submit a Workshop OR TALK REQUEST

bria royal is currently accepting workshop, talk, dialogue facilitation, hosting, and panel discussion bookings. bria provides all services on a sliding scale from $0 to infinity to maximize accessibility of art, resources, and information to marginalized groups. Please include your personal or your group's budget in your request. Before submitting a request, please review the topic portfolio below. Feel free to propose a relevant topic not explicitly mentioned.


Topic Portfolio

ARTIST TALKS

BLACK GIRL MANIA

HOW TO MAKE ART WITH GHETTO NAILS

POCKET HEALING ZINES

PUSSY MONSTER: THE LUCID DREAMS OF A VANISHING BLACK GIRL

ART AS RESISTANCE

NEW MEDIA FOR NEW MYTHOLOGIES

art MAKING

INTRO TO GRAPHIC DESIGN AND COLOR THEORY

MEME AND GIF MAKING FOR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

BEGINNERS CERAMICS

SURREALIST PORTRAITURE

ZINE MAKING

MEDITATIVE CREATIVE WRITING

PROCESSING TRAUMA THROUGH GRAPHIC STORYTELLING

CONFRONTING TRAUMA THROUGH STORYTELLING AND BLACK-INDIGENOUS MYTHOLOGY

USING MYTHOLOGY CONVENTIONS IN DOCUMENTARY FILM

SOCIAL JUSTICE & COMMUNITY BUILDING

COMMUNITY GUIDELINES DEVELOPMENT

SAFE SPACE GUIDELINES FOR DIALOGUE

INTRO TO SOCIAL JUSTICE LANGUAGE

INTRO TO INTERSECTIONALITY AND IDENTITY MAPPING

CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAPPING FOR GROUP WORK

INTRO TO WOMXN OF COLOR FEMINISM

SELF-CARE AND HEALING JUSTICE

RECIPROCITY BUILDING

TRAUMA IN THE PUBLIC: CIVIC JOURNALISM PRACTICES FOR TRAUMA REPORTING

academic

BLACK MOURNING: EXAMINING THE MELANCHOLIC FUNCTIONS OF #BLACKLIVESMATTER HASHTAGS IN POST-2012 DIGITAL COLLECTIVE ACTION

CREATIVE WRITING FOR MENTAL HEALTH

BASIC EMOTIONAL AWARENESS AND MINDFULNESS

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAMS

PROCESSING IDENTITY-BASED TRAUMA THROUGH GRAPHIC STORYTELLING

MEMES, PUBLIC ART, AND MOVEMENT BUILDING IN A DIGITAL LANDSCAPE


PARTNERSHIPS

FOR THE PEOPLE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE, THE PEOPLE'S RESPONSE TEAM, BLACK LIVES MATTER CHICAGO, STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ACTIVE MINDS, PROJECT NIA, NU IN CHICAGO'S NEIGHBORHOOD EXPLORATION DAY, FIGHT FOR 15 CHICAGO, THE #LETUSBREATHE COLLECTIVE,  KRISTIANA RAE COLON, ORACLE PRODUCTIONS, PUBLIC ACCESS THEATRE, THE GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT STUDIES INSTITUTE, THE CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, ORGANIZED COMMUNITIES AGAINST DEPORTATIONS, FREE SPIRIT MEDIA, NORTH LAWNDALE COLLEGE PREP, MANSFIELD INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND TRANSFORMATION, GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN, ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY CHICAGO, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY, KALAMAZOO COLLEGE ARCUS CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERSHIP, MECHA DE NU, CHITEEN LIT FEST, MARY & LEIGH BLOCK MUSEUM, CITY BUREAU, THE ALLIANCE FOR MEDIA ARTS & CULTURE, NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE POETRY FOUNDATION, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COMICS FORUM, NEW LEADERS COUNCIL CHICAGO, ARTS AND MUSIC PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATION IN DETENTION CENTERS, ILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL, CHICAGO COMIC AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPO