VOICE/S: Vocality as a Contemplative Art | with Sahra Motalebi
IN-PERSON ONLY
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VOICE/S: Vocality as a Contemplative Art | with Sahra Motalebi

Building on the introductory session in September, participants are invited—both as individuals and as a group—to experience embodied awareness through vocalization in its many forms, poetic experimentation and expression, and listening.
$25.00 USD
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Sunday, October 18

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM ET

In-Person

General Admission: $25 | Supporter Admission: $40 | Benefactor Admission: $55

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Sahra Motalebi offers a full day session of VOICE/S, facilitating a collaborative exploration of vocality —"the being of voice"—as a form of contemplative art with the Tibet House community. Building on the introductory session in September, participants are invited—both as individuals and as a group—to experience embodied awareness through vocalization in its many forms, poetic experimentation and expression, and listening. This VOICE/S session includes an introduction, contemplative prompts, experiential practice of vocality, and a closing. There will be a break for lunch.

No prior experience with voicework is required; attendees are encouraged to bring a notebook or sketchbook. 

VOICE/S is offered for educational and artistic purposes only and does not constitute medical advice or psychotherapy, or clinical care.


PRESENTER BIO

Sahra is an artist, vocalist, writer, educator, and social worker. Her creative practice spans experimental opera, performance, poetry, studio recordings, installation, sculpture, painting, and drawing. A participant in the 79th Whitney Biennial (2019) and a Visual Arts Fellow at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute (2020–2021), her work has also been presented internationally at Brief Histories, The Kitchen, MoMA PS1, the New Museum, SculptureCenter, and the Swiss Institute. She has been an artist in residence at NYU’s 80WSE Gallery, the Chinati Foundation, Villa Empain, the Watermill Center, and Yaddo.

Sahra began practicing meditation and mindfulness in 2003 as a student of Tibetan Buddhism. She is a psychotherapist in community mental health in Upstate New York and a mindfulness coach. VOICE/S is separate from her work as a psychotherapist; it is offered for educational and artistic purposes only and does not constitute medical advice, psychotherapy, or clinical care.

Building on the introductory session in September, participants are invited—both as individuals and as a group—to experience embodied awareness through vocalization in its many forms, poetic experimentation and expression, and listening.
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