09/20/2021
THIS WEEK!
VCFA is incredibly excited to announce that the Center For Arts + Social Justice at Vermont College of Fine Arts will kick off its event series with a public reading and two cross-disciplinary student/alumnx workshops by Felicia Rose Chavez, author of The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom.
⭐To learn more and register, visit the link below! ⭐
Join us Wed, Sept 22, at 7 pm ET for a reading from the The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom, followed by Q&A session. *This live Zoom event is open to the public, but pre-registration is required.
On Thurs, Sept 23, at 5 pm ET, current VCFA students and alumnx are invited to participate in a workshop titled “Self-Advocacy for Students.” This seminar will survey the highlights of an anti-racist creative writing pedagogy, empowering students to claim ownership of not only their work, but their working relationships with professors and peers.
On Friday, Sept 24, at 4 pm ET, Chavez will present a special workshop, “Self-Advocacy for BIPOC Students and Alumnx,” an Industry and Me Event, a BIPOC Empowerment Series, in collaboration with , to discuss how students of color need a community in which to belong and feel safe, and self-care as a means of self-advocacy.
*This free workshop is open to students and alumnx who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), and all students and alumnx who wish to support BIPOC artists. To register, please email [email protected] for registration instructions.
https://vcfa.edu/.../felicia-rose-chavez-reading-discussion/