BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.reclaim.care//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:8dc261e5-ddd8-4458-b577-0756a121c704 X-WR-CALDESC:Sometimes\, the things we most need to talk about in life are the hardest to put words to. That's where art comes in! Making meaning thr ough art can build resilience\, give participants a respite from the oppre ssions of the world\, and give voice to previously buried experiences. Mak ing art in community with others is even better!\n\nWith funding from ONE Minneapolis\, RECLAIM! is working with Kulture Klub Collaborative to host a 4 month Artist-in-Residence program of art workshops. Located at RECLAIM ! every Thursday from 4:30-6:30 (with food served at 4pm!)\, they are FREE and open to queer and trans youth ages 13-26. \n\nThe artist-in-residence model helps give the youth we serve access to acclaimed\, professional lo cal artists\, all of whom are queer and trans themselves. From mixed media \, to spoken word\, to fiber arts--youth will be exposed to a wide variety of art materials in a LGBTQ-affirming\, low-risk way. Even (and especiall y!) if youth don't identify as 'an artist\,' they are welcome to come try out new materials and ideas with the help of these artists.\n\nOur feature d artists-in-residence---\n\nFebruary: Quinn Rivenburgh. www.quinnrivenbur gh.org\nQuinn Rivenburgh (they/them) is an artist and art therapist. As an artist\, they work mostly in papercuts\, comics\, and performance art. Th eir work has been a part of In the Heart of the Beast Theatre\, Showroom G allery\, Red Eye\, Patrick's Cabaret\, Intermedia Arts\, Hennepin Theatre Trust Made Here\, the Cowles Center\, La MaMa (NYC)\, and Bryant Lake Bowl . They practice therapy from a trauma-infomed\, feminist relational lens. Through art therapy\, I want to find ways to facilitate liberation through artistic practice. I am trained to understand the power of the creative p rocess and the potential for art production. I aide clients in navigating life’s turbulence. I support individuals and communities in creating a mor e livable life\, using artmaking as a strategy to articulate their own vis ions of understanding\, balance\, and strength.\n\nMarch: Junauda Petrus. http://www.freeblackdirt.com/junauda-petrus/\nJunauda Petrus (she/her) is a creative activist\, writer\, playwright\, and multi-dimensional performa nce artist who is Minneapolis-born\, West-Indian descended\, and African-s ourced. Her work centers around Black wildness\, Afro-futurism\, ancestral healing\, sweetness\, spectacle and shimmer. She has received a Givens Fo undation fellowship\, Jerome Travel and Study grant\, Many Voices Mentorsh ip with the Playwright’s Center\, Naked Stages Residency at the Pillsbury House and a 2016 Jerome Film grant to write and direct an experimental an d poetic web series about Black teens coming of age in Minneapolis\, Sweet ness of Wild\, with filmmaker Mychal Fisher. She is the co-founder with Er in Sharkey of Free Black Dirt\, an experimental arts production company. \n\nApril: heather c. lou. https://www.hclouart.com/\nheather c. lou\, m.ed. (she/her/hers) is an angry gemini earth dragon\, multiracial\, asian \, queer\, cisgender\, disabled\, survivor/surviving\, depressed\, and anx ious womxn of color artist based in minneapolis\, minnesota. her mixed med ia pieces include watercolor\, acrylic\, gold paint pen\, oil pastel\, rad ical love\, & hope. each piece comments on the intersections of her racial \, gender\, ability\, & sexual identities\, as they continue to shift and develop in complexity each day. her art is a form of healing\, transforma tion\, and liberation\, rooted in womxnism and gender equity through a rac ialized borderland lens. heather works in education as an administrator. i n her spare time\, heather loves ogling at puppies\, snuggling with olive bear (her cat) and sprout (her dog)\, birdwatching\, eating pie\, playing her ukulele\, and spending time with her loving partner. \n\nMay: Lisa Ma rie Brimmer. https://lisamariebrimmer.com/\nCurrently\, Brimmer is a co-ed itor of Queer Voices of Minnesota: Poetry\, Prose. and Pride (MNHS PRESS 2 019). This anthology of queer poetry and prose reflecting the LGBTQIA+ wri ter community in Minnesota is co-edited by John Medeiros and Andrea Jenkin s. \n\nHer work has been published in Ishmael Reed’s Konch Magazine\, Gaz illion Voices\, On the Commons Magazine\, Burn Something Zine\, the anthol ogies Walk Towards It (Ellen Hinchcliffe)\, Whisked: Cooking Up Community (Camille Gage)\, and Fierce Lament (Red Bird Press 2018). \n\nHer work ha s been performed in many Twin Cities venues\, in Washington DC and a few in Wisconsin. Brimmer is a two time Givens Foundation for African American Literature fellow\, a Playwrights’ Center Many Voices Fellow. Brimmer pre sented at Split This Rock! in 2018\, and performed at AWP in 2017. \n\nShe attended VONA (Voices of Our Nation) at Minneapolis' Loft Literary Center in 2017. Her directing has been seen on stage with 20% Theater Company wi th performance artist Rica de la Concha (2018). Her work has been featured in Twin Cities Daily Planet\, The Spokesman Recorder\, Insight News\, MN Women's Press\, and on the air with Minnesota Public Radio and KFAI. X-WR-RELCALID:593116893896da54d169511e60194b83 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20181104T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20191103T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20190310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20200308T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:49494ea3-e66d-48c8-9b59-c4938d566aa2 DTSTAMP:20260422T152658Z DESCRIPTION:Sometimes\, the things we most need to talk about in life are t he hardest to put words to. That's where art comes in! Making meaning thro ugh art can build resilience\, give participants a respite from the oppres sions of the world\, and give voice to previously buried experiences. Maki ng art in community with others is even better!