Summer Series...

REGISTER NOW: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/7002640085#

"She be . Black . Arts . Movement . Summer Series" is an economically exclusive 6-week creativity immersion for Black womyn to CREATE artistic expression, ENGAGE public spaces, COLLABORATE with other dynamic sistas, PROMOTE mindfulness and EXPLORE Chicago. Artists and adventure-seekers veronica precious bohanan (UnSilenced Woman Press) and Sandria Washington (The Real Youga) are unapologetically taking sister circles out into the world and it’s going to be F-U-N!

Come discover how to #LiveArtfully.

Honor sacred creativity on six (6) Sundays, beginning July 7, 2013. All locations can be reached by public transportation and are wheelchair accessible. Follow your journey on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ArtSheBe and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/shebe.artfully.

Cost:  $20 per session, or $100 for all six

Attire:  Wear comfortable “play clothes” and your gym shoes

If you have any questions email shebeart13@gmail.com

Dates/Locations/Times: 

We will meet weekly in the front lobby of each venue.

All supplies will be provided.

Week 1:

July 7

10am - 1pm

Chicago Cultural Center

78 E. Washington

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Week 2:

July 14

12 - 3pm

DuSable Museum

740 E. 56th Place

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Week 3:

July 21

12 - 3pm

Mexican Fine Arts Museum

1852 W. 19th St.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Week 4:

July 28

10am - 1pm

MCA Chicago

220 E. Chicago

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Week 5:

August 4

12 - 3pm

Chicago Historical Museum

1601 N. Clark

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Week 6:

August 11

10am - 1pm

Next Door

659 W. Diversey Parkway

Your tourguides:

As an art therapist, writer and activist, veronica precious bohanan (vpb) is interested in how life's details intersect with race, class, gender and all aspects of one's environment—as one's mental health does not exist in isolation. veronica is interested in details because they are what make us each unique; they are also the qualities that must be navigated to have healthy relationships and communities. veronica's work as a therapist is grounded in trauma-informed care, cultural competency, and social, healing and reproductive justice. As an artist/writer, she has co-written such stage productions as Aqua Beats and Moon Verses, Brotha…Wassup Sun, and Love Does Not Hurt. Her poetry can be found in Home Girls Make Some Noise!: Hip-hop Feminism Anthology and Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets and Emcees. Om: My Sistagyrl Lotus is her first collection of prose and poetry. veronica has travelled the U.S. and abroad facilitating girl and womyn-centered workshops. She is a graduate of the University of Iowa and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. www.veronicabohanan.com

Living life artfully is Sandria M. Washington’s full-time job. As a writer, philanthropist, activist, wellness ambassador and visionary, Sandria believes in “trying life on and wearing it well” and allowing all of her personalities to have a say  about their preferred medium of expression. As a writer and journalist, Sandria has written and edited for numerous print and online publications, interviewing acclaimed artists such as Sean Paul, Eric Benet, Donna Summer and Grammy award-winning songwriters J. Ivy and Tarrey Torae. Sandria was a featured spoken word artist at Proctor & Gamble’s My Black is Beautiful tour (Chicago) and her poetry has been published in the BAC Street Journal and American Open Mike, Vol. I anthology. Currently, she blogs at My So-Called Writer’s Life on ChicagoNow.com. As a yoga instructor trained through Moksha Yoga Center, Sandria combines the science and healing of yoga with the art and healing of creative writing to help people live their most authentic and inspired lives. http://therealyouga.com/

REGISTER NOW: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/700264008