What’s Your Elephant’s Girl, GIRL, boi! – Virtual Art-Making Workshop + Community Chat
What’s Your Elephant’s Girl, GIRL, boi! – Virtual Art-Making Workshop + Community Chat
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Art-making workshop and community chat led by Niki Lopez with special guest Alexandria Friedlander of LezMiami and LJ Woolston of Transpire Trainings & Consulting
Register for this art-making workshop and community dialogue’s Zoom: https://bit.ly/wyelgbtqaworkshop3
Saturday, September 18 (Virtual) 1:00-3:00 PM EST.
Supplies needed to participate in art-making:
- Paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Magazine to cut from
- Pencil
- Markers or paint
Alexandria Friedlander is an LGBTQ badass. The Founder of LezMiami, an inspirational social media page to help add more positivity within the LGBTQ community and also has a motivational podcast called LezPod, our goal with the show is to introduce the world to people and ideas that are going to inspire you to pursue your dreams and empower you to believe in yourself.
Landon (LJ) Woolston, MSW, is a Miami-born queer and trans advocate, social worker, artist, and speaker/trainer. He is a current Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leader and a Point Foundation alumnus. LJ spent over half a decade supporting LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness and providing community-based trainings before launching Transpire Trainings and Consulting. Transpire offers tailored and interactive training for corporations, non-profits, and institutions on LGBTQ competency and a variety of other equity, diversity, and inclusion topics.
LJ also studied fine art photography in his undergraduate career and has held several local public exhibitions of his “Trans Bodies” work. He currently spends much of his time writing, and whether behind a camera or behind a pen, LJ considers art to be part of his activism. He has spent over a decade in community organizing, serves on several advisory boards, and is involved in multiple research projects and initiatives relating to transgender health. LJ also has three cats, with whom he is in perpetual negotiations with about the possibility of adopting a dog someday.
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This virtual event will be Zoom/Facebook live for the introduction and ZOOM ONLY for the art-making workshop and community chat dialogue.
Register for this art-making workshop and community dialogue’s Zoom: https://bit.ly/wyelgbtqaworkshop3
Saturday, September 18 (Virtual) 1:00-3:00 PM EST.
Participants in the workshop can submit their work to be a part of the virtual showcase Thursday, September 30, 6:30-8 PM
What’s Your Elephant™ LGBTQ Series:
A Series of art-making workshops + community talk + in-person and virtual Art exhibitions
The What’s Your Elephant™ series has typically explored many ‘elephants,’ though sometimes there is an annual focus. This year, our series will highlight LGBTQ+ communities. We will be collaborating with grassroots community partners such as NAMI Broward County, World AIDS Museum and Educational Center, Ujima Men’s Collective, South Florida Afro Pride Federation, Black Lesbian Archives, and Transpire Trainings & Consulting, and inviting our communities to make art, get vulnerable, and connect. This series will run from August 2021 – January 2022
WYE 2021/2022 will offer a hybrid of both in-person and virtual events.
For details on the What’s Your Elephant™ LGBTQ Series:
whatsyourelephant.org/whatsyourelephantlgbtq2021-series
This program was made possible by a grant from Our Fund Foundation, an LGBTQ Community Foundation.
About What’s Your Elephant:
What’s Your Elephant™ (WYE) is a combination of art exhibits, interactive installations, discussions, and workshops that are designed to provoke awareness by unveiling unaddressed topics. Themes often include but are not limited to: gender, sexuality, discrimination, and abuse. WYE shows us how art can heal and be a tool to process complex conversations, helping us to unpack the things that we, and the world around us, are challenged by. WYE also intentionally aims to destigmatize mental health topics and counseling.
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