Kate Black-Regan
Kate Black-Regan is a performance artist, poet, singer, and counselor engaged in expressive arts therapies. At the root of her work is a deep trust in the power of transformative growth through creative expression. She is passionate about the relationship between the creative process and healing, both personally and collectively, and explores the potential to reclaim, re-story, and re-envision roles and narratives with a dynamic feminist lens. She collaborates with a wide range of experimental theatre companies and bands in the Philadelphia region, and has composed solo performance pieces, books of poetry, and a one-woman show that travels with her on the road. Kate has facilitated support groups, led workshops on stage presence/power and experimental making, and seeks to create accessible spaces that break walls, build trust, and connect individuals and communities with their own strength.
Awarded Grants
2016
Art and Change Grant (ACG)
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Overview
Kate will facilitate a two-hour workshop with clients of domestic violence agencies and other survivors in Philadelphia. The workshop will begin with a short performance by Kate about her own experience reclaiming power after an abusive relationship. The performance will raise questions about stigma, shame, power, patriarchal culture, cycles of violence and bring up ideas about speaking out, healing, and growth. Following the performance, she will facilitate a group discussion and then invite participants to process and explore their own experiences through writing. The goal of the workshop is to connect women’s lived experiences and provide space for collective and individual exploration to reclaim power.
