Workshop
The Missy Elliott Project
21 Sep 2017 – 3 Nov 2017
Regular hours
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 20:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 16:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Address
- 1 Brown Street
- Sheffield
- S1 2BS
- United Kingdom
Unapologetically black and feminist, the Missy Elliott Project is Site Gallery’s first collaboration with Eclipse Theatre, working with the phenomenon that is the artist Selina Thompson on her most ambitious project to date: The Missy Elliott Project.
About
Working alongside 10 black teenage girls in four cities, with 5 female artists we will create a series of new artworks exploring the lived experience of black teenage girls in the UK today.
It will be filled with the resilience and power of teenage girls; surveying how they negotiate a culture that tries to sexualize or infantilise them, and the tools that they use to fight the system.
Workshops
The young women we work with will be introduced to black feminist theory and encouraged to think about its place in their lives, on their terms. They will collaborate with and receive mentorship from leading female artists and will work with us to create a new work inspired by the sound and aesthetic of Missy Elliott – filled with the imagination and sense of spectacle that defines Missy’s work.
Dates and times:
21 and 28 September
5, 12 & 19 October
Weeklong workshop 31st October – 3rd November, ending in a small sharing for family and friends.
To find out more contact The Missy Elliot Project Engagement Manager, Emmy Lahouel on emmy@selinathompson.co.uk