DOCS READS: Creative Resilience with Erica Ginsberg

DOCS READS

Join us on January 17, 2024, for a book reading and panel with Erica Ginsberg, author of the new book “Creative Resilience: Reclaiming Your Power as an Artist”, and local filmmakers Alyscia Cunningham and Amy DeLouise, both featured in the book. This is a free event with a suggested donation of $5 so we can continue our mission to support filmmakers and their works.

DATE

Wednesday, January 17th 2024, from 6:30pm – 8:30 pm. Networking begins at 6:30 PM, and the program kicks off at 7:00 PM.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Artists across disciplines face challenges of motivation, self-confidence, creative blocks, rejection, and balancing creative pursuits with the rest of life. Creative Resilience is a guidebook for anyone navigating these challenges.

Author Erica Ginsberg includes relatable real-world examples from creatives across disciplines, ages, and stages of their careers. She cites her experiences as an artist and arts administrator with a mix of humor, linguistic reframing, and reflective exercises to give readers tools to manage aspects of the creative process and creative life.

The event will include a reading from the book and a panel featuring Erica and local filmmakers Alyscia Cunningham and Amy DeLouise. Signed copies of the book available for purchase. This is the second program in the Docs Reads series.

ABOUT DOCS READS

Docs Reads is Docs In Progress\’ new series of book presentations dedicated to documentary films and by documentary filmmakers. Join us to explore books and engage in inspiring and provocative conversations.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Erica Ginsberg has drawn on creativity in a variety of different roles: writer, documentary filmmaker, story consultant, and entrepreneur. She started Creative Resilience as a blog to share ideas about the creative life and expanded it into a book, published by Bold Story Press in December 2023.

Erica co-founded Docs In Progress and served as its founding executive director for more than a decade. She co-hosts The D-Word, a peer-to-peer global community for documentary professionals. Erica also organizes professional development study tours to the United States for mid-career professionals from around the world through her work with Meridian International Center.

Alyscia Cunningham is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, filmmaker, photographer, and founder of Her House Media, which focuses on changing the dialogue around beauty standards for women. Author of two photography projects Feminine Transitions and I Am More Than My Hair, the latter work, companion documentary film. Her upcoming documentary, Seeing, focuses on stories of girls and women who are blind or have low vision. Alyscia organizes Brown Women in the Arts and Reel Moms, a for working mothers and caregivers in the film and TV industry, in partnership with Women in Film and Video.

Amy DeLouise has built a career as a branded content storyteller across live events and digital platforms. She guides other video creatives as a workshop leader and LinkedIn Learning author creating eleven courses with more than 194,000 global learners. A popular speaker at film and broadcast industry events, Amy has authored two Routledge Press books on video production Real People On Camera and Sound & Story in Nonfiction Video & Film. An avid musician, she is co-concertmaster of the NIH Philharmonic.