Kim Katrin Milan

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Kim Katrin
Born (1984-03-09) March 9, 1984 (age 39)
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
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  • Author
  • artist
  • educator
  • consultant
CitizenshipCanadian
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Kim Katrin (born March 9, 1984) is a Canadian American writer, multidisciplinary artist, activist, consultant, and educator. She was formerly credited as Kim Crosby and Kim Katrin Milan. She speaks on panels and keynotes conferences nationally, [1] [2] [3] [4] and facilitates radical community dialogues. [5] Her art, activism and writing has been recognized nationally. [6] [7] [8] [9]

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Education

Katrin completed her artist residency under d'bi Young at the AnitAfrika Theatre [10] and was a student of the Buddies in Bad Times Young Creator's Unit. [11] She is a certified yoga trainer and teacher. [12]

Writing, art, and work

Katrin's writing and voice have been featured on NPR, [13] CBC Radio, [14] Out (magazine), [15] the Toronto Star, [16] The National Post, [17] The Huffington Post, [18] Autostraddle [19] [20] Feminist Wire, [21] Elixher, [6] [22] and Daily Xtra. [23] She has created over 70 workshop series on social change, anti-oppression, intersectionality, race, gender, leadership, youth and young women's empowerment. [24]

As a multidisciplinary artist, she regularly curates exhibitions, [25] [26] [27] cabarets events, performs and works on productions [28] across Canada. She produced and co-curated the Buddies in Bad Times Cabaret Insatiable Sisters with Gein Wong. [29] [30] [31]

She also engages in community based healing initiatives including teaching Queer and Brown Girls Yoga, and hosting yearly healing retreats for femme identified Folks of Colour and Indigenous Folks. Brave New Girls, retreats and healing skill shares. [32] Other community work includes consulting, curricula development, community empowerment, facilitation and workshops. [33] [34]

Projects and campaigns

Awards and recognition

Professional affiliations and community service

Katrin sat on the boards of Artreach, [44] [45] Shadeism [46] and the Toronto Arts Council Community Arts Council.

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References

  1. ↑ M.I.X.E.D. Multidisciplinary Art Conference, Keynote Speaker, 2015.
  2. ↑ Kim Katrin, Morehouse College and Spelman Pride, On Coming Home, March 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ Dyke March Toronto, Kim Katrin Crosby, Host.
  4. ↑ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Color of Change 2013 Opening Keynote: Kim Katrin Crosby.
  5. ↑ Beth Lyons, Dissecting ‘rape culture’ through the lens of speculation, YWCA Moncton, June 19, 2014.
  6. 1 2 Elixher: a concoction of all things queer, culture, and current, InspiHERed By: Kim Crosby, Interview, March 5, 2012.
  7. ↑ Muna Mire, Art and Movement Building: An Interview with Kim Crosby, OPIRG's Action Speaks Louder Newsletter, Fall 2013.
  8. ↑ The Insight Project, KIM CROSBY.
  9. ↑ Audrey Cash, Worshipping Each Other: Public Possibility Models of Black Queer Love Archived 2015-10-04 at the Wayback Machine , May 13, 2014.
  10. ↑ The Watah School (as anitafrika dub theatre), Herstory Archived 2015-02-15 at archive.today .
  11. ↑ The People Project, Creators, Kim Katrin.
  12. ↑ Global Mind Body, Yoga and Diversity: People of Color, Apr 25, 2014.
  13. ↑ The Brian Lehrer Show, Gender-Neutral College Admissions And The 4th Wave of Feminism, February 12, 2015.
  14. ↑ CBC Radio, Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld under fire after staging mock feminist protest at Paris Fashion Week, October 2, 2014.
  15. ↑ Out.com Editors, The Queer Life: These newlyweds aren’t interested in playing by the rules, Out (magazine), January 12, 2015.
  16. ↑ Amy Dempsey, Toronto women Take Back the Night in march against sexual violence, Toronto Star, September 15, 2012.
  17. ↑ Amirah El-Safty, ‘I wish my constables could have guns': New Toronto Community Housing CEO, The National Post, July 27, 2012.
  18. ↑ Arti Patel, Skin Bleaching: The Secrecy Behind The Practice And Prejudice, 01/13/2012.
  19. ↑ Kim Katrin Crosby, Homeward Bound: Searching for the Secret Island of Black Queer Mixed Femmes, Autostraddle, January 1, 2013.
  20. ↑ Autostraddle, Author, Kim Katrin Crosby.
  21. ↑ Jared Childress, Personal is Political: The Good Life: LIVING with HIV, May 22, 2014.
  22. ↑ Elixher, Janet Mock Covers ELIXHER’s “Body Issue”, May 17, 2014.
  23. ↑ Artist Kim Katrin Milan calls Jean-Michel Basquiat a hero, Daily Xtra, 2015.
  24. ↑ Art Gallery of Ontario, Fan the Flames: Kim Katrin Crosby (Milan), August 13, 2014.
  25. ↑ Art Gallery of Ontario's Art Matters Blog, Watch “It Could Have Been Me”: Perspectives on the Fight for Racial Justice and the Legacy of Jean-Michel Basquiat, February 9, 2015.
  26. ↑ Crew Magazine, Stonewall's 45th Anniversary: Watershed moment in LGBTQ history to be commemorated by Toronto artists Archived 2015-04-06 at the Wayback Machine , June 18, 2014.
  27. ↑ The Alexander Street Chamber Theatre, The Femme Playlist, October 2014.
  28. ↑ S Bear Bergman, Twisted sisters, Nov 14, 2014.
  29. ↑ Richard Ouzounian, Buddies in Bad Times unveils lineup for 35th season, Toronto Star, May 1, 2013.
  30. ↑ Kim Katrin Milan, The Power of Community Archived 2015-02-02 at the Wayback Machine , Buddies In Bad Times, May 29, 2014.
  31. ↑ Brave New Girls.
  32. ↑ YWCA, Think Big! Lead Now! Young Women’s National Leadership Summit Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine , Jan. 29, 2015.
  33. ↑ snapd North York, Youth Biography Workshop.
  34. ↑ Schwartz, Andi (Dec 11, 2021). "Upstaging Patriarachy: Theatre Companies Tear Down Gender and Race Exclusion". Herizons (Winnipeg). 32 (1): 24. ProQuest   2092796182 – via ProQuest.
  35. ↑ Milan, Kim Katrin; Wong, Gein (January 2016). "Insatiable Sisters / Sister Solidarity". Canadian Theatre Review. 165: 32–34. doi:10.3138/ctr.165.006. ISSN   0315-0836. S2CID   146874165.
  36. ↑ Riese, 100 Black Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer and Transgender Women You Should Know Autostraddle, February 26, 2014.
  37. ↑ Diamond Sharp, Young, Black and Feminist Archived 2015-03-10 at the Wayback Machine , March 18, 2014.
  38. ↑ Eddie Ndopu, Feminists We Love: Kim Katrin Crosby, The Feminist Wire, February 22, 2013.
  39. ↑ Shannon Leigh O'Neil with destiny DeJesus, 100 Women We Love, Go Magazine, June 15, 2012.
  40. ↑ HuffPost Canada, Pride 2013: 50 Gay Canadians We Love, June 28, 2013.
  41. ↑ Riese, The ALTERNATIVE Autostraddle Hot 105: Hotties You Will Like Who Also Like Girls, May 2013.
  42. ↑ Inspire Awards, 2012 Nominees.
  43. ↑ Artreach Toronto.
  44. ↑ Sitting on ArtReach Toronto's board is...
  45. ↑ Shadeism, The Support,
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