#UjimaWednesdays | Trauma Informed Budgeting 4.27

Event Description:

Join us on April 27, 2025, for a Trauma Informed Workshop designed to support artists applying for our upcoming Arts & Culture Organizing Facilitator and Fellowship programs. This workshop is for artists who struggle to pay themselves and prioritize their own needs. Learn practical tools and mindset shifts to build a budget rooted in care, sustainability, and self-worth. Led with compassion and designed for creatives navigating scarcity, survival, and healing.

Facilitator Bio:

Yara Liceaga Rojas, M.A. of Poetry is Busy Studio, is a Queer, Afro-Caribbean mother, writer/poet, performer, cultural manager, and educator, born in Puerto Rico, who currently resides in the Greater Boston area. Founder and artistic director of Poetry Is Busy Studio, Yara is a Letras Boricuas Fellow (2021, Mellon Foundation + Flamboyán Foundation); Boston Neighborhood Fellow (2021-2023, The Boston Foundation); and Brother Thomas Fellow (2019, The Boston Foundation). She has been developing her consulting career in arts management and grant writing in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico, servicing artists, collectives, art businesses, and other entities. Yara has authored 5 books and has been the lead artist/curator of the ongoing projects: Poetry Is Busy; El Despojo Project; Acentos espesos/Thick Accents, Encarnar/Embody, and most recently Proyecto Solidaridad. These projects have received support from the Mellon Foundation, Mass Cultural Council, Cambridge Arts, the New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston Center for the Arts, Kindle Projects, Midas Collaborative, Assets for Artists, the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation, Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, and The City of Boston. She holds a Master’s Degree in Arts Administration from the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras.