Not A Noplace: Hope Is A Discipline

"Hope is a discipline" — Mariame Kaba

“If hope had a daily practice, what would it ask you to do consistently? Consistently, not heroically? . . . Hope is the discipline of showing up when nobody claps. Hope is the choice to keep your tenderness intact in a world that profits off your hardening. Hope is the small, repeated yes you make to your own life." — Mahogany L. Browne

We invite you to join us on March 21 at 50 Arrow Gallery for Not A Noplace: Hope Is A Discipline ⋆₊˚⊹

Not A Noplace is a righteous ritual calling for rain.

It is a living room for artists who identify as QTBIPOC to breathe, be, connect & feel into the present moment.

✨ About Our Featured Artist ✨

Richmond “Richie” Wills is a Nigerian-born writer and teaching artist based in Western Massachusetts. A Point Foundation scholar, he is an MFA candidate in prose at UMass Amherst, where he teaches creative writing and serves as a Reviews Editor at The Massachusetts Review. He is currently at work on his first novel.

Sign-ups for the open mic will be in person <3

As always, adorn yourself as it pleases you & invite a human being you love! Co-conspirators are welcome to bear witness.

Doors open at 1 PM, Acknowledgements begin at 1:30 PM.

We will have concessions available for sale!

All proceeds will go to compensating our artists & to raising money for QTBIPOC artists living in Western MA.

Masks Are Required

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