contact: clairewoolner@gmail.com
workshops
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I work with private clients to help them bang out truly spectacular auditions and performances even they didn’t know they were capable of!!
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"This workshop? It delivered more than I was expecting! Claire's safe-space setup was like a playground for trying ideas, and the warmups and techniques fit my "visual art" practice nicely. As a bonus, it awakened my inner performer and reminded me how much I love Sophie B Hawkins."
—Actual Student
What’s so funny? A Workshop
“Art is Funny and Funny is Art.”-- Me just now.
Trying to be funny isn’t very funny.
A workshop to explore how chasing beauty and depth in your work can lead to comedy on a level that hits harder than you could have ever imagined. Find the funny through the not-so-funny and be amazed by the hilarity in truth.
Whether you are working towards a larger piece/body of work, or just want to explore the spirit of comedy in truth within your chosen medium, this workshop offers prompts, questions, conversations, and short lessons on contemporary artists that will inspire and push deep within ourselves to where the guttural laughter awaits.
There is no pressure to be, do or make anything funny–we will just explore our depths and vulnerabilities see where they lead. But my gut tells me we’re gonna find some pretty absurdly hilarious shit.
Writers, poets, musicians, performers, filmmakers in short, artists of all disciplines welcome.
"The discipline of weekly warm-ups and sharing helped me get out of my head and back to simply creating. Every artist could benefit from trying something like this occasionally. Be accountable to your peers and make something funny!”
—Actual Student
SHOLO SOW:
A class to discover the solo show you have inside you.
How do you make a show? What is your show? Do you have an idea? A narrative? No idea? Hate the idea of a narrative? Want to narrate about an idea you have? Think ideas themselves are for the birds? Great! All of these are the perfect place to discover the show that wants to collaborate with you. Shows get made by making. Each week you will be given generative prompts and time to perform in this workshop style class. There’s a show inside you that wants to come out and if you show up it will too. I’ll guide you on the path to finding the show only you can do.
Sholo sow is a 6 week workshop that includes two performances; one after the first four weeks of 20 minute pieces, and culmination all-day festival of 30 minute final pieces at PDA. Limited to 8 participants.
“Claire’s workshop used creative prompts, artistic inspiration, personalized coaching, and group feedback. She guided each of us to dig deeper into how to make better creative work. She brings humor, insight, and an understanding of artistic process. Full-throated recommendation for weirdos needing to break through walls.”
—Actual Student