In honor of Earth Month, Rasheena Fountain leads a listening and writing session grounded in our relationship to the land through the Blues. This gathering is not limited to artists, makers, or writers; Blues is for everybody Black. Therefore, this workshop taps into a traditional art form that lives within us. With this, no formal musical or artistic background is required to take part. The teach in session will begin with a listening experience, followed by contextual framing and guided discussion grounded in blues & environmental scholarship. We will then move through a series of ekphrastic writing exercises, engaging the blues as both form and method. The session will culminate in a collective writing workshop where we are encouraged to share our work. As part of a broader Black sapphic anthology series, the session also offers an analysis of blues lyricism through Black sapphic artists, drawing on the work and influence of Black sapphic ancestors in the blues.

Black Butch Blues Anthologies: Writing Workshop

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