"For the Life of Me" Storytelling Workshop with David Wayne Reed

Posted June 22, 2021

Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

For the Life of Me is a writing workshop led by David Wayne Reed (creator of Shelf Life, and Goliath) where participants learn to identify and craft the stories of their own lives using dramatic structure and generative exercises to explore identity, trajectory, and personal mythology.

ABOUT DAVID WAYNE REED

David Wayne Reed (he/him/his) is an actor, writer, director, and producer from Kansas City, Missouri. Reed is the 2019 Charlotte Street Generative Performing Arts Fellow. He has been awarded a Rocket Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Charlotte Street Foundation, and Spencer Museum of Art, the Puffin Foundation, two Inspiration Grants from Arts KC, has won multiple Best of Awards from the Pitch Weekly, and has been Writer-In-Residence at Charlotte Street and Escape to Create.

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When

Saturday, July 10 at 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Where

Kemper Library at Charlotte Street (3333 Wyoming)

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Hope-Lian Vinson is a Kansas City-based visual artist whose works recast elements of the built environment to explore internal narratives of history and identity. With a B.F.A in Painting, Art History, and a Social Practice Certificate from the Kansas City Art Institute, Hope-Lian works at the intersections of art and ecology by using locally-sourced clay and natural materials to reference place and geological processes. They have showcased works in MdW Atlas, SITE ONE, Sapien Gallery, and have recently returned from the Chop Wood Carry Water arts residency in the Driftless region of NW Illinois. They currently serve as the Marketing + Communications Manager at Charlotte Street, where they use their artistic background in community-organizing to provide critical support for Charlotte Street programs and initiatives.