Mission
Grounded in the lived experiences of Black Trans and Queer folk, HomeGrown Visions Arts Collaborative nurtures community creative partnerships. Through offerings like: workshops and other performance opportunities, artist development, reading groups, and performance HomeGrown Visions provides space for Black Trans and Queer creatives to connect and share their stories with the world.
Work
Check out some of our recent offerings!
About
T. Chester, PhD is the Director and Founder of Homegrown Visions Arts Collaborative. As a scholar, organizer, and artist they center storytelling as a way to understand difference, promote empathy, and create change. T. specializes in new play development and dramaturgy, and their research and pedagogical interests are Black Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Performance Studies and Theatre Studies. For over 13 years they have taught at the university level, developing courses like Staging Black Queer Lives for both graduate and undergraduate students. Currently, they are teaching in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. T. works with A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts to train students and faculty in anti-racist theatre practices. Together with Dreyfoos theatre students, T. directed and devised their Spring 2021 play “We Make the Future.” They have been a reader and judge for several national and local playwriting competitions including The National New Play Network, The Athena Project, Palm Beach Dramaworks, and The New Harmony Project. In addition, they were a 2022 Hillman Grad Acting Fellow. They are currently a 2024 Forge Fellow. T. writings has been published in edited anthologies and academic journals. For the last two years T. has facilitated a Black Queer and Trans Virtual Writing Group that offers both co-working and development opportunities.They are passionate about artist development and nurturing talent in others.
Contact