WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

This three-hour interactive workshop explores how artists and communities have sustained themselves through creative practice during times of oppression. Through body warmups, storytelling, and improvisation, we’ll examine the role of art as both resistance and self-preservation. Participants will explore how creative practice sustains us through difficult times and strengthens our capacity to care for each other.

WORKSHOP DETAILS:
  • WHEN: Friday, April 24th at 1:00 – 4:00 PM
  • WHERE: The Blue Door Theatre (319 S Cedar St, Spokane, WA)
  • INSTRUCTOR: Anna Marie Martin (Not in a group) of
  • MAX. PARTICIPANTS: 30
  • WORKSHOP LENGTH: 3 Hours

 

More About The Instructor:

Anna Marie Martin (she-her) is a Nonprofit Consultant with fifteen+ years of experience working with mission-driven organizations. Her strengths are building strategic partnerships, finding creative ways to align nonprofit missions and funder goals, and writing compelling narratives that engage funders and donors. One of her proudest achievements is securing a $1M grant for an antiracist childcare center, which has added 170 affordable childcare slots in underserved neighborhoods in Spokane. During the pandemic, she provided strategic guidance to organizations navigating the available funding landscape of city, state, federal, and foundation sources.
Anna is passionate about community building, inclusion, recovery, resilience, and the arts. She earned a Master’s of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary and a Bachelor’s in English and Theatre Arts from Mary Washington College. She’s an avid crafter and is learning improv at The Blue Door Theatre.
Anna is building a foundation for her two children, Lake (14) and River (11), to thrive. During a recent drive with the kids, “I Will Survive” came on. She shouted, “Is disco ever the wrong answer?” The kids split on this (one yes, one no), sparking a heated debate. So she gave them permission to play it at her funeral.
Anna believes in the power of intentional communities to build resilient futures. Strategy, storytelling, and resources bring those visions to life.

Questions about this workshop? Reach out to Jim Mohr at Jim_Mohr@bluedoortheatre.org or reach out to the Instructor directly at anniemdiv@gmail.com