Announcing an Arts Journalism Intensive with CHOP SHOP Dance Festival!

Join us for a FREE Arts Journalism Intensive, hosted by TeenTix in collaboration with CHOP SHOP. In this four-week series, you’ll be mentored by a professional arts journalist, interview contemporary dance artists, and write an article about one of the artists featured in the 2021 CHOP SHOP Contemporary Dance Festival. You'll learn arts journalism skills that are applicable for all genres of art. All participants will have their writing published on both the TeenTix Blog and CHOP SHOP’s website and receive a stipend for their article!

Sign up RIGHT HERE!

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:

The workshop takes place on the following Sundays in January from 12-1:30 PM

Sunday, January 10, 12-1:30 PM: Introduction to Interviewing & Researching Artists

Sunday, January 17, 12-1:30 PM: Interviewing Artists

Sunday, January 24, 12-1:30 PM: Writing & Peer Editing

Sunday, January 31, 12-1:30 PM: Finalizing Your Article

*All sessions will be held on Zoom.

Teens must commit to attending all 4 workshop lessons in order to participate. This workshop also requires participants to dedicate some time out of the meeting hours to work on their articles.

This workshop is limited to 12 teens. Must be ages 13-19, and current TeenTix member to participate. While any teen who is interested to sign-up, we highly encourage teens who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color) to participate. Register using the Google form below:

Teaching Artist

This Arts Journalism Intensive will be taught by Press Corps Teaching Artist Gabrielle Kazuko Nomura Gainor.

Gabrielle Kazuko Nomura Gainor (she/her) is a dancer, writer, and community activist who’s received grants from Seattle's Office of Arts & Culture and Washington State Arts Commission. The lobby displays she helped create for Seattle Opera’s Madame Butterfly were praised in The New York Times ("Classical Opera Has a Racism Problem" by Katherine Hu). Additionally, Gabrielle has spoken on KUOW public radio regarding Asian stereotypes in ballet. During the pandemic, Gabrielle has co-produced online workshops for youth of color, including “Mixed Race Seattle” and “Uprooting Anti-Blackness in the Japanese American Community." The journalism/dance graduate of Western Washington University has previously written for newspapers, blogs, and magazines.