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SUMMARY:Level Up: Grant Writing 101 with Saymoukda Vongsay
DESCRIPTION:Saymoukda Vongsay will provide beginning grant writers with the knowledge and tools to write their grants.\n\nAbout Workshop Presenter\nSaymoukda is a Lao poet\, playwright\, social practitioner\, and cultural producer. She’s the author of the children’s book WHEN EVERYTHING WAS EVERYTHING and is best known for her award-winning play KUNG FU ZOMBIES VS CANNIBALS. \nHer plays have been presented by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (NY)\, Theater Mu (MN)\, Lower Depth Theater (LA)\, Asian Improv Arts (IL)\, and elsewhere. Her awards include grants/fellowships from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation\, Jerome Foundation\, Bush Foundation\, Andy Warhol Foundation\, MAP Fund\, Playwrights’ Center\, Forecast Public Art\, MRAC\, MSAB\, and 30-ish more. \nSaymoukda is an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence at Theater Mu\, a McKnight Foundation Fellow in Community-Engaged Practice Art\, a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow in playwriting; and serves on the City of Saint Paul’s Cultural STAR Board. \nRegister via Eventbrite\n\nGeneral Program Overview\nLevel Up is an affordable professional development series for artists\, organizers\, and community leaders. Facilitated by artists\, arts leaders\, and professionals from within the TruArtSpeaks network\, there will be a new lead facilitator and topic each session. Please visit the website for the full schedule and come as you need/desire. If you are an artist\, organizer\, or anything in between and are looking to gain skills in grant writing\, lesson planning\, using social media to shift the narrative about your community\, or if you are seeking to learn best practices as a community organizer or more— this space is for you. \n\n\n\nSliding scale admission is available; please pay what you can and join us as we invest in our community.
URL:https://www.truartspeaks.org/event/level-up-grant-writing-101-with-saymoukda-vongsay/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Online
CATEGORIES:Level Up
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SUMMARY:Level Up: Financial Literacy 101 with Rich Berkley
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a workshop with Rich Berkley to boost your financial literacy. \nAbout Workshop Presenter\nRich Berkley is a financial professional with Principal Financial. Originally from Liberia\, he was adopted at the age of 10. He has a bachelor’s degree in Business and Marketing from the University of Jamestown. He plans on bringing financial literacy to underserved communities.\n \nPrincipal Financial Group® as the company and add this disclosure to the end Insurance products issued by Principal National Life Insurance Company(except in NY)\, Principal Life Insurance Company®\, and the companies available through the Preferred Product Network\, Inc.Securities and advisory products offered through Principal Securities\, Inc.\, Member SIPC. Referenced companies are members of the Principal Financial Group®\, Des Moines\, IA 50392. Rich Berkley\, Principal National and Principal Life Financial Representative\, Principal Securities Registered Representative\, Investment Adviser Representative\, and a member of the Principal® Financial Network. TruArtSpeaks and Level Up are not affiliates of any company of the Principal Financial Group. 2579577-112022 \nRegister via Eventbrite\n\nGeneral Program Overview\nLevel Up is an affordable professional development series for artists\, organizers\, and community leaders. Facilitated by artists\, arts leaders\, and professionals from within the TruArtSpeaks network\, there will be a new lead facilitator and topic each session. Please visit the website for the full schedule and come as you need/desire. If you are an artist\, organizer\, or anything in between and are looking to gain skills in grant writing\, lesson planning\, using social media to shift the narrative about your community\, or if you are seeking to learn best practices as a community organizer or more— this space is for you. \n\n\n\nSliding scale admission is available; please pay what you can and join us as we invest in our community.
URL:https://www.truartspeaks.org/event/level-up-financial-literacy-rich-berkley/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Online
CATEGORIES:Level Up
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SUMMARY:Level Up: Poetry Workshop With Michael Kleber-Diggs
DESCRIPTION:Join us for another writing workshop designed to guide you through creating a new work of poetry. Facilitated by the prolific and award-winning author Michael Kleber-Diggs\, this workshop will be fun\, profoundly interactive\, and thought-provoking. \nAbout Workshop Presenter\nMichael Kleber-Diggs (KLEE-burr digs) (he/him / his) is a poet\, essayist\, literary critic\, and arts educator. His debut poetry collection\, Worldly Things (Milkweed Editions 2021)\, won the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize and is a finalist for the 2022 Minnesota Book Award. His poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies. Michael is married to Karen Kleber-Diggs\, a tropical horticulturist and orchid specialist. Karen and Michael have a daughter pursuing a BFA in Dance Performance at SUNY Purchase. \nRegister via Eventbrite\n\nGeneral Program Overview\nLevel Up is an affordable professional development series for artists\, organizers\, and community leaders. Facilitated by artists\, arts leaders\, and professionals from within the TruArtSpeaks network\, there will be a new lead facilitator and topic each session. Please visit the website for the full schedule and come as you need/desire. If you are an artist\, organizer\, or anything in between and are looking to gain skills in grant writing\, lesson planning\, using social media to shift the narrative about your community\, or if you are seeking to learn best practices as a community organizer or more— this space is for you. \n\n\n\nSliding scale admission is available; please pay what you can and join us as we invest in our community.
