HOLDING GRIEF & GRATITUDE: storytelling at the good mourning festival
We are looking for poets, musicians, and performers to share their stories with us for a storytelling gathering this fall at Evergreen Brick Works with the theme of “Holding Grief & Gratitude”.
Lean into the complexity and contradictions of your experiences at the Good Mourning Festival where we aim to honour all that we are grieving and all that we are grateful for in the same breath.
The gradients of grief run far and wide, and for those of us who have been displaced in some way – whether voluntary or forced, on this land or from another land – our experiences may be tinged with grief in the shape of the deep distances away from our homeland, the disconnection from our ancestors, the forgetting of our mother tongues, the loss of our traditions and culture. At the same time, we are full of gratitude for our adopted homelands, for our triumphs, and for our everyday existence. However you experience grief and/or gratitude, we want to explore that together.
We will be providing a $70 honorarium for all selected performers. We encourage all forms of creative sharing including but not limited to song, dance, spoken word, comedy, and storytelling. Tell us how you want to share your story!
Our storytelling celebration will be taking place on November 2nd, 2024 at Evergreen Brick Works as part of the annual Good Mourning Festival. More event details to come soon.
WITH SUPPORT FROM EVERGREEN BRICK WORKS
Evergreen Brick Works is Canada’s first large-scale community environmental centre. It is a dynamic venue in the heart of Toronto’s Don Valley exploring ideas and leading-edge green technologies, and a vibrant public space where visitors can engage in a broad suite of hands-on environmental programming. Transformed from a collection of deteriorating heritage buildings into a global showcase for green design and urban sustainability, Evergreen Brick Works is both a stage and incubator for Evergreen’s programs.
The Good Mourning festival invites the public to come together to reclaim death as a special part of life. EBW invites visitors to explore the universal themes of grief and death with open hearts and open minds. The day offers a warm embrace, featuring interactive installations that invite you to engage, workshops that encourage meaningful conversations, and art pieces that celebrate the human experience. Come and be part of this inviting space where you can connect with others, share your stories, and find comfort in the shared journey of life and loss.