Art For Change invites students from immigrant backgrounds to participate in a storytelling workshop offered as part of the “Sed: A Trail of Thirst” Exhibit at Carlitos Cafe and Galeria.
Workshop Description: “Dangerous Storytelling”
Erasmo Guerra, winner of the Lambda Literary Award for his first novel, “Between Dances,” will lead this storytelling workshop for high-school to college age students interested in developing stories about growing up in the legal borderlands of U.S. immigration policy. These stories
will be developed as works of creative nonfiction or fiction. The workshop will be conducted in English for a diverse group of students while emphasizing Chicano/Latino narrative techniques. Students will have the opportunity to incorporate video and photography into their storytelling performances.
Workshop Schedule:
The workshop begins on March 3rd and meets for five Saturday
afternoons through March 31st for a final performance at Carlito¹s
Café on April 4th at 7pm and at the first-ever NYU Latino Studies
“Flor Y Canto” on April 13th. Outside writing time is expected.
Workshop Location:
41 East 11th Street (btw University Place and Broadway) on the 7th
Floor, Rm. 709.
Latino Studies Program, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU
Carlitos Cafe is located at 1701 Lexington Avenue (between 106th
and 107th Streets).
Art For Change invites students from immigrant backgrounds to participate in a storytelling workshop