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SUMMARY:Social Sculpture for Individual Goals
DESCRIPTION:  \nSocial Sculpture for Individual Goals is an opportunity to check in with others about your personal goals. \nThe way it works is very simple: A group of individuals gathers together\, and\, depending on how many individuals are present\, together we decide on a specific amount of time that each person will be allotted to speak to the group about their personal goals. We ask for one person to volunteer as a timekeeper\, and that person keeps track of time\, letting the person who is speaking know when they have one minute remaining\, and when their time is up. \nAs each one of us takes our turn to speak\, the group listens quietly and gives us an opportunity to speak from the heart about our personal goals. This process of personal goal-related sharing can go in many different directions\, and each person who speaks is welcome to use this time in whatever way feels most helpful to them. This process provides an opportunity for the speaker to sort out their thoughts\, to gain clarity around personal goals\, to share setbacks and successes\, and to be accountable to others. As we listen to others\, it is an opportunity for us to practice deep listening and to receive inspiration from others. \nWhile this is not an overly rule-bound process\, we do ask that attendees keep the following guidelines in mind: \n– When it is someone else’s turn to speak\, others in the group do not interrupt or query that person. We allow the person who is speaking to have ‘the stage’ to themself during their turn. \n– During your own turn\, keep the focus on yourself\, and do not give feedback to others who have already spoken (note: it is okay to reference something someone else said\, for example\, something that inspired you–as long as you are mentioning it in relation to your own goals and your own process). \n– Nobody is required to share. It is okay to attend and just listen to others\, without sharing anything yourself. Also\, it is okay if someone wants to speak for less than their allotted time. \n– Please keep in mind that this is an open community forum; therefore\, information that attendees choose to share is not considered confidential or anonymous. \nThis project is a collaboration between the Bureau and Ben G. Adams\, a psychologist and artist whose work focuses on approaching tropes of personal and social transformation as art forms. The term ‘social sculpture’ was originally developed by 20th century conceptual artist Joseph Beuys in reference to the idea that all human beings are artists\, and that all aspects of life can be approached as art forms. Ben’s previous work includes an art book and dieting system titled The Creative Process Diet\, mixed media works in printmaking and sculpture\, and another (currently ongoing) iteration of Social Sculpture for Individual Goals developed in collaboration with the Religious Society of Friends of Truth (a.k.a. ‘Quakers’) beginning in January 2017. \n  \nThere is no required cost to attend Social Sculpture for Individual Goals\, which is being very generously sponsored by the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, an independent organization that is operated entirely by volunteers. During the meeting we will pass around a bowl so that everyone who attends will receive an opportunity to make a voluntary donation to support the Bureau. The suggested donation is $10\, and we ask attendees to be as generous as possible in their support of the Bureau\, which generously sponsors Social Sculpture for Individual Goals and many other community-building projects. \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:TELL 52: I MADE IT!
DESCRIPTION:  \nTELL is an evening of story telling from the mouths and minds of queers in NYC hosted by Drae Campbell at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division since February 2014.\n \nI MADE IT! is the theme of the 52nd installment of TELL. Featuring stories by Varín Ayala\, Hector Canonge\, Buzz Slutzky\, and Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li.\n \n$10 suggested donation to support the Bureau and the performers. No one turned away for lack of funds.\n \n \nPhotograph by Grace Chu \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDrae Campbell is a writer\, actor\, director\, story teller\, dancer\, and nightlife emcee. Drae has been featured on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and on stages all over NYC. Drae’s directing work has appeared in Iceland\, NYC\, Budapest and in the San Francisco Fringe Festival. The short film Drae wrote and starred in with Rebecca Drysdale\, YOU MOVE ME won the Audience Award for Outstanding Narrative Short at OUTFEST 2010 and has been shown in festivals globally. Drae won the grand prize at the first annual San Miguel De Allende Storytelling Festival in Mexico. She once reigned as Miss LEZ and also got dubbed “the next lezzie comedian on the block” by AfterEllen.com for her comedic stylings on the interwebs. Campbell hosts and curates a monthly queer storytelling show called TELL at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. Check her out online!  www.draecampbell.com. \n  \n  \n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nVarín Ayala: Off Broadway: The Taming of the Shrew (TFANA with Maggie Siff; dir\, Arin Arbus); NY Theater: Contigo (Signature); 365 Days/Plays (The Public); Jackson Heights 3AM (Theater 167): Las Facultades\, The Beep (Pregones); Barber Surgeons (Studio 42); End of Summer\, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Kaleidoscope at Cherry Lane); Numerous readings and workshops at NYTW\, The Public\, INTAR\, The Lark\, among others. Regional Theater: Pinkolandia (Two River Theater; premiere)\, The Motherf**er with the Hat (Hartford TheaterWorks)\, The Road to Washington (Mountain Playhouse)\, Angels in America I/II (Civic Theater of Allentown). TV:  Lie to Me\, Hustling. Training: The Actors Center Conservatory\, Shakespeare Lab at The Public\, Groundlings. \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nHector Canonge is an interdisciplinary artist\, independent curator\, and cultural entrepreneur based in New York City. His work incorporates the use of new media technologies\, cinematic narratives\, Live Action Art\, and Social Practice to explore and treat issues related to constructions of identity\, gender roles\, and the politics of migration. Challenging the white box settings of a gallery or a museum\, or intervening directly in public spaces\, his performances mediate movement\, endurance\, and ritualistic processes. Some of his actions and carefully choreographed performances involve collaborating with other artists and interacting with audiences. His installations\, interactive platforms\, performance art work\, and literary readings have been exhibited and presented in the United States\, Latin America\, Europe and Asia.\n \nIn the Summer of 2018\, Canonge undertook two major projects that took him to North Africa\, Asia\, and Europe: his multinational project “TEMPTATIONS” produced and presented in Morocco\, Egypt\, Turkey\, Cyprus\, and Greece\, and “PORTALS” & “REFLEJOS” in collaboration with Verónica Peña presented in Marseille\, France\, and Mallorca\, Granada and La Rioja in Spain. In the Fall of 2018\, the artist presented and connected with artists and creatives in Moscow\, Russia\, and in participated in the Morni Hills Performance Art Biennale II in India where his project\, “AWAKENINGS” was featured. Canonge was invited to participate in the Teacher’s College Teaching Artist Certificate Program (2018-2019)\, and is currently preparing for future presentations in the United States\, Argentina\, Mexico and Germany. \n  \n  \n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBuzz Slutzky is a non-binary transgender artist\, writer\, and performer whose practice incorporates drawing\, painting\, sculpture\, and video. Their visual art and writing often play between autobiographical and historical content. Lately\, they’ve been drawing mashups between instructional manuals. As a performer\, Buzz has mixed stand-up comedy and musical comedy under the persona Stoni Butchell\, among others. They currently teach film and art to 18 year olds at CUNY College of Staten Island and SUNY Purchase College.\n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nOriginally from Taiwan\, Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li earned his Master’s degree in Performance Studies at New York University. He works as director\, playwright\, performer\, and performance artist\, having created projects addressed upon sexuality\, philosophy\, and politics\, to give his unique perspectives on time\, space\, and power relations. His thesis performance piece “Kiss Me\, so I am Queer”\, curated by Chashama\, talks about the temporality of queerness and the social construction of queer identity. Currently\, he is the Associate Artistic Director of the Living Theatre\, and the New York Directing fellow of Drama League. \n  \n \n  \n 
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