Ritual for Reclamation: Tortilla making as a Healing Ritual

Joinfor a tortilla making workshop & community dinner as part of their series, Rituals for Reclamation.

Rituals for Reclamation is a multidisciplinary artistic exploration of maize and queerness, a reclamation of the Spanish word “tortillera”– a derogatory term that has been historically used to mean lesbian.

This workshop will start with a conversation on the intimate connection between humans and corn, between corn and queerness. Participants will then be invited to reflect on the role of reclamation as a practice of liberation. The group reflection will be followed by a demonstration on making tortillas with heirloom masa harina. The workshop will end with sharing a light meal; participants will be able to enjoy and be nurtured by the tortillas made as a community.

Open to all levels of experience.

• Session One from 11am-1pm will be open to QTBIPOC and Latine identifying folks.
• Session Two from 3pm-5pm is open to all QT* identifying people and allies.

The session will take place on the first floor of Fleisher Art Memorial, an ADA accessible space. There are five steps to enter the building, which is wheelchair accessible through use of a stair lift. The session will take place in the Sanctuary, approximately 45 feet away from the main entrance and down 2-3 steps into and across the gallery space. A wheelchair ramp is also available to access the Sanctuary. There are gender neutral restrooms in the lobby near the main entrance. Fleisher offers free parking in the lot across the street, and includes designated accessible parking spaces. The sidewalk surface varies and there is a curb cut at the corner of 7th and Catharine.

*Leeway is a trans-affirming organization committed to gender self-determination, and we use the term “trans” in its most inclusive sense, as an umbrella term encompassing transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, Two-Spirit people, and anyone whose gender identity or gender expression is nonconforming and/or different from their gender assigned at birth.

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