Left of Centre: Conversations | Finding Your Voice as a Writer and More with Fiona Raye Clarke

In this Left of Centre Conversation, we sit down with writer, playwright, and community-engaged artist Fiona Raye Clarke to explore ways that emerging Black writers can find and hone their voices to not only better understand who they are, but also learn how to articulate this. Fiona also share the importance of flash assessments, and how they can be used as a tool to gain valuable feedback on the potential of your work.  

ABOUT FIONA RAYE CLARKE 

Fiona Raye Clarke is an award-winning Trinidadian-Canadian writer and community-engaged artist. She is the editor of Basodee: An Anthology Dedicated to Black Youth (2012) and Black Like We: Troubleshooting the Black Youth Experience (2018) which won the ArtReach Youth Arts Pitch Contest. Her writing has appeared online and in print in the Puritan Town Crier, the Room Magazine blog, alt.theatre, among others. Her plays have been produced by the rock.paper.sistahz festival and InspiraTo Festival, and her co-created short film screened at the CaribbeanTales International Film Festival and the San Francisco Queer National Arts Festival. She is an alumnus of the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and the Artistic Director of the Black youth oral history theatre project, INTERGENERACIAL.   Fina Fiona Online: fionarayeclarke.com @fionarclarke  

ABOUT LEFT OF CENTRE: CONVERSATIONS

 Wondering what the differences between artist statements and artist bios? Interested in learning how a studio visit – in person or virtual – can help you build deeper connections with your peers, curators and buyers? Or maybe you’re looking to better understand how flash assessments can support your creative writing career. In these series of videos, we explore ways that you can better understand and articulate who you are as an artist, and how to feel empowered to take the roles, space, and energy you deserve as a creative.  

ABOUT NIA CENTRE FOR THE ARTS 

Nia Centre for the Arts is a Toronto-based charitable organization that supports, showcases and promotes an appreciation of arts from across the Afro-Diaspora. Nia Centre is committed to supporting artists working across disciplines, and ranging in experience levels. We strive to build the creative capacities and support the development of a healthy identity in Black youth.  We are committed to connecting community members to artistic and cultural experiences, year-round.  Find Us Online: 

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