URL:https://www.truartspeaks.org/event/level-up-poetry-workshop-michael-kleber-diggs/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Online
CATEGORIES:Level Up
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SUMMARY:Level Up: Documenting the Movement\, Responsible Storytelling with DJ Miss Britt
DESCRIPTION:DJ Miss Britt will lead us through an interactive workshop centered around responsible storytelling.\n\nAbout Workshop Presenter\nOf the many hats our beloved DJ Miss Britt wears are journalists and storytellers— she is one of the many folx in our community who keeps their boots on the ground and in the streets\, ensuring that multiple perspectives shape the narrative. This workshop will provide guiding questions\, tools\, tips\, best practices on journalism\, and more. \nRegister via Eventbrite\nGeneral Program Overview\nLevel Up is an affordable professional development series for artists\, organizers\, and community leaders. Facilitated by artists\, arts leaders\, and professionals from within the TruArtSpeaks network\, there will be a new lead facilitator and topic each session. Please visit the website for the full schedule and come as you need/desire. If you are an artist\, organizer\, or anything in between and are looking to gain skills in grant writing\, lesson planning\, using social media to shift the narrative about your community\, or if you are seeking to learn best practices as a community organizer or more— this space is for you. \n\n\n\nSliding scale admission is available; please pay what you can and join us as we invest in our community.
URL:https://www.truartspeaks.org/event/level-up-documenting-the-movement-responsible-storytelling-with-dj-miss-britt/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Online
CATEGORIES:Level Up
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SUMMARY:Level Up: Q&A on Hip Hop & Entrepreneurialism
DESCRIPTION:Tish Jones and Timothy Wilson (Owner of Urban Lights Music) join together in a discussion for a Q&A on Hip-Hop and Entrepreneurialism. professionals\n\nRegister via Eventbrite\nGeneral Program Overview\nLevel Up is an affordable professional development series for artists\, organizers\, and community leaders. Facilitated by artists\, arts leaders\, and professionals from within the TruArtSpeaks network\, there will be a new lead facilitator and topic each session. Please visit the website for the full schedule and come as you need/desire. If you are an artist\, organizer\, or anything in between and are looking to gain skills in grant writing\, lesson planning\, using social media to shift the narrative about your community\, or if you are seeking to learn best practices as a community organizer or more— this space is for you. \n\n\n\nSliding scale admission is available; please pay what you can and join us as we invest in our community.
URL:https://www.truartspeaks.org/event/level-up-hip-hop-entrepreneurialism/
CATEGORIES:Level Up
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SUMMARY:Level Up: Augmented Reality & the Next Generation of Artists with Adam Davis-Mcgee
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will explore how to tap into the world of Meta\, and digital currency\, especially for visual artists\, performers\, photographers\, and filmmakers.\n\n\nAbout Workshop Presenter\nAdam Davis-McGee\, aka “ADM” is a Director and Producer with a background in traditional and immersive digital storytelling and content creation. In 2016\, ADM launched “AXS GRNTD\,” an Atlanta\, GA-based tech start-up focused on extended reality (XR) solutions within the art\, education\, and entertainment space. \nIn 2018\, He was selected to create an AR experience about the “Old Cedar Bridge\,” making it Minnesota’s first Augmented Reality installation with a historic landmark. In the wake of the 2020 uprisings\, ADM partnered with GRX Immersive Labs and Oculus to direct and produce “IN PROTEST” a VR journalism series highlighting grassroots stories from the frontlines. ADM is currently Director of Partnerships at Art House\, an LA-based augmented reality company. He also produces digital content with WIRED and co-hosts a social-tech podcast\, “Innovative Monsters\,” available everywhere. \nRegister via Eventbrite\n  \nGeneral Program Overview\nLevel Up is an affordable professional development series for artists\, organizers\, and community leaders. Facilitated by artists\, arts leaders\, and professionals from within the TruArtSpeaks network\, there will be a new lead facilitator and topic each session. Please visit the website for the full schedule and come as you need/desire. If you are an artist\, organizer\, or anything in between and are looking to gain skills in grant writing\, lesson planning\, using social media to shift the narrative about your community\, or if you are seeking to learn best practices as a community organizer or more— this space is for you. \n\n\n\nSliding scale admission is available; please pay what you can and join us as we invest in our community.
