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SUMMARY:Zania Cummings' “Black Bodies” Spoken Word Performance & Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a performance as part of the For The Public group exhibition at Local Project. Black Bodies is a Poetic dive into the Black experience\, and an exploration of our most vulnerable parts. The work includes portraits with written poems\, as well as a performance of “Slave Black” a spoken word piece. See full details about the For The Public exhibition.RSVP to this event. \n\n\n\nBiography \n\n\n\nWebsite \nBorn and raised in Charleston SC\, Zania Cummings is an Actor\, Poet and Creative based in NYC. She received her classical training at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts where she received the James Fisher award. After living in NYC she rediscovered her love of poetry and used spoken word as another medium of expression. She wrote and produced her first poetic short “Alchemy” in 2019 which has received praise and Best Poetic Film at the Detroit Black Film Festival. She prides herself on making art that is intentional and simply unapologetic! She is a proud believer in activism through art often reflecting on her own journey through black femininity as a catalyst of expression. My objective is to offer a level of vulnerability within each performance\, making the audience feel safe in the space. I want to bathe the audience in poetic realism\, with an emphasis on expressing that poetic realism on black bodies.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/zania-cummings-black-bodies-spoken-word-performance-workshop/
LOCATION:Local Project\, 11-27 44th Rd\, Long Island City\, 11101
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SUMMARY:Sherese Francis “Natural An/Dems” Workshop and Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a performance as part of the For The Public group exhibition at Local Project. See full details about the For The Public exhibition. \nRSVP to this event. \n\n\n\nShowcasing the “Griot Sé/Mwen’s Beyonsense (National An/dem in Kwenglish)” Banner and “Henry Brown’s Speakerboxxxez (Blue(s)Prints Series)” Banner\, the artist will lead an iteration of my Natural An/Dems Workshop\, inviting attendees to partake in a collaborative writing exchange and reading performance\, treating poetry as a form of currency\, a “meant” instead of a “mint\,” where we exchange meaning. The end of the workshop will result in a collective “poetry bank” piece. \n\n\n\nBiography \n\n\n\nWebsite | Instagram \nSherese Francis is an Alkymist of the I-Magination and expresses her(e)self through poetry\, interdisciplinary arts\, workshop facilitation\, editing\, and literary curation. Her(e) work takes inspiration from her(e) Afro-Caribbean heritage (Barbados and Dominica)\, and studies in Afrofuturism and Black Speculative Arts\, mythology and etymology. Some of her(e) work has been published in Furious Flower\, Obsidian Lit\, Rootwork Journal\, Spoken Black Girl\, The Operating System\, Cosmonauts Avenue\, No Dear\, Apex Magazine\, Bone Bouquet\, African Voices\, Newtown Literary\, and Free Verse. Additionally\, Sherese has published three chapbooks\, Lucy’s Bone Scrolls (Three Legged Elephant)\, Variations on Sett/ling Seed/ling (Harlequin Creature)\, and Recycling a Why That Rules Over My Sacred Sight (DoubleCross Press). Besides publications\, Sherese has had her(e) work featured in various exhibitions and showcases from The Lit Exhibit\, NY Live Arts\, Queens Public Library\, York College Arts Gallery\, King Manor Museum\, WorksOnWater\, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning\, Jamaica Flux\, Baxter St Camera Club\, Bliss On Bliss\, Maleza Proyectos\, The Rubenstein Art Center and Ely Center for Contemporary Art.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/sherese-francis-natural-an-dems-workshop-and-reading/
LOCATION:Local Project\, 11-27 44th Rd\, Long Island City\, 11101
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SUMMARY:Robert Wallace “The Next Event” Performance
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a performance as part of the For The Public group exhibition at Local Project. See full details about the For The Public exhibition. \nRSVP to this event. \n\n\n\nThe Next Event is about James Lee Mass\, a failed author living in Long Island\, New York during the year 1985. Mass lost his nine-year-old daughter\, Ava\, due to pneumonia. Unable to cope with this loss\, James’ personal and professional life deteriorates. He passively watches the dissolution of his marriage as he is incapable of picking up the pieces. With slowing book sales\, and the lack of will to create anything new\, he quickly finds himself spiraling into a deep depression with thoughts of suicide. James Lee Mass is a dark and deeply complex character\, and throughout the play he addresses the emotional battles that some people fight within themselves everyday. What makes this play so innovative is the breaking of the fourth wall in which the audience is asked to transition from a passive viewer to an active participant. The audience members play the role of the concerned neighbor and are taken through a journey addressing topics such as family\, religion\, politics\, love and death. I am a Brooklyn native\, who was classically trained in Theatre at North Carolina Central University; committed to developing an aesthetic\, as a writer\, that sits in a liminal space between Theatre and Film. I am not only a thespian\, but a playwright\, screenwriter\, director\, producer\, auteur\, and poet. I intend to redefine the way in which pain is consumed and understood. My approach is through a mode of writing that reconfigures rules that have historically repressed the artist; to challenge the conditions of the fourth wall through a radical re-imagining of monologues\, utilizing the platform of a one-man show. My writing practice is informed by performative disciplines; interrogating the conventions of theatre and film. Borrowing from the directional effects of storytelling and narration – live and on screen – I write fictional prose\, often taking the form of a One-man show\, a solo performance\, or a durational monologue. My approach to writing comes from a desire to stage and script the intimacies of life’s rituals\, often marrying the fantastical world of theatre and film