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WORKSHOPS:
"makes you write like you never thought you could "
(Norisa Lewis, age 14)
Urban Word NYC's FREE workshops are where it ALL begins: building skills in writing and performing in a setting that values a diversity of voices and experiences. Urban Word NYC's FREE and uncensored creative writing/spoken word and hip-hop workshops happen year-round, after-school, at our NEW center in the Fashion District and in community centers around the city. Workshops are open to youth ages 13-19 unless otherwise specified.
Events Calendar for upcoming events. Click here to sign up for a workshop. Please SPECIFY which workshop you're signing up for!
FALL WORKSHOPS! FREE FOR TEENS!
Calling all youth poets, spoken word artists, emcees & activists!!
Register now: signup@urbanwordnyc.org or call 212-352-3495
Please specify workshop/s you want to take. Space is limited.
Urban Word NYC Manhattan Site: 242 W. 27th Street, between 7th and 8th Aves.
CREATIVELY COLLEGE BOUND - Erica Fabri
Mondays September 24 - December 10 4:30-6:30pm
@ Urban Word NYC - 242 W. 27th St. (btw 7th & 8th Ave)
In this workshop students will complete professional, high-quality college applications and essays—with Def poets, counselors and professionals from the New School’s Institute of Urban Education.
WOMEN REBORN - DJ Reborn
Tuesdays September 25 - December 11 4:30-6:30pm
@ Urban Word NYC - 242 W. 27th St. (btw 7th & 8th Ave)
In this workshop, critical artistic skills – turntabling, close reading, lyric analysis, collage building and creative writing– become the doorway to discovering women's contribution to these mediums and our world. Acclaimed female DJ and poet, DJ Reborn facilitates this workshop for teen WOMEN.
MASTER CLASS - Willie Perdomo
Wednesdays September 26 - December 12 4:30-6:30pm
@ Urban Word NYC - 242 W. 27th St. (btw 7th & 8th Ave)
In this workshop, teens will explore personal voice, literary device and poetic forms in an uncensored, safe, student-centered environment. This workshop will be lead by award-winning poet Willie Perdomo, author of Where a Nickel Costs a Dime and Smoking Lovely, which won the 2004 PEN American Beyond Margins Award.
WRITE LIKE WATER - Tara Betts
Thursdays September 27 - December 13 4:30-6:30pm
@ Urban Word NYC - 242 W. 27th St. (btw 7th & 8th Ave)
In this workshop, we will look at patterns in our writing, how to break those old patterns and experiment with poetic forms. Students will also create a form of their own in this workshop that others can attempt with the fluidity of their words. We will follow the ways of water and attempt to shake the containers with waves of haiku, sonnets, the decima, bantu poems, the blues and other types of poems.
Brooklyn Site: St. John's Recreational Center, Parks and Recreation, 1251 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, NY 11213
WRITE THE POWER - K~Swift
Tuesdays September 25 - December 11 4:30-6:30pm
@ St. John's Recreational Center
Using Hip-Hop Music and Hip-Hop Cultural History as a springboard, students will explore their own histories and creativity through dynamic writing and performance exercises. This will be a space where young people can freely express themselves, while learning to be active and positive contributors to their community.
CREATIVELY COLLEGE BOUND - Erica Fabri
Wednesdays September 26 - December 12 4:30-6:30pm
@ St. John's Recreational Center
In this workshop students will complete professional, high-quality college applications and essays—with Def poets, counselors and professionals from the New School’s Institute of Urban Education.
WOMEN REBORN - DJ Reborn
Thursdays September 27 - December 13 4:30-6:30pm
@ St. John's Recreational Center
In this workshop, critical artistic skills – turntabling, close reading, lyric analysis, collage building and creative writing– become the doorway to discovering women's contribution to these mediums and our world. Acclaimed female DJ and poet, DJ Reborn facilitates this workshop for teen WOMEN.
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