URL:https://www.truartspeaks.org/event/level-up-augmented-reality-adam-davis-mcgee/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Online
CATEGORIES:Level Up
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SUMMARY:Level Up: Changing the Narrative through Social Media with Marz Lovejoy
DESCRIPTION:About Workshop Presenter\nMarz Lovejoy was born in Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, raised in San Diego and Santa Monica\, California\, and became the woman she is now after many years of grinding in New York. She now lives between The US and Europe with her three children. Marz helped shaped Office Magazine\, is founder and Editor in Chief of The Black Utopia\, and has recently signed on to be Curator-at-Large for Alvaro Barrington’s new art studio in London. However\, various forms of art and entertainment have been Marz’s primary inspiration as well as the backdrop of her career. From professional modeling and acting\, writing and producing music\, and creating published works in the literary field\, Marz continues to evolve in creativity while centering on community and social responsibility. \nHer latest projects include Her annual “…And Still We Ride…” bike ride out\, celebrating Black women. The live streaming of her son’s birth raised awareness and funds for Black Maternal Health organizations. She has contracted with major brands to be featured in advertising campaigns\, where a portion of the profits was donated to nonprofits of Marz’s choice. \nWith a far-reaching audience and a lens for equity\, justice\, and focus on the Black plight\, Marz’s message that “Small Acts Matter” packs a profound ripple effect that can be measured by the success of her campaigns.
URL:https://www.truartspeaks.org/event/level-up-changing-narrative-through-social-media/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Online
CATEGORIES:Level Up
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SUMMARY:Level Up: Manuscript Writing with Khary Jackson
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will be focused on how one might approach the sequencing of their poems in a manuscript. Whether a “full length” or a shorter collection\, participants will be able to consider and discuss the impact that a thoughtful and creative poem sequence can have on the reader’s experience.\nAbout Khary Jackson\nKhary Jackson is a writer\, dancer\, and musician. Khary is an alumnus of Cave Canem\, the esteemed writing fellowship for Black writers. Khary’s poetry book\, Any Psalm You Want\, was published with Write Bloody Publishing in the spring of 2013. \nGeneral Program Overview\nLevel Up is a more accessible space for you to continue your development and education as a professional and/or practitioner in your respective area of interest\, at an affordable price. Facilitated by artists\, arts leaders\, and professionals from within the TruArtSpeaks network\, there will be a new lead facilitator and topic each session\, so please visit the website for the full schedule and come as you need/desire. If you are an artist\, organizer\, or anything in between and are looking to gain skills in grant writing\, lesson planning\, using social media to shift the narrative about your community\, or if you are seeking to learn best practices as a community organizer or more— this space is for you. \nSliding scale admission is available; please pay what you can and join us as we invest in our community. \nRegister via Eventbrite\n 
URL:https://www.truartspeaks.org/event/level-up-manuscript-writing-with-khary-jackson/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Online
CATEGORIES:Level Up
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SUMMARY:Level Up: Augmented Reality & Social Justice with Adam Davis-Mcgee
DESCRIPTION:Details coming soon
URL:https://www.truartspeaks.org/event/level-up-augmented-reality-social-justice/
CATEGORIES:Level Up
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SUMMARY:Level Up Workshop
DESCRIPTION:An affordable professional development series for artists\, organizers\, and community leaders.\nZooming In: Making Our Values Real Through Both Art And Action on March 14th: The first installment of the Level Up series will explore one of the most pressing questions artists face today: what are our roles and responsibilities in times of great crisis\, uncertainty\, and transition? How can our art support movement-building work… and do we have more to offer beyond that art? Through shining a light on historical examples of how artists have answered these questions and uplifting some present-day and local examples\, we’ll attempt to “zoom in” from these big questions down to some specific actions we can take and practices we can cultivate. \nGeneral Program Overview\nLevel Up is a more accessible space for you to continue your development and education as a professional and/or practitioner in your respective area of interest\, at an affordable price. \nFacilitated by artists\, arts leaders\, and professionals from within the TruArtSpeaks network\, there will be a new lead facilitator and topic each session\, so please visit the website for the full schedule and come as you need/desire. If you are an artist\, organizer\, or anything in between and are looking to gain skills in grant writing\, lesson planning\, using social media to shift the narrative about your community\, or if you are seeking to learn best practices as a community organizer or more— this space is for you. \nRegister for your slot. Sliding scale admission is available; please pay what you can and join us as we invest in our community.
URL:https://www.truartspeaks.org/event/level-up/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Online
CATEGORIES:Level Up
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