arte + consultoría + gestión cultural

  • Poetry is Busy Studio is an artist-run cultural initiative under the leadership of award-winning Queer, Afro-Caribbean poet Yara Liceaga-Rojas focused on the well-being and sustainability of artists and the creative sector.

  • We do professional development workshops & individual consulting for artists and cultural organizations, performances and readings, conferences, skill-sharing sessions, and more.

  • Our mission is to disrupt, provoke, and heal the field of cultural work through care practices applied to professional development consultancy for artists, events, and art projects.

    Mission

  • Oranssi previous project

  • We dream of an intersectional feminist creative ecosystem rooted in alternative design practices, cultural offerings, and solidarity economies.

    Vision

  • Oranssi technician working on a roof project

  • Trabajamos bilingual in Spanish, providing services online and in person.

  • In tune with the rhythms of our artistic lives and daily grind, we are designing and implementing what it is like to create, imagine, and manage art projects with wellbeing at their core.

  • We are a small group of artists working remotely; our communications, projects, and events are generated at a pace that defies market demands or the urgency of hyper-productivity in the field.

  • This is our digital home. We will update it as little or as much as our schedules allow. ;) ¡Bienvenide!

Our
Services

  • 1:1 CONSULTING

    Bookéanos for learning tips to get ready to get funded, grant writing, art project management, and perforpoesía guidance.

  • Talleres

    WORKSHOPS

    Build confidence and sharpen your grant writing and arts administration skills.

  • GENTLE DESIGN FOR ART PROJECTS

    Learn how to create projects centering wellbeing.

  • Eventos

    EVENTS

    Book us to bring you POETRY IS BUSY multidisciplinary arts event series or a Fiesta del Sorullo: Skillsharing Potluck to your comunidad.

BOOKÉANOS :)

Our
Projects & Events

  • Oranssi project: studio shed

    POETRY IS BUSY series

  • BEYOND ART GRANTS WORKSHOP

  • Oranssi project: roof expansion

    PROYECTO SOLIDARIDAD

  • FIESTA DEL SORULLO: SKILLSHARING POTLUCK

  • PERFORMANCES

  • GESTIONANDO LA TERNURA

  • CREATIVE WRITING & POETRY WORKSHOPS

What care practices do we take into account ?

Algunas ideas [esto es un documento vivo]

Todo se hace desde el amor: a ustedes y nosotres; la tierra y animales; la riqueza vegetal y acuática; lo material y espiritual. Todo lo trabajamos desde la ternura en la práctica de crear relaciones saludables y duraderas. Abrazando las complejidades de lo individual y lo colectivo, apostamos al bienestar surcando camino desde la abundancia de destrezas y conocimientos. En honestidad, agradecemos la planificación y la crítica tan cruda como amable, interna y externamente. Aunque duelan, la incomodidad, el duelo, el error, son parte fundamental del crecimiento saludable, les damos la bienvenida también. Honramos tiempo y esfuerzo, energía y trayectoria con honorarios o intercambios justos. Le metemos a todo con entrega desbordades de creatividad e ímpetu. En la compañía sagrada del humor como tea y con los consejos atinados de Chani Marí. Chani’s real name is Chani Nicholas, and we include her in MOST of our in-house meetings with the Deck of Plenty, which guides us! Check out her working offerings ;)

Our
Team

  • A photo of Yara Liceaga Rojas in a red dress speaking during a workshop

    YARA LICEAGA-ROJAS

    Founder & Artistic Director

  • Oranssi project manager Jaya Dixon

    ÁNGELA SÁNCHEZ RIVERA

    Growth & Storytelling Director

  • Oranssi general contractor Reese Platt

    MICHELLE RODRÍGUEZ OLIVERO

    Creative Projects & Programs Director

What Artists Say

  • "I learned so much in detail about the process of budgeting for creative arts that I've never heard before. I loved the part about budgeting for the time you spend recovering from an event. I have never thought of that. Yara shared some great resources throughout that I know will help empower me as I explore them in the days ahead. I know I would have been stumbling around trying to find these things on my own. "

    rose j. percy

  • "Me sentí en un espacio cómodo y de aceptación, ternura y jayaera. Me encontré asombrade con el espacio mental que se liberó en mi cabeza al no tener que preocuparme por la supervivencia básica de ser aceptade, estar comode, tener mis necesidades básicas cubiertas, ser respetade y ocupar espacio. Lo he dicho varias veces, pero lo repito; pibs ha elevado el estandar de lo que espero en espacio de trabajo. También conocí a muchas personas con las que espero mantener comunicación y colaborar en un futuro no muy lejano. "

    Artista Proyecto Solidaridad

  • "I really appreciated the sense of balance offered in this workshop. The information was substantive and comprehensive, and it was also digestible and aligned with my values as a creative. "

    Boston Ujima Project Artist Attendee

Bookéanos :)

Our partners & supporters

Apoya nuestro trabajo

Poetry is Busy Studio is fiscally sponsored by Tiny Seed Project 501(c)3. Your donation is tax-deductible.

Your gift helps us share resources, skills, and methodologies with artists to nurture their careers by centering their well-being. We are so grateful for your support!

Tu donación nos ayuda a compartir recursos, destrezas y metodologías con artistas para que centren su bienestar y les ayude a nutrir sus carreras. ¡Qué alegría contar con tu apoyo!