Double Workshop Day
Workshops are back! It’s been a while since I’ve offered either of these, and it’s important to me to teach them together. I’ll be teaching the foundational Intro to Trauma-Informed Tattooing workshop in the morning and Beyond Trauma-Informed Tattooing in the afternoon, with a short lunch break in between. If you are new to these, I highly recommend both. The suggested cost for the full day is $85, or $60 for the Intro class and $25 for the Beyond class, but all are pay what you wish. If you can pay the high end (or higher!) please do- it helps me continue to offer these and do the ongoing research in between that keeps the material current and valuable. A portion of class proceeds will be donated to We the People, an abolitionist collective and mutual aid organization in Bed-Stuy.
Sunday, August 27th
11:00 am-1:00 pm EST ~ Intro to Trauma-Informed Tattooing
This two-hour workshop will be a virtual introduction to the concept of trauma-informed tattooing. We will discuss trauma and PTSD through an anti-oppression lens, how they exist within the practice of tattooing, and practices to facilitate a safer and more empowering experience for clients. Narrated by tattoo artist Tamara Santibañez, this presentation covers communication methods, building trust with clients, and considering needs beyond basic client care.
The workshop includes live captioning. For any additional access needs, please email santibaneztattoo@gmail.com.
Please note: the workshop will be recorded.
Workshop payment can be made via Venmo to @tamara-santibanez, CashApp to $TamaraSantibanez, or PayPal to santibaneztattoo@gmail.com.
REGISTER HERE.
2:00-3:30 Pm EST ~ Beyond Trauma-Informed Tattooing
This discussion-based workshop will raise observations and criticisms of trauma-informed care’s trajectory within the tattoo industry, focusing on the ways language is co-opted by capitalism. We will place trauma-informed practices into relationship with radical frameworks and consider how to center our practices in our values, as well as how to be more discerning when encountering “safe space” labeling. I envision this space as one to bring challenges you’ve run into and to workshop alternatives, dreaming a more liberatory practice into the future.
The workshop includes live captioning. For any additional access needs, please email santibaneztattoo@gmail.com.
Please note: the workshop will not be recorded in order to provide attendees with a sense of confidentiality and to enable sharing among our group.
Workshop payment can be made via Venmo to @tamara-santibanez, CashApp to $TamaraSantibanez, or PayPal to santibaneztattoo@gmail.com.
REGISTER HERE.
Upcoming Workshops!
Update: sold out! I’ll be announcing next dates soon, but you can also purchase a pre-recorded version of the workshop here.
After a long hiatus, I’m teaching again with a back-to-back two-day series: Intro to Trauma-Informed Tattooing and Beyond Trauma-Informed Tattooing.
Intro to Trauma-Informed Tattooing
Sunday, November 13th
6-8pm EST
Virtual via Zoom
Suggested price between $25-$50 (payment via Paypal to santibaneztattoo@gmail.com or Venmo to @tamara-santibanez, with emojis in note). This workshop is FREE for Black and Indigenous people.
This two-hour workshop will be a virtual introduction to the concept of trauma-informed tattooing. We will discuss trauma and PTSD through an anti-oppression lens, how they exist within the practice of tattooing, and practices to facilitate a safer and more empowering experience for clients. Narrated by tattoo artist Tamara Santibañez, this presentation covers communication methods, building trust with clients, and considering needs beyond basic client care. Our time together will include breakout rooms and discussion time to share collective knowledge and ask each other questions.
The workshop includes live captioning. For any additional access needs, please email santibaneztattoo@gmail.com.
Please note: the workshop will not be recorded in order to provide attendees with a sense of confidentiality and to enable sharing among our group. An alternate pre-recording of the workshop is available here.
Beyond Trauma-Informed Tattooing
Exploring its co-optation, assimilation, and shortcomings
Monday, November 14th
6-8pm EST
Suggested price $25 (payment via Paypal to santibaneztattoo@gmail.com or Venmo to @tamara-santibanez, with emojis in note), but is open to all regardless of ability to pay anything. 20% of workshop sales will be donated to mutual aid funds.
This discussion-based workshop will raise observations and criticisms of trauma-informed care’s trajectory within the tattoo industry, focusing on the ways language is co-opted by capitalism. We will place trauma-informed practices into relationship with radical frameworks and consider how to center our practices in our values, as well as how to be more discerning when encountering “safe space” labeling. I envision this space as one to bring challenges you’ve run into and to workshop alternatives, dreaming a more liberatory practice into the future.
The workshop includes live captioning. For any additional access needs, please email santibaneztattoo@gmail.com.
Please note: the workshop will not be recorded in order to provide attendees with a sense of confidentiality and to enable sharing among our group.
