Workshops n panels
Roots. Wounds. Words
Thanks to Roots. Wounds. Words. On 7/27/22 I had the Divine opportunity to be in Circle (virtually) with an amazing group of Visionary Artists! More about this incredible organization HERE.
MAP Fund spa coach
Launched in 2012, co-designed by MAP staff and consultant David Sheingold - Scaffolding for Practicing Artists (SPA) - takes an artist-centered approach that honors the sacredness of process in the often product-driven creative sectors — nonprofit and for-profit alike. Practicing artists encounter few professional spaces that are free of judgment and competition, and to which they can bring their full selves. I am proud to have received support from MAP Fund and David Sheingold, and I am honored to serve as a coach for the current cohort of artists. More HERE.
WALK TOWARDS IT
It is a Joy and a privilege to say that I am a contributor to Walk Towards It. Designed for parents, Walk Towards It is part creative workshop, part arts offering, part self-care experience. This self-paced online class produced by Spark & Stitch Institute will help you pause, reflect, and make meaning of the transformative nature of parenting during this time. Ellen Hinchcliffe and Ed Bok Lee also give Offerings. More HERE.
BRIDGE TURNS 40
I am SO proud to have been part of Bridge turns 40: A Celebration of the 40th Anniversary Edition of This Bridge Called My Back. Las Maestras Center and State University of New York (SUNY) Press hosted this her’storic evening of remembrance and celebration of the fifth and 40th Anniversary Edition of This Bridge Called My Back – Writings by Radical Women of Color edited by Cherríe Moraga & Gloria Anzaldúa.
LAMBDA RETREAT FACULTY
I am thrilled to join up as faculty for the Lambda Literary 2021 Writer’s Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices
Check out the Fellows/and program HERE
LA MAMA INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRIGHT RETREAT 2021
I will be facilitating (virtually) during La MaMa International Playwright Retreat 2021!
WOOOOOHOOOO!! Join up if you can! We gonn “Stir da Roux” BayBay!! More HERE
LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABILITY
I am honored to say that I work on an ongoing basis with University of Vermont’s Leadership for Sustainability Master’s Program, founded by Matt Kolan. More about the program HERE.
Q&A WITH ANANYA CHATTERJEA
On 5/26/21 Skirball Cultural Center and Ananya Dance Theatre will present Ananya Dance Theatre's performance-based film "Dastak: I Wish You Me" (which I am proud to say that I wrote for and voiced in). Afterwards there will be a Q&A with Ananya Chatterjea and collaborators Spirit McIntyre and myself.
Check out our conversation HERE.
ARTIST TALK AT INSTITUTE FOR DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS AT STANFORD
I am excited to say that I will be offering an artist talk
2/3/2021 at 4p PST
Thanks to Amara Tabor-Smith, A-lan Holt and the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University
Details HERE
CONVERGENCE ZONE
Thanks to Ching-In Chen I am part of the Convergence Zone/series of author readings, and artist talks and performances, sponsored by the MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics at the University of Washington Bothell.
MASTER CLASS
I have the honor of teaching a Master Class on 11/21/20 during the National Institute for Directing and Ensemble Creation! The Institute happens 11/20/20-11/22/20. View HERE.
I'M RON RAGIN'S GUEST ON WTHI
Thursday 11/12/20 on YouTube Live @ 11a Pacific / 12p Central / 1p Eastern HERE.
LAS MAESTRAS CENTER
Omi Osun Joni L. Jones and I were able to Offer An Evening of Healing, Prophecy and Ritual Creation
on 10/13/20 thanks to Las Maestras Center.
I’M TEACHING
Spring 2021 I’ll be teaching (virtually) at UT Austin
in the African & African Diaspora Studies Department. We will have visits from special guests: Omi Osun Joni L. Jones, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Gabrielle Civil and Ebony Noelle Golden! MORE HERE.
JOURNEYING WITH NPN
Journeying with Mermaids, Oracles, and dem Blessings:
Readings and Reflections/Prompting Creativity
with dat Black Mermaid Man Lady/Sharon Bridgforth
a 3 video Journeying series
with the National Performance Network
HERE
WALK WITH ME AT ALLGO
Walk With Me
Towards The Roads/Questions Open
With Sharon Bridgforth
A 3 part masterclass presented by allgo’s Tap In Series
Work will happen 4p - 5p PST / 6p - 7p CST / 7p - 8p EST
on 11/10/20, 11/17/20 and 11/24/20.
During this series we will focus on: artistic voice; Living and Working as an artist;
and healing/embodying Love lead by Ancestral guidance.
HEALING JUSTICE & RACIAL JUSTICE TRAINING
November 9, 2020 Join Kim Pevia and myself in conversation, Facilitated by Andrea Assaf, hosted by Houston in Action as part of the Community In Action Academy training series. Details HERE.
JOURNEYING
Journeying with Mermaids Oracles and dem Blessings:
Readings and Reflections/Prompting Creativity
with dat Black Mermaid Man Lady/Sharon Bridgforth
HERE
DOWNLOADABLE HEALING DECK FROM NWLL
A few years ago I had an AWESOME experience working as a faclitator - along with Aja Couchois Duncan, Michele Gislason, Alison Lin, Tracy Nguyen, Lupe Poblano, and Elissa Sloan Perry - for the Network Weaver Learning Lab (NWLL). Check out the (downloadable) Healing Cookbook that the Weavers made HERE.