\n\nWith funding from ONE M inneapolis\, RECLAIM! is working with Kulture Klub Collaborative to host a 4 month Artist-in-Residence program of art workshops. Located at RECLAIM! every Thursday from 4:30-6:30 (with food served at 4pm!)\, they are FREE and open to queer and trans youth ages 13-26. \n\nThe artist-in-residence model helps give the youth we serve access to acclaimed\, professional loc al artists\, all of whom are queer and trans themselves. From mixed media\ , to spoken word\, to fiber arts--youth will be exposed to a wide variety of art materials in a LGBTQ-affirming\, low-risk way. Even (and especially !) if youth don't identify as 'an artist\,' they are welcome to come try o ut new materials and ideas with the help of these artists.\n\nOur featured artists-in-residence---\n\nFebruary: Quinn Rivenburgh. www.quinnrivenburg h.org\nQuinn Rivenburgh (they/them) is an artist and art therapist. As an artist\, they work mostly in papercuts\, comics\, and performance art. The ir work has been a part of In the Heart of the Beast Theatre\, Showroom Ga llery\, Red Eye\, Patrick's Cabaret\, Intermedia Arts\, Hennepin Theatre T rust Made Here\, the Cowles Center\, La MaMa (NYC)\, and Bryant Lake Bowl. They practice therapy from a trauma-infomed\, feminist relational lens. T hrough art therapy\, I want to find ways to facilitate liberation through artistic practice. I am trained to understand the power of the creative pr ocess and the potential for art production. I aide clients in navigating l ife’s turbulence. I support individuals and communities in creating a more livable life\, using artmaking as a strategy to articulate their own visi ons of understanding\, balance\, and strength.\n\nMarch: Junauda Petrus. h ttp://www.freeblackdirt.com/junauda-petrus/\nJunauda Petrus (she/her) is a creative activist\, writer\, playwright\, and multi-dimensional performan ce artist who is Minneapolis-born\, West-Indian descended\, and African-so urced. Her work centers around Black wildness\, Afro-futurism\, ancestral healing\, sweetness\, spectacle and shimmer. She has received a Givens Fou ndation fellowship\, Jerome Travel and Study grant\, Many Voices Mentorshi p with the Playwright’s Center\, Naked Stages Residency at the Pillsbury House and a 2016 Jerome Film grant to write and direct an experimental and poetic web series about Black teens coming of age in Minneapolis\, Sweetn ess of Wild\, with filmmaker Mychal Fisher. She is the co-founder with Eri n Sharkey of Free Black Dirt\, an experimental arts production company. \n\nApril: heather c. lou. https://www.hclouart.com/\nheather c. lou\, m .ed. (she/her/hers) is an angry gemini earth dragon\, multiracial\, asian\ , queer\, cisgender\, disabled\, survivor/surviving\, depressed\, and anxi ous womxn of color artist based in minneapolis\, minnesota. her mixed medi a pieces include watercolor\, acrylic\, gold paint pen\, oil pastel\, radi cal love\, & hope. each piece comments on the intersections of her racial\ , gender\, ability\, & sexual identities\, as they continue to shift and d evelop in complexity each day. her art is a form of healing\, transformat ion\, and liberation\, rooted in womxnism and gender equity through a raci alized borderland lens. heather works in education as an administrator. in her spare time\, heather loves ogling at puppies\, snuggling with olive b ear (her cat) and sprout (her dog)\, birdwatching\, eating pie\, playing h er ukulele\, and spending time with her loving partner. \n\nMay: Lisa Mar ie Brimmer. https://lisamariebrimmer.com/\nCurrently\, Brimmer is a co-edi tor of Queer Voices of Minnesota: Poetry\, Prose. and Pride (MNHS PRESS 20 19). This anthology of queer poetry and prose reflecting the LGBTQIA+ writ er community in Minnesota is co-edited by John Medeiros and Andrea Jenkins . \n\nHer work has been published in Ishmael Reed’s Konch Magazine\, Gazi llion Voices\, On the Commons Magazine\, Burn Something Zine\, the antholo gies Walk Towards It (Ellen Hinchcliffe)\, Whisked: Cooking Up Community ( Camille Gage)\, and Fierce Lament (Red Bird Press 2018). \n\nHer work has been performed in many Twin Cities venues\, in Washington DC and a few i n Wisconsin. Brimmer is a two time Givens Foundation for African American Literature fellow\, a Playwrights’ Center Many Voices Fellow. Brimmer pres ented at Split This Rock! in 2018\, and performed at AWP in 2017. \n\nShe attended VONA (Voices of Our Nation) at Minneapolis' Loft Literary Center in 2017. Her directing has been seen on stage with 20% Theater Company wit h performance artist Rica de la Concha (2018). Her work has been featured in Twin Cities Daily Planet\, The Spokesman Recorder\, Insight News\, MN W omen's Press\, and on the air with Minnesota Public Radio and KFAI. DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190321T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190321T183000 LOCATION:771 Raymond Ave\, Saint Paul\, MN 55114 SUMMARY:Art Workshops: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR