By Way of Revolution is a performance art workshop led by artist Helina Metaferia and designed for women-identifying BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color). The workshop investigates how histories of protest inform our present-day moment, and the powerful yet often overlooked role that BIPOC women (both cis and trans) play in them. The workshop will rely on performance gestures of resilience to explore how institutionalized and systemic trauma gets stored in the body, and provide creative and tangible tools for self-care and communal care as methods for sustainability. The artist will lead participants through a series of writing, mindfulness, somatic, and performance exercises based on histories of social change movements.

Participants of this workshop have the option to volunteer to be photographed on the same day of the workshop, for a series of collages that Metaferia will create, combining archives of historical liberation movements with the images of workshop participants.

The workshop is for adults 18 years and older. Deadline for registration is Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 5 pm. Registration is required; space is limited.