Carmen Aguirre

Sharing her wisdom

In addition to being a brilliant artist and creator, Carmen is also a sought-after educator, speaker, and facilitator.

Earlier this month, a group of students from Glenlyon Norfolk School were very lucky to take part in a workshop with her. 

From Carmen:

“I spent a couple of hours at The Cultch’s Vancity Culture Lab with a wonderful group of high school students from Victoria exploring the theme “risk” through games and exercises from Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed canon. We worked in partners to sculpt images with our bodies led by the question: “What is the one thing that people cannot see when they look at you?”, and created animated group images prompted by topics such as community, competition, solidarity. We ended with Boal’s Song of the Mermaid exercise meant to inspire writing sparked by the offer “turning point”. Some of the students shared their words with the group. It was a powerful, moving, and fun afternoon. It is always an honour and a privilege to work with young people who are willing to put their trust in the process and risk vulnerability.”

In October, she visited Texas A&M University after her memoir Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter was selected for their “Reading the Globe” program. Every year, First Year students engage with a selected internationally focused book through their University Seminar during the Fall semester. The goal of “Reading the Globe” is to provide students an opportunity for discourse about social issues on a local and global scale. In addition to meeting students and faculty, Carmen delivered a lecture and did a book signing.