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For the whole month of May, we have an exciting range of high-quality online and in-person writing workshops for you to enjoy... BOOK NOW!
Contemporary Erasure Poetry
Thursday 02 May 2024 | Venue: Online | Time: 3.15pm - 4.45pm | Cost: FREE | Capacity: 20 guests | Age: 16+
I keep writing my name on the sand and the waves come to erase it.
--AhmedTaha (Gaza Monologues, 2010)
Erasure is a poetic technique where portions of pre-existing text are eliminated to create new meaning out of the remaining text. In this workshop, participants will be presented with various texts to selectively erase and then add their own text to complete the poem, resulting in a completely original work that contains only ephemeral traces of what existed before.
Erasure is a complex form that proposes we engage in the question of invisible ownership, the endurance of what is lost, and perhaps the question of how we might summon it back.
Writing Ability: Suitable for ALL levels
What to bring: All attendees will be asked to bring their own writing pad and pen.
All workshop ephemera (poems, articles, letters) will be provided 10 days ahead of the session but participants are also welcome to bring their own, if desired.
This workshop will be led by Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş.
I keep writing my name on the sand and the waves come to erase it.
--AhmedTaha (Gaza Monologues, 2010)
Erasure is a poetic technique where portions of pre-existing text are eliminated to create new meaning out of the remaining text. In this workshop, participants will be presented with various texts to selectively erase and then add their own text to complete the poem, resulting in a completely original work that contains only ephemeral traces of what existed before.
Erasure is a complex form that proposes we engage in the question of invisible ownership, the endurance of what is lost, and perhaps the question of how we might summon it back.
Writing Ability: Suitable for ALL levels
What to bring: All attendees will be asked to bring their own writing pad and pen.
All workshop ephemera (poems, articles, letters) will be provided 10 days ahead of the session but participants are also welcome to bring their own, if desired.
This workshop will be led by Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş.
Writing in Other Voices
SATURDAY 04 MAY 2024 | Venue: Online | Time: 10.30am – 12pm | Cost: FREE | Capacity: 15 guests | Age: 18+
A useful skill in any writing is to be able to write in another person’s voice. In his writing career, Julian has had to develop this in order to better write: speeches, scripts for television, short stories and a range of other content.
This workshop will look at the context for this skill and some techniques to get you started. To fully participate you will need to be prepared to write and possibly share some work created during the workshop.
Writing Ability: Suitable for all writing abilities
What to bring: Pen Notepad and pen/pencil
This workshop will be led by Julian MacDonnell.
A useful skill in any writing is to be able to write in another person’s voice. In his writing career, Julian has had to develop this in order to better write: speeches, scripts for television, short stories and a range of other content.
This workshop will look at the context for this skill and some techniques to get you started. To fully participate you will need to be prepared to write and possibly share some work created during the workshop.
Writing Ability: Suitable for all writing abilities
What to bring: Pen Notepad and pen/pencil
This workshop will be led by Julian MacDonnell.
Project Collage
Saturday 04 May 2024 | Venue: Northolt Library | Time: 12.30pm – 2.30pm | Cost: FREE | Capacity: 15 guests | Age: 4 years +
Project Collage is a creative enterprise that encourages children and adults to express themselves through the mindful art of collage. Collage breaks the rules. By ripping and sticking, participants view things differently. A fashion magazine used alongside fragments of a bird magazine lifts the everyday into the abstract absurd. Encouraging us to see words in a similar way.
The workshop will include collage-making activities which are used to unleash your imagination and let it go wild.
Adults will work with their children creating visual art pieces that explore chosen themes. In the latter part of the workshop, attendees will use these collages as a stimulus for some free writing.
What words will your mind conjure as you absorb the artwork you have created together? Writing about collage is a liberating process. Will you follow a narrative or unpack your words in the abstract?
There are no rights or wrongs in this workshop, just come along if you want to give your imagination the space to be utterly creative.
An interactive, hands-on workshop which explores the power of art and collaboration.
Writing Ability: Suitable for all writing abilities
What to bring: Materials will be supplied however if you have any magazines, wrapping paper or old birthday cards you’d like to bring along, we welcome your contributions. Remember to wear something you don’t mind getting messy.
This workshop will be led by Kayeligh Cassidy.
Project Collage is a creative enterprise that encourages children and adults to express themselves through the mindful art of collage. Collage breaks the rules. By ripping and sticking, participants view things differently. A fashion magazine used alongside fragments of a bird magazine lifts the everyday into the abstract absurd. Encouraging us to see words in a similar way.
The workshop will include collage-making activities which are used to unleash your imagination and let it go wild.
Adults will work with their children creating visual art pieces that explore chosen themes. In the latter part of the workshop, attendees will use these collages as a stimulus for some free writing.
What words will your mind conjure as you absorb the artwork you have created together? Writing about collage is a liberating process. Will you follow a narrative or unpack your words in the abstract?
There are no rights or wrongs in this workshop, just come along if you want to give your imagination the space to be utterly creative.
An interactive, hands-on workshop which explores the power of art and collaboration.
Writing Ability: Suitable for all writing abilities
What to bring: Materials will be supplied however if you have any magazines, wrapping paper or old birthday cards you’d like to bring along, we welcome your contributions. Remember to wear something you don’t mind getting messy.
This workshop will be led by Kayeligh Cassidy.
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