Compassion Fatigue and Burnout Prevention for Tattoo Artists
Friday, May 14th from 5-7pm EST
This Zoom workshop will discuss in-depth the ways that tattooing as a service and profession can impact the emotional and mental well-being of its practitioners. We will cover burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma, their effects, and recovery and support strategies artists can employ towards career longevity. We’ll investigate embodied approaches to knowing our boundaries and how to better enforce them in our work lives, as well as understanding how our identities and industry positionality can make us more vulnerable to burnout. Participants will be able to access presentation slides and recording following the live workshop.
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Sliding scale: $20-40
Payment can be made by Venmo to @tamara-santibanez or via Paypal to santibaneztattoo@gmail.com.
This workshop is FREE to Black and Indigenous tattooers.
Still Not Asking For It Trauma-Informed Tattoo Trainings
In preparation for this year’s Still Not Asking For It flash event, I will be offering two dates of “Intro to Trauma-Informed Tattooing” for participants.
This workshop serves as an introduction to the concept of trauma-informed and healing-centered tattooing. It will discuss nervous system responses to tattooing and practices to facilitate a safer and more empowering experience for clients. We will cover good communication and consent practices, trust-building with clientele, and how to approach our work beyond basic customer service. We will also address common misconceptions about trauma-informed practices and how to approach this framework in a way that is sustainable for ourselves as artists.
Hourlong pre-recorded versions of the workshops are also available via digital download in the Shop section of the site.
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$10-40 sliding scale (payment can be made via Venmo to @tamara-santibanez or PayPal). Registration is FREE for Black and Indigenous tattooers.
Friday April 16th 5-7pm Eastern time
Sunday April 25th 4-6pm Eastern time
Could This Be Magic? Virtual release event
“Tattooing can be transformative—a way to create a new version of yourself. A tattoo can be a coping strategy, a manifesto, a bold declaration. Tattoos are armor. Being able to access these types of expression can make us feel more free as individuals, and affirms the values that bring us into ourselves. We both mark and witness these moments for individuals, conjuring temporary autonomous zones and movement towards collective liberation.”
JOIN US! Sunday, March 21st at 7pm EST
Virtual Book Release for Could This Be Magic? Tattooing as Liberation Work by Tamara Santibañez
~~~~ in conversation with publisher Zac Scheinbaum of Afterlife Press ~~~~~ Q&A to follow ~~~~~~~ via Zoom
Register here.
Using the concept of trauma-informed care as a foundation, Santibañez expands on the vast political potential of tattooing, illuminating the unseen work tattoo artists perform without exception. Underpinning the infinite magic of tattooing is the emotional work that artists often come to fear and avoid. Santibañez argues that tattooing has enormous potential to both empower and disempower its recipients, and that we cannot fully realize its positive potential without first acknowledging the scope of what it accomplishes and supporting ourselves in our abilities and limitations.
Part manifesto, part love letter, part workbook, Could This Be Magic? features toolkit prompts and exercises, practical guidelines around good consent and boundary practices, and ideas for shaping a more ethical industry into the future. This work offers something to all artists from self-taught DIY tattooers to ritual practitioners, apprentices and longtime street shop veterans, from those newly engaging with activism to those who place politics at the forefront of their work. Sourcing quotes from artists from all walks of the industry, Could This Be Magic? is a profound exploration of the radical possibilities of justice-centered tattooing.
Available via Afterlife Press.
Upcoming Workshops
Intro to Trauma-Informed Tattooing
REGISTRATION IS FULL for both February and March dates. Upcoming sessions TBA.
This workshop serves as an introduction to the concept of trauma-informed and healing-centered tattooing. It will discuss nervous system responses to tattooing and practices to facilitate a safer and more empowering experience for clients. We will cover good communication and consent practices, trust-building with clientele, and how to approach our work beyond basic customer service. We will also address common misconceptions about trauma-informed practices and how to approach this framework in a way that is sustainable for ourselves as artists.
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Friday Feb 12, 2021 05:00-7:00 PM Eastern Time
Sliding scale $20-40. Payment can be made via Venmo to @tamara-Santibanez or Paypal to santibaneztattoo@gmail.com.
This workshop is FREE to Black and Indigenous tattooers.
Compassion Fatigue and Burnout Prevention For Tattoo Artists
This workshop will discuss in-depth the ways that tattooing as a service and profession can impact the emotional and mental well-being of its practitioners. We will cover burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma, their effects, and recovery and support strategies artists can employ towards career longevity. We’ll investigate embodied approaches to knowing our boundaries and how to better enforce them in our work lives, as well as understanding how our identities and industry positionality can make us more vulnerable to burnout.
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Friday, Feb 26, 2021 5:00-7:00 PM Eastern Time
Sliding scale: $20-40
Payment can be made by Venmo to @tamara-santibanez or via Paypal to santibaneztattoo@gmail.com.
This workshop is FREE to Black and Indigenous tattooers.
Coming soon.
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Coming soon with Afterlife Press.