Author: Alexis

Alexis Clements is a writer and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. Her creative work has been published, produced, and screened in venues around the globe. Learn more here.

Safer Coalitions

I attended an event last night put together by the Helix Queer Performance Network on the idea of “safe space” and I have a feeling that many things that came up there will continue to pop up in my mind and in conversations in the months ahead, as they’ve already been on my mind and in the ether for awhile now.

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Talk the Talk

Panel from Júlía Hermannsdóttir’s Always Thirsty In the coming weeks I’ll be leading a workshop and moderating a couple of panels, including one panel at the Brooklyn Museum that I put together and am really excited to share. Details withContinue reading

Launching the Unknown Play Project

This year I’m launching The Unknown Play Project, a documentary film project looking at some of the stories behind the changes happening in spaces where lesbians and queer women have been gathering to socialize and organize for the past fewContinue reading

My First Meme

Because I haven’t stopped thinking about Lorraine Hansberry since seeing the exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, I’ve made my first meme. It would be wordy!

Here Comes A Brand New Year

It’s been a busy year. My Jesus Year, according to popular lore. When I haven’t had my head down, there has been much to see and do. Thank you to everyone who provided support, help, comfort, friendship, fun and momentsContinue reading

Watching Time Pass

“I don’t know much about leaving town
just that the wooden handle that pumps that well
keeps going up and down inside of me.”
-Ali Liebegott, The Beautifully Worthless

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Art & Labor in the US

In the summer of 2013, I facilitated a class in Brooklyn titled “Rights, Demands, and Radical Reimaginings: Art & Labor in the US. The topic kept coming up in my own writing a lot lately and in many events IContinue reading

Production of Elephant in the Room

This weekend I’ll be traveling to St. Louis to attend the opening night production of my play The Elephant in the Room, which was selected to be part of the St. Louis Actors’ Studio inaugural LaBute New Theater Festival. TheContinue reading