I Found _____ in Translation: A Poetry & Knot-Making Workshop

Designed specifically for duos—child and caretaker, siblings, best friends, neighbors, etc.—I Found _____ in Translation is a skill-sharing workshop and celebratory exercise that translates the lived experiences of multilingual speakers into a language of knots created by project manager Melissa Nieto, inspired by traditional Incan quipus record-keeping systems.

Teaching artist Sara Gomez will guide participants through a poetic reflection on instances when translation has allowed them to better communicate with the world around them. Through prompts that encourage creative language exploration, each person will discover a five-letter word that encapsulates their reflections.

Each duo will then learn Melissa’s “code language” and embark on the hands-on portion of the workshop, supporting each other tactically through the process of translating words into the colorful, texture-rich language of knots.

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Melissa Nieto is an artist, educator, and empirical researcher of voice, sound, and movement epistemologies in human development and culture making. She has trained in Contemplative Education since 2000 and in the Performing and Visual arts since 2003. In the last 6 years Melissa has met, trained, created with, and supported some of the most amazing and innovative hearts in the Miami Arts and Education community: Arts for Learning, Miami Screen Dance, Miami Sound Space, Miami Bloco, Pazyflora Music, Smart Play Dates, and now O, Miami.