Events

Burgeoning climate activists and seasoned environmental writers alike may wonder where to begin when faced with the mammoth task of tackling climate change through writing. In this generative workshop, queer author and performance artist Jacob Budenz will provide resources, space, and time to write with the elements, sharing tips on weaving climate activism into creative writing, making the political personal and the personal political, and creatively engaging with the existential threats to the natural world with an eye toward hope and connection. Located in the gardens of the Ivy Bookshop, Writing with the Elements will immerse participants in climate writing alongside the elements they wish to protect, offering participants the opportunity to share their writing around a fire at the workshop's culmination.

The climate crisis and the rise of anti-queer sentiments and actions can stimulate fear and anxiety. They are also an invitation to mend, tend, and befriend our relationship to our own bodies and the earth, who supports our lives even in her own state of woundedness, and an invitation to get creative, think and act differently. Join us in Patterson Park for a grounding and centering session with Michele, your own body, and some beautiful Baltimore trees. Back in the studio at the Creativity Center, Jacob takes us through an overview of his work uniting drag and queer ecology and a printmaking experience that will leave you with some take-home art! Nigel rounds out Workshop 1 with an overview of sustainability practices in theatre and performance and devising exercises that integrate and synthesize elements of the workshop.