New Writer-in-Residence: Holly Timpener
Holly Timpener is a non-binary performance artist exploring Queer trauma, resistance, and identity. Through performance, they address gender, intimacy, trauma, and the body, while engaging with themes of trust, power, control, and consent.
Their work involves both personal reflection and stories from within the Queer community, using performance to process and respond to shared experiences.
Currently, Timpener is investigating the relationship between internal transformation and non-binary identities through durational performance art. They seek to create accessible language around these transformations and believe that queer resistance emerges through performative action.
During their residency at Historic Joy Kogawa House, Holly will lead the Challenging Our Place in the World workshop, helping participants create individualized performances rooted in personal transformation.
Challenging Our Place in the World: Performance Art and Internal Transformation
When: Wed, November 27, 2024 07:00 pm – 08:30 pm
Where: Historic Joy Kogawa House, 1450 W 64th Ave, Vancouver
This workshop engages with participants to create an individualized performance and writing language stemming from internal transformations felt within a performance workshop. We will begin with personal writing reflections that respond to questions the author offers about the self and sensory experiences.
The author will guide participants through exercises and rituals so that they can develop a short performance about their text.
Marpole Community FoodHub Storytelling
When: Sat, November 30, 10am-4pm & Sun, December 8, 10am-4pm
Where: Marpole Neighbourhood House, 8585 Hudson Street, Vancouver
Come celebrate the lives, stories, and food that make up the Marpole Community. Through a partnership between Historic Joy Kogawa House, Marpole Community Food Hub, and Marpole Neighbourhood House, community-engaged artist Yanting Qiu will be leading storytelling workshops at Marpole Neighbourhood House and the development of a Marpole Neighbourhood Cookbook. All events take place at Marpole Neighbourhood House.
- Food will be provided at workshops
- Honoraria are available, there is potential for participants to receive payment for participation
About the Author
Yanting Qiu has been working as a producer, playwright, dramaturge, and cultural consultant who has been helping arts organizations engage the Chinese-speaking communities. Yanting is looking forward to providing Gateway audiences with fun, relevant and non-traditional programs.
In her spare time, Yanting is the co-artistic/managing director of Theatre as a Second Language Society and a Flame storyteller.
