Oct 18th 2017

In this collaborative workshop, we will explore the ways that anxiety can manifest in the creative process. We’ll work with performance anxiety, but we’ll also investigate less commonly named experiences of anxiety that come up in the process of making work and in our personal lives in relation to our making. How do we notice anxiety arising? How does it support us? When does it feel unhelpful, and how might we soothe ourselves in those moments? We will ask questions from a place of generosity and curiosity, seeking to identify and examine our patterns and develop new emotional skill sets to work with those patterns. We’ll stay grounded in the assumptions that we are already whole, that we’re already Doing It, and that the community can offer us new information and ways to reframe our challenges.

Hosted at VOLTA Performing Arts, this workshop is designed for makers of all disciplines who struggle with anxiety or simply seek greater freedom in their making. You may drop in for individual nights or attend the whole series; we will center specific themes each time while developing a thread of practice over the course of the series. The workshop will be facilitated by VOLTA Artist in Residence Nora Sharp (norasharp.com). Please be aware that Nora has no formal training in mental health but a vast education in anxiety from the school of life, and will be approaching the material with an interest in collective expertise.

Wednesdays 10/18, 11/15, and 12/20
7:30-9pm
VOLTA Performing Arts, 2142 N. Milwaukee, Chicago
$10

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