The BLKSPACE Residency
THE BLKSPACE RESIDENCY
Centering Black rest and Black people.
The BLKSPACE Residency
The BLKSPACE Residency is a 5-day residency of rest that provides Black individual creatives, innovators, activists, organizers, and small groups the opportunity to deeply recharge and ideate away from the stress and noise of everyday life and in the company of other Black people.
Time at Blkspace is fully subsidized for the residents.
BLKSPACE RESIDENCY FOUNDERS
Writer | Actor | Producer | Curator
Nikki Vera
Writer | Community Builder | Marketer | Producer
2022 BLKSPACE RESIDENCY STAFF
Chef | Activist | James Beard '22
NPR Top 10 Cookbook '22
Actor | Director | Residency Manager
Camryn
Writer | Skater | Kitchen Assistant
2022 WEEK 1 RESIDENTS
Writer | Performer
Writer | Professional Storyteller
Director | Activist
Anti-Disciplinary Artist
Cultural Producer | Activist
Actor | Theatermaker
2022 WEEK 2 RESIDENTS
Reproductive Rights Activist
Healer | Abolitionist
Singer | Poet
Composer | Theatermaker
Violinist | Artist
2022 RESIDENCY FINALISTS
Lauren Goodwin, T.J. Lewis, R’Yana Michele, AriDy Nox, Isha Rosemond, Nedra Marie Taylor, Jessica Valoris, Jamund Washington, Brandon Webster
2022 SPECIAL THANKS
Terrence and Leesworth
Mfoniso Udofia
Haley Haupt
Emily Simmones