AnCan and The Marsh (well renown, long-established theater company with a large following in the Bay Area and venues in San Francisco and Oakland) collaborate every 4th Wednesday of the month for Solo Arts Heal!
On November 24th, we were so thrilled to host Nire Nah!
Nire is a singer-songwriter, visual artist, mental health advocate, and human of substance (who happens to also be substance-free). Since 2014, she has been living, learning, creating, and performing in Chicago, Illinois. Her work spans multiple disciplines and mediums, from painting to performance to psychological upkeep. Guided by the principles of rigorous honesty and kind curiosity, Nire aims to invite audiences into a space where they are safe to feel their feelings without restraint. She strives to make people laugh, cry, and think – preferably at the same time.
As a creator in recovery, Nire’s work is tightly intertwined with her own healing and personal growth. Her debut album Coeur Age (2018) is a rollercoaster of story-songs, anthems, tantrums, lullabies, and laments, mapping the wilderness of active addiction and mental illness from the inside out. Her latest release Everything Stands Back Up (2020) balances the scales with a series of earnest reflections on the grueling but grounding work of long-term emotion regulation and mental maintenance. In these songs, Nire explores the nonlinearity of recovery and emphasizes the important connections between individual and communal healing.
Nire shared songs and an animated video from her latest album, Everything Stands Back Up.
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