FACIALS AND BISCUITS

This two-session workshop will focus on black feminist wisdom, honoring ancestor knowledge, and ordinary care for grief and soul aches. Participants are invited to share stories, photos, and other personal archival materials as a practice of creative research. This workshop will include writing/reflective prompts, collaborative discussions and shared strategies.

Leah Ra’chel Gipson is an Associate Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). She is an artist, a licensed clinical professional counselor, and an art therapist. Her work facilitates hyperlocal, community projects that engage Black culture and imagines critical “call and response” environments.

Leah Ra’chel Gipson is an interdisciplinary artist and scholar born in Panama City, Florida, and based in Chicago, Illinois, respectively the traditional homelands of Creek Nations, and the Council of the Three Fires: The Potawatomi, Odawa, and Ojibwe Nations. Leah facilitates hyperlocal, community projects that engage Black culture and imagines critical “call and response” environments. She explores race and gender through family history, popular media, and archives using image, sound, textile, and installation, rooted in mixed traditions of Black feminism and Black church. Leah received her master’s degrees in art therapy and theological studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and McCormick Theological Seminary. She received her bachelor of fine arts from the University of Central Florida. Leah is an Associate Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a faculty member at the Center for Religion and Psychotherapy Chicago. Her work has been featured at the South Side Community Art Center, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Netflix, Project Row Houses, Nawat Fes, and the Central Academy of Fine Art

FACIALES y BIZCHOCOS

Este taller de dos sesiones se enfocará en la sabiduría del feminismo Negro, honorando el concierto ancestral y el cuidado de el luto y los dolores del alma. Les participantes están invitades a compartir historias, fotos y otros materiales de archivo personal como una práctica de investigación creativa. Este taller incluye iniciativas de escritura y reflectivas, discusiones colaborativas y estrategias compartidas.

Leah Ra’chel Gipson es Profesora Asociada en la School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Ella es artista, terapeuta clínica profesional con licencia y arte-terapeuta. Su trabajo facilita proyectos comunitarios hiperlocales que involucran la cultura Negra e imagina un ambiente de “llamado y respuesta” crítico.

Leah Ra’chel Gipson es una artista interdisciplinaria y academica nacida en Panama City, Florida y basada en Chicago, Illinois, la tierra original de las naciones Creek, el concejo de Los Tres Fuegos: las Naciones Potawatomi, Odawa, and Ojibwe. Leah facilita proyectos comunitarios hiperlocales que involucran la cultura Negra e imagina un ambiente de “llamado y respuesta” crítico. Ella explora la raza y el género a través de historia familiar, medios populares y archivos usando imagen, sonido, textiles e instalación arraigados en el feminismo Negro y la iglesia Negra. Leah recibió su maestría en arte-terapia y estudios teológicos de la School of the Art Institute of Chicago y el McCormick Theological Seminary. Recibió su licenciatura en Bellas Artes de la University of Central Florida. Leah es Profesora Asociada en la School of the Art Institute of Chicago y miembro de la facultad en el Center for Religion and Psychotherapy Chicago. Su trabajo a sido expuesto en el South Side Community Art Center, el Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, el Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Netflix, Project Row Houses, Nawat Fes, y en la Central Academy of Fine Arts.

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ABOUT CULTURE OF CARE

Culture of Care returns in 2024 for another season of workshops and space for exchange during which we come together to share, rest, and reflect on what it means to shape a culture that embraces our humanity.

During Culture of Care, folks are invited to participate in and/or witness the practices of local creatives who will share skills, hold space for reflection, and offer healing. In the sessions we will individually develop our personal definitions of self-care and what it looks like within our communities.

This year’s facilitators were asked to think about “relationships” and have a full season of offerings that will explore our connections to ourselves, those around us, and our communities. These offerings will include a total of six workshops that span somatic movement, storytelling, archiving, and spiritual healing modalities.

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