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At Her Feet. On Friday May 29th. Paramount Center for the Arts In St. Cloud, MN

In Black culture we talk about “giving someone their flowers” The phrase highlights giving flowers before someone passes, before it is too late, before they fade. Because they deserve them now. And you can still commune with them face to face. This month we honor Black Women in their softness, ingenuity, laughter, perseverance, exhaustion and their strength. We celebrate the full range of who they are and declare that every Black Woman deserves flowers at her feet, in her hair and decorating her heart before she fades away. 

About the Event: Get ready for a room full of flowers—an interactive bouquet. A photo booth full of soft petals and shared stories. Floating candles. Food. Music that knows you. Engaging topics. Meaningful conversation. Open spaces for journaling, altar, and/or art making. “At Her Feet,” centers encouragement, growth, laughter, thoughtfully held vulnerability, and joyful celebration. 

Co-created with Dr. LaDonna Butler of The Well MN. In partnership with the Paramount Center for the Arts and Minnesota Black Chamber of Commerce. 

Come receive your flowers. Come give them too.

Queer Open Studio: April

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Thursday, April 2nd 6-8 pm

Facilitator: Stuff Studio

Up Above My Head: Honoring Queer and Trans Ancestors

Not all ancestors share our blood or familial ties. They share our hopes, histories, and experiences. They are the people who went ahead of us, carrying their passions, joy, and resistance, leaving the door wide open for us to play in their path. In this Queer Open Studio, we will explore queer and trans leaders whose rest, work, and play made ours possible. Come experience found family while we create colorful, personalized mobiles to honor the chosen ancestors who have made a way for us.

This Open Studio centers Queer and/or Trans participants ages 18+ for art making alongside others. Learn more about Open Studio here. Previous art making experience not required!

Advanced registration required. 

As part of Curiosity Studio's Open Studio mission, we are committed to offering these programs for free. To help us reach the greatest number of people, we ask that you do your best to attend the programs you sign up for.

Thursday, March 26th 6-8 pm

Facilitator: Stuff Studio 

Theme: Sacred Unmasking

Surgeons scrub out. Skilled performers have a green room. Superheroes have everyday identities. Cultures across the world are as intentional about removing the ceremonial mask as they are about creating it. In this Open Studio, we will create personal vessels, safe places to set down the masks we wear, and remember how to return to ourselves when the performance is over. 

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ADVANCED REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

Open Studios are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Thursday, November 20th 6-8 pm

Facilitator: Stuff Studio

Theme: Archetypal 

In this open studio, a new Black collectivist Archetypal framework will anchor our creative exploration, helping us bring forward creative choices meaningfully.

We’ll discover that Black creative traditions like Jazz aesthetics—the principles of improvisational creativity—and call-and-response aren’t just Black musical forms; they’re technologies for practicing community power, agency, and self-definition. When we freely and choicefully play in a supportive space, we build capacity to carry that same quick-on-our feet, and intuitive decision making into our daily lives.

There are many ways to participate, create, play, and connect at this visual storytelling event using colorful paper craft, beads, yarn, other fiber art, archetypal coloring pages and more. No skill level needed, just your curiosity!

*Advanced registration required* 

Click on the BIPOC OPEN STUDIO picture to register! 

https://curiositystudioclass.com/classregister/bipoc-open-studio-september 

This Open Studio invites BIPOC-identifying participants ages 18+ to make art alongside others.  Previous art making experience not required. As part of Curiosity Studio's Open Studio mission, we are committed to offering these programs for free. To help us reach the greatest number of people, we ask that you do your best to attend the programs you sign up for.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Thursday, February 19th 6-8 pm

Facilitator: Stuff Studio

Theme: Community Power

Creativity is not a luxury. Rest is not betrayal. The people are not powerless. But knowing this and feeling it in our bodies are different things. 

In this BIPOC open studio, we will take time to create, rest, and embody our strengths together.

Participants will have the opportunity to create meditative paper tiles that represent their strengths. Participants may choose to contribute their paper tiles to a temporary mosaic on the studio table that symbolizes and tells the story of our community power.

*Advanced registration required*

This Open Studio invites BIPOC-identifying participants ages 18+ to make art alongside others.  Previous art making experience not required. Learn more about Open Studio here.

As part of Curiosity Studio's Open Studio mission, we are committed to offering these programs for free. To help us reach the greatest number of people, we ask that you do your best to attend the programs you sign up for.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.