Open Studios: For Black Folx, Curated by J. Bouey

CPR – Center for Performance Research is dedicated to supporting artists in the development of new work in contemporary dance and performance. CPR focuses its activities in three key areas: creative and professional development support; providing affordable space for artists; and public programming. Curated and open-call programs focus on providing artists with rehearsal, residency, and performance support, which generates time and space for research and dialogue, and creates opportunities to share work in a variety of contexts. CPR’s subsidized space rental program helps to ensure that artists can access CPR’s flexible studios and performance space at affordable rates to create and share their work. By presenting work to the public through performances, work-in-progress showings, salon-style discussions, exhibitions, and festivals, CPR exposes local audiences and its community to contemporary artistic practice and process.

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Featuring angel edwards, Jayson P. Smith, & Janae Williams/juh weems/fatblackclit. This Open Studios program is open for Black people only.

This Open Studios program is open for Black people only.As a resource, we suggest reading <a href="https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/09/why-need-black-only-spaces/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">this Everyday Feminism article</a> about why Black-only spaces are needed and healthy in our current social and political climate.CPR 2021 Artist-in-Residence J. Bouey organizes a virtual Open Studios that gives a peek into the creative processes of angel edwards, Jayson P. Smith, and Janae Williams/juh weems/fatblackclit as they explore the ‘captive maternal’ (coined by Joy James), love and care during Black death, interrogating the ruptures that global anti-Blackness creates, and birthing self and others (obligatory and otherwise). The showings of each artists&#x27; work will be followed by a conversation with curator J. Bouey where they will share more about their creative processes, and what informs them.<a href="https://www.cprnyc.org/open-studios" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Open Studios</a> is a series of work-in-progress showings held regularly throughout the year, and serves as an incubator for new work, inviting the public into the artistic process. Each installment is curated by an invited guest, usually someone close to the CPR family, and features a diverse group of artists, performance-makers, choreographers, and dancers. Each Open Studios culminates in a conversation with the artists and organizers, where audiences are invited and encouraged to share their feedback.Closed captioning provided and ASL interpretation may be provided, upon request, and with at least two weeks’ advance notice, by emailing remi@cprnyc.org.

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Open Studios: For Black Folx, Curated by J. Bouey

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