MÁS Talleres (Workshops) connect our communities with Latin American Black and Afrodiasporic art and knowledge with roots in Latin America. We build relationships and collaborate with local Afro and Indigenous artists to host in-person and virtual workshops. All workshops are free to the public with live, simultaneous language interpretation. We host 3-6 workshops throughout each year, bringing together community members who are passionate about Afrodiasporic dance, art, and culture and remembrance.
Autobiographical writing workshop, Metresas and imaginary dissidents to coloniality with Johan Mijail Third Edition
The central idea of the workshop is to find in textual production a possibility of inventing critical imaginations of the heteronormative literary canon and its gestures of stimulating whiteness as a political regime.
Registration: january 3 to 20
When: February 10, 11, 12, 17 and 18
Modality: Online
Language: Only Spanish
Puerto Rican Bomba Percussion Workshop
Basic Rhythms. In this workshop we will connect with the basic elements of the Puerto Rican Bomba musical genre, exploring the use of Bomba as a vehicle of expression, a tool for resistance and its impact on the formation of Puerto Rican identity.
When: 7 Sundays in a row, from September 15 to October 27
Time: 11:30 am to 1pm
Sembrando comunidad 2024 with Gemaly Padua of colectivo Altepee in Seattle.
In collaboration with Seattle Fandango Project, Carolina Martinez in San Diego, Tierras Milperas, Portland Fandango, Hunter Gatherings” and Casa Hogar in Yakima, we are bringing workshops and events led by Gemaly Padua Uscanga to communities across the United States in November. When: Seattle, November 18 – 30
When: Seattle, November 8 al 30
Autobiographical writing workshop, Metresas and imaginary dissidents to coloniality with Johan Mijail Second Edition
The central idea of the workshop is to find in textual production a possibility of inventing critical imaginations of the heteronormative literary canon and its gestures of stimulating whiteness as a political regime.
When: February 13, 14, 15, 16, and 19
Modality: Online
Language: Only Spanish
Puerto Rican Bomba Workshop with Otoqui reyes
Intensive bomb dance, basic step and piquetes
When: 7 Sundays, from March 17th to April 28th
Time: 11:30 am to 1pm
Autobiographical writing workshop, Metresas and imaginary dissidents to coloniality with Johan Mijail Second Edition
The central idea of the workshop is to find in textual production a possibility of inventing critical imaginations of the heteronormative literary canon and its gestures of stimulating whiteness as a political regime.
When: February 13, 14, 15, 16, and 19
Modality: Online
Language: Only Spanish
Autobiographical writing workshop, Metresas and imaginary dissidents to coloniality with Johan Mijail
From an anti-racist and decolonial perspective, this workshop is proposed as a place to be able to write proposing the “I” as a habitable place, from a trans poetics.
When: January 23 to 25
Modality: Online
EntrAmar… Diáspora y Danza Afrovenezolana en honor a San Juan Bautista de Curiepe
An exchange space to: EntrAmar (Frame) in a playful and experimental way different Afro-diasporic dance and sound expressions of the participants, taking as a reference the Afro-Venezuelan dance in honor of San Juan Bautista de Curiepe.
When: December 12 to 14
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
Tamborito Workshop: Afro-Panamanian Rhythms and Dances
Music with Alfredo Chávez and Dance with Blanca Prater.
When: 5 Saturday, from July 16 to August 13
Time: Music 1:00 a 2:30 pm. Dance 5:00 a 6:30 pm
Dancing to the rythm of Cumbia
Dance for children with Marcela Rosero from Ramawaynina cumbé group.
When: Saturday, August 20 to September 17.
Time: 1:00 to 2:00 pm.
Introduccion to Afrocolombian Rhythms, by Diego Coy.
When: 5 sessions Tuesday and Wednesday: August: 23, 24 and 30 / September 7 and 14
Time: 6:00 a 7:30 pm
Cajón Peruano workshop with Mónica Rojas-Stewart
When: Saturdays from April 2 to June 4. Time: 12:00 to 1:00 pm
Singing for Healing with Black Mama
Embrace your roots using your voice. When: Fridays and Saturdays May 20 – 28. Time: Friday 6:00 to 8:00 pm; Saturday 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Identity and Legacy with Black Mama. -Resistrenza-
Strengthening the love for our hair. When: Sunday, May 22 to 29. Time: 12:00 to 2:00 pm