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SUMMARY:Queer Stories Tell the Truth
DESCRIPTION:The First Congregational Church (Camden, Maine) and Americans Who Tell the Truth are co-hosting a multi-event celebration of queer story telling in Orono, Maine, January 14 – February 6, 2024. This stunning collaboration uses portraiture and storytelling to invite communities to hear LGBTQIA+ voices, and change the way we think about queer justice, inclusion and belonging.\nSpecial events:\nPanel discussion led by Benjamin Perry\nTuesday, January 23, 7-8:30 p.m.\nOrono Performing Arts Center at Orono High School, 14 Goodridge Drive\nParticipants:\nBetty Burkes\nNicole Maines (appearing virtually)\nLucious K. Finston-Rox\nSarah Reynolds\nAdmission is free, but go to eventbrite to reserve a seat. (Donations to AWTT appreciated.)\nVisual Art and Narrative Workshop #1\nWednesday, January 24, 4 – 5:30 p.m.\nInnovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center, University of Maine, Orono\nFacilitators and Assistants:\nBenjamin Perry\nRob Shetterly\nUMaine students\nRegistration is free, but go to eventbrite to reserve a spot. (Donations to AWTT appreciated.)\nVisual Art and Narrative Workshop #2\nTuesday, January 30, 5 – 6:30 p.m.\nOrono Public Library\nFacilitators and Assistants:\nBenjamin Perry\nRob Shetterly\nUMaine students\nRegistration is free, but go to eventbrite to reserve a spot. (Donations to AWTT appreciated.)\nMore about the Workshops\nWe want to help participants own their own stories’ power. To help people harness that incredible potential, we will organize two narrative workshops led by storytelling experts. Facilitated by Robert Shetterly ( https://americanswhotellthetruth.org/about/about-the-artist/ ), painter of Americans Who Tell the Truth, and Benjamin Perry ( https://www.benjaminjperry.com/ ), author of Cry, Baby: Why Our Tears Matter, participants can choose to work in either written or visual format. Together, we’ll discuss the core elements that create a compelling story, explore how to use our lives as source material, and hear each other’s stories. Participants will learn to use both visual art and written words to communicate truths about who they are, and how to listen better to their neighbors’ truths as well. To change the narrative about queer people, we need to empower more narrators!  Learn from renowned experts and seize the transformational power of your truth! Our stories can create the world we deserve.\nCommunity-wide Exhibit\n\nFrom January 16 – February 6, AWTT portraits, alongside art produced during the workshops, will be on display at various Orono locations – Orono Public Library, The Store/Ampersand, Lord Hall and The University Union – and will include portraits of:\nNicole Maines\nMary Bonauto\nBetty Burkes\nAlicia Garza\nSandra Steingraber\nPauli Murray\nV (formerly Eve Ensler)\nHarry Hay\nJames Baldwin\nJane Addams\nAt a time of so much public vitriol and animosity—steeped in lies about queer people—we believe in the power of art and narrative to foster better conversations.\nRobert Shetterly’s portraits masterfully capture LGBTQIA+ leaders from around the country, inviting viewers to find inspiration in their stories. But this exhibit also makes clear: It’s not just big names who are making change. The beautiful photographs and testimonies collected by the First Congregational Church portray queer people from around the state owning their own blessedness and belovedness, disrupting simplistic narratives that pit LGBTQIA+ rights and religious freedom against one another.\nThis exhibit’s intention is to invite collective engagement. Pairings of portraits and photographs will be placed in public buildings throughout the community, accompanied by personal testimonies and information about the show.\n \n
URL:https://americanswhotellthetruth.org/events/queer-stories-tell-the-truth/
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LOCATION:Orono, Maine
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