Versatile Arts

Applications for the January - June 2024 BIPOC scholarship program are now open!

We recognize that the persistent inequities pervasive in American society have made access to circus training inherently difficult for members of historically marginalized groups, particularly Black, Indigenous, People of Color. Our studio is located in a predominantly white, affluent neighborhood of Seattle, further exacerbating this issue and limiting entry to folks outside of that group.

We believe wholeheartedly in the transformative benefits of circus as an art form, physical practice, and community. This scholarship aims to make circus training available to those who have been historically excluded, and to benefit VA as a whole by addressing a lack of diversity in our community.

Applications will be accepted through November 20th, 2023 🎪♥️
Apply Here: https://forms.gle/uu3435UpwR5F7BWg7

Versatile Arts is celebrating Spooky Season with a goth themed Soiree. Our soirees are parties with performances, and this one is sure to fright and delight!

Only $10 cover! Costumes encouraged! (But you’ll still need to take your shoes off.)

This event is BYOB. You are welcome to bring [adult] beverages, but glass is not allowed upstairs. We strongly recommend cans or single-serving drinks. If you bring something larger, please do not leave any open bottles around.

Note: This is an adult event, and also a Halloween event. There will be loud music, coarse and crude lyrics, and possible stage blood. There will also be projected horror films.

Tickets available here: https://www.versatilearts.net/events/what-we-do-in-the-circus-a-goth-soiree/

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✨ Jen Ryan - Instructor Spotlight - 2023 Workshop Week ✨

Before discovering circus, Jen (she/her) was a soul divided- an artsy weirdo with a passion for athletics. She worked at a rock climbing gym to support herself through art school and ran marathons when she wasn’t teaching art to teenagers. Then, one day, Jen saw a circus performance at a science-fiction convention and her two worlds collided. “Omg!” she thought, “You can be artistic and athletic at the same time!” She was dazzled by the efficiency of this prospect. Serendipitously, a circus school opened in Boston shortly thereafter.

Since that time, Jen has moved from east coast to west coast and up to the PNW, with some international stints in between. She seizes every opportunity to train wherever she goes, picking up new styles, approaches, and theories. Jen tries to impress upon her students that circus is the place where you can have it all- strength, beauty, creativity, discipline, and all the weirdness you can imagine.

See the full schedule and register here:
https://www.versatilearts.net/training/workshop-events/2023-workshop-week/

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