Take Up Space Creator Artform
Spoken word workshops for women of colour, which will be free to attend, on a weekly basis. It will culminate in a spoken word performance event where participants showcase the poems they have developed to friends, family and the community.
These workshops aim to offer a safe space for women of colour to unpack the racialized and gendered barriers which impact their everyday lives. The working project title is Take Up Space. There will be 4 workshops in total held over 4 consecutive Sundays, and a showcase spoken word night held on another consecutive Sunday.
ABOUT
Aiwa Pooamorn is a Thai-Chinese mother, poet, theatre maker and performer. She and Gemishka Chetty are co-directors of Creative Creatures, an arts collective featuring migrant POC. Their theatre show Have You Ever Been With An Asian Woman? won an Auckland Fringe’s 2020 award. They have run spoken word/poetry workshops with various organizations such as Shakti Youth and Shakti Women’s Refuge. Aiwa’s poems have been published in Landfall, Sport and in the anthology A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices From Aotearoa
Creator
Aiwa Pooamorn and Gemishka Chetty of Creative Creatures
Project Date
September 2022
Location
Waitakere Central Library
Funding Source
Creative Henderson-Massey