Acts of Care is an online course happening with Workman Arts and Arts Etobicoke. Registration will be open until November 8th, 2022, at which point accepted registrants will be contacted. Please note there is a limit on participants.
Dates: Tuesdays, November 15th, 22nd, 29th, December 6th, 13th (5 Weeks)
Time: 8:00 - 9:30pm EST
Location: Online
Who is this course for: North Etobicoke/Etobicoke Residents who are; caregivers. All indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island welcome.
Instructor: Julia Hune-Brown
Julia Hune-Brown (she/her) is a mother, caregiver, theatre artist, educator and occasional audio doc maker. She works with diverse communities directing and facilitating theatre projects in her hometown of Toronto and across Canada. Julia has been a lead artist with The Amy Project — Artist Mentoring Youth and Jumblies Theatre. She is the 2020 recipient of the JAYU Arts For Human Rights Award for Established Artist.
Julia recently finished creating a radio doc for CBC’s The Doc Project about her grandmother’s, Gar Yin Hune, immigration story. She is currently working on a book for young readers about her grandmother
and Cantonese opera in Canada.Class Description:
Open to anyone who identifies as a caregiver and is interested in writing and telling stories around acts of care.
This workshop series will use creative writing, found writing, performance, gentle movement and storytelling to explore themes of caregiving in a supportive relaxed environment. Carving out space for ourselves as caregivers to use performance art to acknowledge what we do to care for others, our community and for ourselves. These roles of caregivers are often invisible ( particularly during the pandemic). I want participants to have the opportunity to acknowledge, celebrate, process and give witness to acts of care through art-making. As individuals and as a collective we will be supported with guided writing and gentile performance to tell our own stories. All levels of experience are very welcome.
