COMMUNITY CULTURAL WORKSHOPS
Generative workshops for, by and with our community
New Arab American Theater Works is excited to continue our popular community cultural workshop series in 2025. These workshops are a chance for community to gather in a low-stakes environment and to participate in cultural work led by the SWANA and Muslim community.
We are looking for proposals for 2 hour workshops that could be held in our Open Book studio space or the Open Book performance hall. These workshops would be self contained, and participants would go away having a community artistic experience relevant to our cultural work. Facilitators are paid a stipend.
Proposals are due December 20, 2024.
bayt: spaces in-between home, homeland, & migrations
Facilitated by Andrea Shaker
February 24, 2024, 10am - 12pm, Sliding Scale Fee
A work-in progress reading and feedback session: Andrea will lead an audience engagement session with readings and image viewing from her in-process book of text and images. Workshop participants will leave with a copy of an in-process section of the book.
Foraging Stories: An Indigenous and Lebanese American Partnership
Facilitated by Lorie Haddad & April Smith
June 27, 2024, 5pm - 8pm, Suggested fee $30
In this workshop, community will forage for wild grape leaves on private land, and connect to stories from Lebanese and Native experiences. They will then cook the food in the traditional manner together.