forming new folklores
forming new folklores

A series of FREE creative ​workshops exploring queerness & ​disability

The Create Place

London E2

September - October 2024


These workshops are aimed at people who self-identify

as queer and disabled/mad/deaf/neurodivergent/chronically ill

No diagnosis or experience required

don’t hesitate to contact F. Zeeshan Choudhury to request any access support you will need


Join artist F. Zeeshan Choudhury to explore the ​way monster mythologies have reflected ​anxieties about queerness and disability. We will ​read/listen to monster stories, and discuss what ​we can reclaim from them. We will then craft a ​shrine to our chosen monster, which can include ​making talismans, short written pieces and collage.

Join researcher Ema Sala to learn about female ​sailors who lived and worked as men in the 19th ​century, reading and listening to sea ballads sung ​about them at the time. We will discuss the way their ​bodies were portrayed, and then have a go creating ​our own ballads inspired by their stories. Learn a little ​about history, have fun and be creative!









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Join multilingual writer and artist Khushi Bajaj to learn ​about the way menstruation has featured in South Asian ​mythology. We will then reclaim these stories through ​narrative collages, forming new mythologies around our ​own experiences. This workshop is aimed at Asian people ​who menstruate, and who are queer and/or disabled ​mad, deaf, neurodivergent or chronically ill.


Gayathiri, Disabled Poet of The Year prize ​winner 2024, leads on a writing and storytelling ​workshop for ​disabled/neurodivergent/chronically ill queers. We ​will read, craft and share poems inspired by the ​everydayness of our lives. No experience is ​required!

Address:

The Create Place

St. Margaret's House

29 Old Ford Road

Bethnal Green

London

E2 9PJ


Underground

Bethnal Green Underground Station (Central Line), 5 minutes walk ​away.


Bus

Services: 8, 106, 254, 309, 388, D3, D6


Car

There should be parking in Victoria Park Square, Approach Road, ​and other surrounding roads.