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 Workshops
on Thursdays
WoT Archive
This is just a small selection of our
previous workshops over the years.
Winter 2007 Workshops:
Session One will run from 11th October to 1st November;
Session Two will run from 8th November to 29th November.
As with previous workshops, there will be a final exhibition and showcase, held at Positive East Gallery from 13th to 20th December.
Session One:
- Making Up Stories with Dylan Stone.
Drawing/Writing/Sculpting Workshop.
Our stories are the beginning of art. Develop your stories and play with fictionalized accounts of real life events through talking, writing, drawing and the making of objects. Come with your stories as gifts to others and be inspired
Dylan Stone completed his BA Fine Arts in Barcelona and did his MA in New York.
- Stage Hands with Evan Placey.
Writing for Theatre Workshop.
We all have a story to tell. This is your chance to put it on the page and see how it works on its feet! Explore aspects of playwriting and learn tools to make your stories come to life. Your short play will be performed by professional actors.
Evan Placey is a playwright, director, screenwriter and poet. his plays have been performed in Toronto, Montreal, Edinburgh and London.
Session Two:
- Potty-mouth Poetry with Andra Simons.
Performing Poetry Workshop.
This Workshop's for all those closeted and not-so-closeted poets. Spend 4 intense weeks on one of your poems, building it up, memorising it and delivering a fierce, filthy (or vanilla) performance!
Andra Simons is a writer, director and actor. He received the Bermuda Gold Award and Golden Inkwell for his poetry and plays.
- Picturing Desire with Douglas Nicolson.
Photography Workshop.
A Workshop about photographs and their personal meanings. Explore the stories we construct when we try to make sense of the personal and public spaces we inhabit. Please bring a camera. No experience necessary.
Douglas Nicolson works in digital print and moving image. He has made art works in prisons, in a Romanian homeless shelter, in Kenya and London.
Summer 2007 Workshops:
Start Acting Out: Exploring Monologues with Andra Simons
Oozing dramatic flair or wish you did? Whether you want to create your own short drama or just be the one who can muster a Tennessee Williams monologue in the midst of a dying party, this workshop will show you how to uncover your own and a character's magic. A course in scene study and monologues, we'll use dram exercises and games to generate creative ideas, and explore interaction between the self and others through contemporary and classical texts. Bring along enthusiasm and a willingness to listen as we help each other find the truth in our dramatic moments. No experience necessary.
It's All About Me: Exploring Self-Portraits with George Chakravarthi
What's a self-portrait? Self-expression or self-indulgence? This mixed-media workshop explores image, self-image and portraiture through playful fun and practical approach to reach a deeper understanding of what it takes to make art on a theme of the Self. Using photography, collage, drawing text and other media, you'll be encouraged to create work that is as confessional or enigmatic as you like. Suggestions and strategies to help achieve personal vision will be given through exercises, group discussion and one-to-one. No experience necessary.
At the end of the Workshop session a showcase is held which exhibits the work done.
The summer exhibition - Look at Me! Look at Me! - provided a showcase for the Self Portrait workshop, along with performances on the opening night from the monologue course, with over 50 people attending on the first night.
Queer in the Frame with
Topher Campbell
An intensive workshop were
participants will be required to write, shoot, edit and star in a
short digital video drama. This is a wonderful opportunity to
learn about core aspects of creating a good quality visual story
and an introduction to low budget film making. If you are
imaginative, courageous and a team player or just want to have fun
this is the course for you.
Topher is a television and film
director. His credits include Doctors for BBC1 and his short films
have been shown in Lesbian and Gay film Festivals worldwide.
Fully Exposed with Ajamu
An practical, playful workshop
exploring the role of images in the lives of gay and bisexual men.
Participants will expand their skills in photographic image
creating and develop their own ideas. The sessions will include
working with conventional and digital cameras, studio and lighting
apparatus, portraiture, self-portraits and nudes.
Ajamu is a fine art photographer
and community activist who has shown work in galleries, museums
and alternative spaces around the world
Men Writing Themselves with
Royce Mahawette
An informal workshop that will
encourage participants to explore ways of writing their
masculinity. Sessions will work on initiating the writing process
to work on different genres- the diary, journaling, confessional,
short stories and genre fiction. The workshop is open to new
writers who are unsure of themselves as well as to experienced
writers who want to take their work in new directions.
Royce is a lecturer in Cultural
Studies and English Literature, he writes for the Times literary
supplement and has worked with various men's groups and Spread the
Word
Photography Workshop for Black
Men with Ajamu
A practical, playful, and serious
photographic workshop exploring the role of images in the lives of
black gay and bi men. You will develop a wide variety of skills in
photographic image creating, be encouraged to develop your own
personal ideas/projects, explore visual language around black male
identity, sexuality and community, and widen your ways of looking.
No experience necessary, only an interest in photography. Please
bring your own camera. Participants will be expected to cover
their own printing and developing costs.This workshop is run in
partnership with The Terrence Higgins Trust.
Ajamu, a fine art photographer and
cultural activist, has shown his work in galleries, museums and
alternative spaces around the world. Through experimentation and
risk-taking, his intention in photography, and recently with
video, is to extend, transgress and push contemporary theoretical
debates on Identities, the body, race, genders, sexualities and
pleasures.
Playing with Clay with John
Dawson
 Clay is
an extremely tactile medium in which you can loose yourself and be
surprised by your own creativity. In this practical workshop, you
will learn to make some simple objects using various skills taught
over a period of 8 weeks in an informal and friendly group. Create
like you have never created before! No experience necessary.
John studied ceramics at Goldsmiths'
College and has over the years gained an international following
giving workshops and exhibitions in various parts of the world.
John is also a member of the Crafts Potters Association where you
can see his work.
Queer Pitch: Singing and Song
Writing with Steve Anthony
Many of the great songwriters have
been queer. Now it's your chance to learn some of the tricks of
the trade. In this hands-on workshop for aspiring and more
seasoned singers, songwriters and lyricists, you'll learn about
hooks, lifts and bridges, mood, tone, structure, and how to make
your songs ring true. There will be plenty of scope to try out
ideas and get constructive feedback. Some musical and/or lyrical
ability is needed. A keyboard will be provided. Participants are
encouraged to bring their own guitars, etc.
Steve is a singer, songwriter, poet
and guitarist with many years experience in writing, recording and
performing songs. He has run similar workshops at Goldsmiths
College and Stratford Circus, amongst other places. He is a solo
performer and also part of the 'nu-jazzy' duo Anima Rising.
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