Community Cultural Workshops 2024 (list)

COMMUNITY CULTURAL WORKSHOPS

2023 - 2024

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.

Submit Your Proposal

Writing From Visual Art
Facilitated by Nahid Khan

April 20, 2024, 10am - 12pm

Looking at “masterpiece art”, how can we use this to inspire our writing?

Movement for the Stage
Facilitated by Taous Khazem

March 23, 2024, 10am - 12pm, Sliding Scale Fee

Explore movement for the stage in a fun and relaxed atmosphere! In this workshop we will use levels, rhythm, and ensemble games to create exciting and unique characters and dynamic spaces on stage!

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.

All Together Now!
Facilitated by Laila Sahir

January 27, 2024, 10am - 12pm

This is an ensemble-based, devising-style workshop where participants will be creating a short piece together.