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Making Poetry workshop

Date(s)
17 April 2010, 22 May 2010, 19 June 2010, 17 July 2010, 14 August 2010, 18 September 2010, 23 October 2010, 13 November 2010, 11 December 2010
Address
Shakespeare Memorial Room, Birmingham city centre
Making Poetry workshop

Making Poetry Workshop Programme 2010 

All workshops take place from 1.30pm to 4.30pm in the Shakespeare Memorial Room, Birmingham city centre.

17th April - Getting it Out There - Preparing work for publication, sending out, putting together a pamphlet with Jacqui Rowe

22nd May - Serious Play - Masterclass  with Mario Petrucci, aiming to release the imagination into fresh realms populated by the unexpected, and an incisive language with which to meet it.  

19th June - Painting the Picture  with Jacqui Rowe.  Ekphrastic poetry, including a chance to visit Birmingham Art Gallery

17th July - ShadoWork - Writing and Performance as group activity. Masterclass with Mario Petrucci. Participants will explore Mario's "co-vocal" approach to writing and performance, culminating in the performance of a short piece formulated on the day.

14th August - Finding the Form with Jacqui Rowe - choosing the form for a poem, including a look at some specific forms such as haiku and sonnet

18th September - Ideas in Things with Jacqui Rowe  and Meredith Andrea - using objects as an inspiration for poetry

23rd October - The Mapmaker's Workbox  with Jacqui Rowe and Meredith Andrea - a re-run of last year's popular workshop on the theme of maps and journeys

13th November - Windows and Icebergs - Masterclass with Mario Petrucci.  Observation, the senses, personal memory, reflection, imagination, other people's work - all of these are potential paths into new and exciting writing.

11th December - All The Ages We Have Ever Been: writing poetry for children and adults equally -Masterclass with Philip Gross. Qualities of playfulness and sensual delight in sound and form and image, and direct access to astonishment and real emotion.

£18 (£15 concessions) per workshop.  10% discount for 5 or more workshops booked together. 20% discount or 7 or more workshops booked together
Early bird offer - Further 10% discount on any workshops booked before 16th April.

 

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