging in theatre particularly within or in service to Predominantly White Institutions / Spaces / Audiences?
▸ Do these experiences affect the way that I engage in my artistic practice and collaborative art-making currently?
▸ Would I like to find community and fellowship with other Black Artists in Philadelphia as I embark on a journey towards healing and Self-liberation?
Why are these workshops exclusively for Black folx?
Restorative justice.
Reset & Restore workshops provide Black-only identified spaces for Black Artists to explore and excavate aspects of Self and their experiences that some find difficult to access in the presence of non-Black folx. This process is designed to open and create accessibility to new pathways for healing.
This workshop is designed to empower Black Artists by facilitating
spaces that encourage a return to our body’s natural state
freedom from the bondage of trauma in the form of White Supremacy
access to new pathways that lead to healing.
What will I get from this workshop?
Thinking about coming? Here’s what you’ll get!
An opportunity to be in community with other Black Artists embarking on a healing journey.
Trauma-informed, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Somatic, and Consent-based tools for Black Artists to incorporate into their artistic practice.
A Black identified space designed to encourage Self-liberation and support Black Artists on their respective journeys.
An understanding of the role of personal and collective healing when it comes to artistic practice and collaborative art-making.
Workshop Details
Frequently asked questions
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UPCOMING DATES:
Monday, July 25, 2022 | 6-9:30p
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This workshop is 3.5 hours long and includes:
A presentation
Light Refreshments
Group grounding, activities & fellowship
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THE DRAKE | LOBBY OF THE PROSCENIUM THEATRE
302 S Hicks St, Philadelphia, PA 19102
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This workshop is Pay What You Decide and Open to Black Artists of all disciplines.
Meet your Facilitator
Noelle Diane Johnson (she/her/hers) is a multi-disciplinary Artist and Artist Advocate based in Philadelphia, PA.
She has served as Actor/Performer, Director, Choreographer, EDI Consultant, Intimacy Consultant/Choreographer, Stage Manager, and Production Manager in multiple venues including the Wilma Theater, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Arden Theatre, 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, Seattle Children’s 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™ in the form of providing Equitable & Inclusive Rehearsal Room services and serving as EDI Consultant/Liason with theatres across the nation. 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 while dismantling systems and structures of White Supremacy.