with quotidian reality. I lean into experimental forms of playwriting and screenwriting by intermixing past and present; writing from a confluence of the spiritual and lyrical. I am concerned with utilizing my viewpoints and experiences in a way that will transcend the minds of the world\, in order to reconfigure how to better be of service for mental and interpersonal concerns. Many have ignored these matters out of ignorance and defeat. As artists\, we have the license to tell stories in an ethical manner. I believe writing can position the reader within a context that brings awareness to mental wellbeing; which is most commonly mishandled by the nature of psychology; as well as ironically overlooked by the very resources designed to address these conditions. My writing solidifies my position as an artist; attacking stigmas often tethered historically to those who are disenfranchised. I aim to not only destigmatize these issues\, but to present them in a manner in which they have yet to be conveyed\, in order to engrace them. We\, as artists\, are somewhat politicians\, using our platform to address the many challenges of our lives. My writing expands on concerns within mental health\, propelling us as a community in a direction of true liberation from the constructs of ignorance. The purpose of my writing is to impact the ideology of people in society in regards to mental wellness. \n\n\n\nBiography Website | Youtube Robert Wallace is a Brooklyn native\, who was classically trained in Theatre at North Carolina Central University. He is committed to developing an aesthetic that sits in a liminal space between Theatre and Film. Robert has starred in four independent films\, and has borrowed from his academic experiences to propel himself in the world of picture-making. “I am of those that came before all of us.” His practice focuses on the format of a One-Man Show as an apparatus to explore the politics of black masculinity. His most recent experimental theatre work “The First Lefty\,” was presented as part of Art In Odd Places (2021). He is also the auteur of a sold-out one-man play entitled “The Next Event” that was presented independently in 2017 at the historic Gene Frankel Theatre in New York City. Robert is not only a thespian\, but a playwright\, screenwriter\, director\, producer\, and poet.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/robert-wallace-the-next-event-performance/
LOCATION:Local Project\, 11-27 44th Rd\, Long Island City\, 11101
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SUMMARY:For the Public Closing Reception with Rebecca KellyG Performance
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a closing reception and performance as part of the For The Public group exhibition. See full details about the For The Public exhibition. \nRSVP to this event. \n\nRebecca KellyG will perform “Closing Cycles” at the closing. Closing Cycles is an immersive sound experience that uplifts the necessity of self-care/accountability for collective justice. Rebecca creates multi-layered vocal soundscapes and offers reflections on her soul journey while inviting those in the audience to engage and reflect on their own. In this performance-workshop\, we will start to disentangle from the ideas of “self” given to us by the oppressive systems we live within\, begin to tap into our own gold\, and joyfully step into the sun. \n\n\n\nBiography \nWebsite | Instagram \n\n\n \nRebecca KellyG (she/her) is a Healing Sound Artist and Facilitator rooted in anti-racist practices. Her passion for both sound and social change has been with her since youth\, evolving from a love for theater and performance into work as a civil rights attorney and flourishing in her current expression as a facilitator and sound artist. Rebecca supports individuals and groups in challenging oppressive conditioned beliefs\, embracing accountability\, and cultivating self-care for our personal and collective liberation. She engages in this work through workshops\, immersive sound experiences\, equity and justice consulting\, and retreats. A selection of Rebecca’s previous partnerships include Artists Space\, Leslie Lohman Museum of Art\, Ensemble Studio Theatre\, and Yale University Art Gallery. Her work has been included in spaces such as The Everywoman Biennial\, Black Girl Magik\, Infinite Possibilities Art Festival\, and for The United State of Women.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/for-the-public-closing-reception/
LOCATION:Local Project\, 11-27 44th Rd\, Long Island City\, 11101
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SUMMARY:Celebration of Black Life Cypher
DESCRIPTION:RSVP to receive Zoom login information. \nFlux Factory presents the second of edition of the Black Life Cypher. A night of Black joy and artistry hosted by Trasonia Abbott and Natasha Lynne with tech support from Dawud Brown.  \nThis cypher is open to Black artists of all creative backgrounds\, once signed up the artist will be given up to 5 minutes to show off the art of their choosing. All are welcome to attend\, however the mic will be open only to Black creatives. \nNatasha’s talk will focus on the struggles for resources that most POC artists often face while in school (or home). We dive a little into her childhood to discuss how she gained the discipline to be skilled in various art forms. Through that\, we discuss how the subject matter of her projects has shifted and how the change affects her work today. \nNatasha Lynne is a multimedia artist with a degree in Fashion from Pratt Institute. Currently a professional painter\, her business focuses on garment construction\, crochet\, and lifestyle products. A goal of hers has always been to find a way to blend all of her many mediums together through fashion and art.  \nTrasonia Abbott is a multi-disciplinary\, non-binary artist from Richmond\, Virginia. They graduated from Pratt Institute in 2020 with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Writing and a minor in Film. Trasonia is passionate about community building through arts and education. In the summer of 2020\, they came together with some neighbors to found Queens Liberation Project\, a mutual aid group mostly involved in resource redistribution events.
URL:https://www.fluxfactory.org/event/celebration-of-black-life-cypher/
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