Tata Jabbie
Carrie Mae Weems tells photographic stories that often use herself as a central character. Create a story you want to tell about yourself by sketching out this storyboard.
Carrie Mae Weems’ work often explores cultural identity. Write the story of your personal culture- where are you from and what are the cultures that make you you?
Lynn Nottage weaves together strong emotional stories for he plays. Using this plot diagram, sketch out a story about a fictional or real group of people that you might turn into a play. Draw pictures in each box to show the main events of the story
Lynn Nottage’s plays often take an honest look at cultures we don’t often see onstage. Write a one-page play about a group of people (perhaps you know them) whose stories you want to see onstage.
Nick Cave creates elaborate masks and costumes for live performances that tell important personal and collective stories. Create an elaborate mask design that has a strong message that you believe in.
Nick Cave’s work can be expressive, explosive, and joyful. Write a poem where words expressing emotions are written larger, smaller, in different colors or fonts, backwards, misspelled, etc.
Juliana Huxtable uses all the arts to express herself and is known for her Do-It-Yourself magnet and posters. On this page, create a magnet and/ or poster design to express an idea that is really important to you that you want communicated to a broad audience.
Juliana Huxtable’s work explores a wide variety of subjects including the internet. Take a few big topics like art, life, the universe, the meaning of everything, and describe them using only 3 words. Try using only emojis.
Write a creative story responding to the prompt: “If someone were to step into your soul right now, what’s the story?
Story
A person stepping into my soul would immediately feel the business of everything around them. As they moved about, my soul would feel to them like a bustling city, full of life, full of thoughts going everywhere, and full of activity. As they moved about, though, it would be difficult to find anything unpleasant. Kindness is the rule in the city of my soul. Here, we strive for peace, and we don’t like to argue or fight. A visitor would find the city of my soul to be a beautiful place, and they would immediately feel free and welcome. They would be greeted with sunny days for their entire visit, and the trees and flowers along the streets would be in bloom.
As this visitor stepped out of the central train station into the city of my soul, the first thing they would see were wide open streets crowded with restaurants. Food is important in the city of my soul. Without it, no one could survive. But sharing good food is also important to us. It’s nourishment for the body and the soul. As they kept walking, they would encounter all kinds of people. All are welcome in the city of my soul. For the most part, these people would be on their way to work, or on their way to eat, or on their home, or on their way to pray, depending on the time of day. They would notice immediately how busy the city of my soul is, and how many things are to do each day. They would understand very quickly that work and achieving goals are as important here as religious life and spiritual growth. We take these things very seriously.
The visitor would also notice the mixture of big buildings, nature, and fun places to go. In the city of my soul, balance is important. We work, we enjoy the outside world, and we relax in equal proportions. The visitor in my soul would have a hard time leaving because of this balance. Things are not always perfect in the city of my soul, but we have strong principles and care for one another. It’s hard not to make friends once you’re here.