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Identity Writing. 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?
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.
Forgotten Assignment 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.
Trying Ballet Out Lynn Nottage believes the more you hear stories you aren’t familiar with, the more open you become. Learn a new dance step that you are drawn to that is outside of your personal experience- one from a different culture, or that is challenging to you. What have you discovered by making it familiar? Share your thoughts below.
Get Ready With Me 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.
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.
Nick Cave draws community in and provides a healing place and space for dreaming. Create a spotlight for yourself, dress up, play your favorite song, use that obsessive tin Tok dance. Let it all go! Enjoy the freedom of moving and be exactly who you are!
Effects Juliana Huxtable celebrates her body. It is a focus in much of her work. Find a light source in your space: a window, a flashlight, a lamp. Move your body in and out of the light. Play with speed and pauses. Create moments to stay in the lightened moments to be in the shadows. What do you want to celebrate, reveal, or hide?
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.
We Exist 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.