‘Holy grief’ discussion at next Artists U conversation
‘Back Together, Not Back to Normal’
If we’re honest, “normal” is a long way off.
Sure, we are seeing semblances of it here and there. According to Andrew Simonet from Artists U (an ongoing partner of the S.C. Arts Commission), “there is a lot up for grabs in the next 12 months.” In an essay, he says:
Many of us have an understandable urge: Can’t we just go back to how things were in 2019? No, we can’t. Too much has shifted in our culture and economy and world. What comes next will be built, in part, by artists. We have sacred, essential skills for this moment: We look clear-eyed at what is and fearlessly imagine what could be.
And so “Back Together, Not Back to Normal” was born, giving artists a place to converse about the abundant twists and turns of navigating the transition away from lockdowns.
Devynn Emory (image from LinkedIn)
#SCartists can register now for an April 22 conversation with Brooklyn-based Devynn Emory, who will lead a conversation with the thesis, “our grief can be holy if we let it.”
Emory is a mixed Lenape/Blackfoot transgender choreographer, dance artist, bodyworker, ceremonial guide and acute care and hospice nurse who spent the pandemic along the front lines in the later roles. Artists U invites artists to join Devynn’s conversation about:
- grief and mourning what has been lost
- the traumas and truths of the past year, how they impact our bodies and breath
- how artists can resist the “get back to normal” narrative, reinventing rather than rebuilding
- how artists are useful to our communities and beloveds through these complex transitions
- grief and mourning what has been lost
- the traumas and truths of the past year, how they impact our bodies and breath
- how artists can resist the “get back to normal” narrative, reinventing rather than rebuilding
- how artists are useful to our communities and beloveds through these complex traditions.
That’s Thursday, April 22 at noon ET, and you can register here.