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Writing from Desire & Body: A Writing Workshop
Explore writing practices that stem from the body.
When and where
Date and time
Sat, Jun 10, 2023 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
Location
Loop: Design for Social Good 130 Spadina Avenue Suite #702 The Fashion Building Toronto, ON M5V 2L4 Canada
Refund Policy
About this event
- 2 hours
- Mobile eTicket
Living Hyphen is proud to partner with children’s author and arts educator Linh S. Nguyễn in her new workshop aimed at writing practices that stem from the body.
Her teaching methods rely on pleasure and paying attention to what surfaces unplanned (aligned with adrienne maree brown's "emergent strategy"). Desire and emergence are treated as entry points to making art, which ensures an accessible space for beginners or those who might not consider themselves writers or artists.
As we move through a precarious world, it is important to notice our bodies, entanglements, emotions, and the places where we take root and grow. Knowing that everything is in flux—including our homes and our selves—the most essential skill is to honour what matters in any given moment. Learn to be present and write from wherever you’re at.
Participants will be guided through emergent practice, embodiment, and love as a way of knowing (Audre Lorde) as it relates to creative work. No experience necessary, all writing and art supplied will be provided. Just bring yourself and be present!
To learn more about our programming, please visit www.livinghyphen.ca.
About Financial Accessibility
At Living Hyphen, we believe strongly in making our programs financially accessible, which is why we always offer a few subsidized spaces.
If you would like to make a donation to offer a fully subsidized experience for a participant, please get in touch with us at hello@livinghyphen.ca.
About COVID-19
If you are exhibiting any COVID-19 symptoms (even if mild) on the day of our workshop, we please ask that you stay home. We care deeply about our community's health and safety, and we ask that you extend this courtesy of staying home when sick to your fellow creatives.
ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR: LINH S. NGUYEN
Linh S. Nguyễn is a children’s author and arts-based workshop facilitator. Her debut novel, NO PLACE LIKE HOME (HarperCollins ‘23) is now available in bookstores. Linh recently graduated from her MPhil in Arts, Creativity and Education at the University of Cambridge, studying decolonial methodologies, feminist pedagogies, and new materialist theories to foreground non-western ways of knowing and being. She completed her HBA at the University of Toronto in English, Writing & Rhetoric, and Creative Expression & Society and works part-time with Indigenous Services Canada as a policy analyst in the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch.
ABOUT LIVING HYPHEN
Living Hyphen is a community that explores what it means to live in between cultures. Through art, literature, and tender conversations, we uncover what it means to be "hyphenated Canadians" – that is, individuals who call "Canada" home but with roots elsewhere.
We publish a magazine and host a podcast featuring the voices of artists and writers all across Canada, as well as deliver cultural programming to encourage courageous and tender storytelling within our communities.
Living Hyphen’s aim is to reshape the mainstream and to turn up the volume on voices that often go unheard. For more information, visit livinghyphen.ca or follow across all socials at @livinghyphen.
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ABOUT LIVING HYPHEN
Living Hyphen is a magazine and community that explores what it means to live in between cultures. Our inaugural issue includes contributions from artists and writers all across Canada hailing from 30+ ethnicities, religions, and Indigenous nations.
Living Hyphen’s aim is to reshape the mainstream and to turn up the volume on voices that often go unheard. For more information, visit livinghyphen.ca or follow across all socials at @livinghyphen.