Upcoming Classes, Workshops, Events

Interested in a workshop, choreography or forming a collaboration? 
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Contact me at info@juliebjohnson.com
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Upcoming Events

Idle Crimes & Heavy Work
Black Spatial Relics Residency

November 14 - 17, 2019
Philadelphia, PA

More details TBA

A performance installation contemplating 
​black women's experiences of gendered and racial violence
-- and modes of resistance and restoration --
​within the history of incarceration and convict labor in Georgia. Click here for more information.
Inside the Dancers' Studio Presents
"Caring for Artists' Emotional Labor"
Spelman College Department of
​Dance Performance & Choreography

Curated by Dr. Julie B. Johnson

Panel discussions and workshops exploring strategies for artists' physical, mental, and emotional labor in creative practices that delve into personally and culturally challenging material. 

October 29 & 30, 2019
More information TBA
For questions, contact jjohn207@spelman.edu
Archiving the Personal

Discrit presents Archiving the Personal, a discussion and workshop focused on artists' use and creation of archival collections.

Moderated by choreographer/archivist Anicka Austin, this group discussion with Dr. Julie B. Johnson from the Department of Dance at Spelman College and Holly Smith, Archivist and Memory Worker at Spelman College will offer insights into the many ways artists relate to, connect with and build stories around archives.

Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019
12:00 - 2:00pm
Atlanta Contemporary
535 Means St. 
​Free and open to the public
"Idle Crimes & Heavy Work"
a performance installation by Julie B. Johnson
in collaboration with Giwayen Mata

Live Performance on Opening Night
June 27, 6:30 - 8:30pm

Video Installation June 27 - August 24

CONTROLLED BURN
Hughley Artist Exhibition by Wonderroot
Museum of Contemporary Art at Georgia
75 Bennett St. NW, Unit A-2, Atlanta, GA 30309

​CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

"Idle Crimes & Heavy Work" centers black women's experiences of gendered and racial violence — and modes of resistance and restoration -- within the history of incarceration and convict labor. This work is developing in conjunction with The Georgia Incarceration Performance Project. "Idle Crimes & Heavy Work" is supported in part by the Black Spatial Relics Residency Award.
Geffen Dance Lecture Series:
​Inside the Dancers' Studio
presented by The Spelman College Department of 
Dance Performance & Choreography
Curated and Moderated by Dr. Julie B. Johnson

"MOVING WITH COMMUNITY" featuring dance scholars and leaders focused on community interaction and social justice through dance. 

Thursday, February 21
6:30-8:30pm
Free & Open to the Public
Stay tuned for more details!

​Questions? Email jjohn207@spelman.edu