Responsibility of the Storyteller Workshop with Janice Jo Lee

Saturday, March 7 – Sunday, March 8, 2020
10am – 12pm each day (2 hours a day)

Workshop Description
Why do you write? Why do you share? What is your purpose as an artist? Who is your community, your audience, and why do they matter to you? Why did your ancestors choose you as a storyteller? In this workshop we will examine and define our artistic practice within the context of our times and community. Artists will leave with a working draft of their artist statement, and a clearer vision of their artistic path.

Registration in the workshop includes an evening concert with the incredible Janice Jo Lee on Saturday, March 7 at 8pm in Wells.

March in Wells is a great time for cross country skiing, snow shoeing or visiting Barkerville with all its winter activities. Also 20 minutes down the road is Troll Ski Resort for great downhill skiing.

Stay at the Island Mountain Arts Nest Residency where you can choose from rooms with private bathroom or shared bathroom. All rooms have access to full kitchens, as well as, shared living rooms where you can socialize or continue to work on your storytelling. A number of great restaurants, cafes and bars are open in Wells for you to enjoy.

Regular Fees (after February 14th):
$175 + GST – 2-day Session , 2 nights Shared Kitchen & Bath Accommodations included

$205 +GST – 2-day Session , 2 nights Shared Kitchen & Private Bath Accommodations included

$75 + GST – 2-day Session without Accommodations included

REGISTER HERE (http://imarts.com/upcoming-workshops)

INSTRUCTOR BIO:

Janice Jo Lee (she/her), aka Sing Hey, is a folk artist of Korean ancestry from Kitchener, on Haldimand Tract treaty territory. She is a folk soul singer-songwriter, spoken word poet, playwright-actor, and educator. She is passionate about building flourishing communities based in justice and joy through art. On stage Janice is known for being disarmingly hilarious, off-the-cuff and fearlessly honest. She is a hard femme, queer, radical, comedian, truth-teller and trickster.

Currently Janice organizes with Groundings, a movement to raise up BIPOC poets under the mentorship of Lillian Allen. She is a Co-Chair of SpeakNORTH, working to reinvision the national spoken word community. She was the founding artistic director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Poetry Slam and created its first Spoken Word Residency program for emerging professionals in 2018. Her one-woman musical satire Will You Be My Friend made its Toronto debut at Theatre Passe Muraille in 2018 (NNNN Now Magazine, 3 of 4 Stars, The Star) In Waterloo Region, she was voted Best Performance Artist four years running from 2016 to 2019. She is working on her upcoming albums Ancestor Song, Lonely is the Lullaby, and a new bouffon musical satire about the climate apocalypse.