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Arielle John

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Biography

Determined to celebrate the West Indian now, while designing our shared survival of the future, Arielle John approaches poetry and theatre performance as medicine for Atlantic peoples, their resilient cultures, and the land (and sea) they occupy. The millennial’s devotion to community-building work centres on transformative justice, re-indigenized living and the healing arts as she works within the Caribbean and its diaspora, sharing and gathering tools that have supported our dynamic evolution over time.Birther of Blue Oracle Healing Arts, Arielle builds movement with a number of nonprofit organizations in her native Trinidad & Tobago, including Girl Be Heard TT, the Sacred Spirit Sisterhood and SHIFT! Caribbean. Recent projects by the Goldsmiths College alumna include scholarly research on divine femininity in the Trinidad Carnival (2017), the debut of her one-woman show Bout Blue (2018), and the publication of her second poetry chapbook Containing in Itself All Sweetness (2019).

 

Years Attended

2015 South Festival Participant, 2016 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2021 Workshop Facilitator, 2024 Adult’s Festival Participant

Arielle John

Author, Spoken Word Poet
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Arielle John
2022
FCNPS: Workshop 2 - Writing and Performance
Poetry Slam Event
Event Date: July 29, 2022 @ 5:00 pm
The Writers Centre
2022
Writing and Performance with Arielle John & elisha efua bartels
Poetry Slam, Workshops Event
Event Date: June 9, 2022 @ 5:30 pm
Online - Zoom
2021
Auditions Preparation Workshop, with Arielle John
Poetry Slam Event
Event Date:
Online