Art is the Solution: Writing Workshops with Darryl Lorenzo Wellington
Wed, Nov 18
|RELAY Santa Fe
Three free writing workshops on protest, healing, and African American writing about racism. Come to one or all.
Time & Location
Nov 18, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
RELAY Santa Fe, 2873 All Trades Rd Unit B, Santa Fe, NM 87507, USA
About the event
Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, a 2026-27 Art is the Solution grant recipient through the City of Santa Fe Arts & Culture Department, leads three free writing workshops at Relay this November.
The series draws on African American writers who faced racism and wrote back. How did they contextualize it and define it? How did they place themselves against the society around them? What did they use to frame their protest - satire, rage? How did they emotionally survive, or heal? Each workshop starts with their work, then participants begin their own writing of protest, healing, or coping with the major concerns in their lives. The poems from the series will culminate in a public reading and an anthology.
SCHEDULE
Sunday, November 8, 12:30pm: Introduction to African American protest poetry, during Community Sundays
Wednesday, November 11, 5:30pm: Workshop
Wednesday, November 18, 5:30pm: Workshop
Come to any or all of the sessions. No registration required - an RSVP just helps us plan. All programs are free to attend, and donations are accepted.
Funded by the City of Santa Fe Arts & Culture Department. Hosted at Relay, 2873 All Trades Rd, Studio B.