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View online version SUMMER CLASSES "LIVING WORDS" POETRY WORKSHOP OPEN TO YOUTH & ADULTS LED BY PHILLIP SHABAZZ The Nash County Arts Council will host a four-day Poetry Workshop with poet, author, and teaching artist, Phillip Shabazz, June 25-28. In this workshop, participants will write new poems inspired by poetry writing prompts that are specifically designed to awaken and revive their inner poet, as well as read aloud and share poems. The workshop will address line, metaphor, sound, structure, and surprise, with the aim of opening up possibilities in the work at hand and include group critique sessions where writers can have their poetry critiqued in a constructive and supportive manner. This workshop is open to poets of all levels and works for everyone. Classes will be held daily, June 25-28, from 10:30AM-2:30PM. Costs are $70 for the four-day workshop, or $65 for Nash Arts members. Participants should bring a pen, notebook, lunch, and copies of poems for critique. Phillip Shabazz is the author of three collections of poems, including Flames in the Fire, and a novel in verse, When the Grass was Blue. His poetry has been included in the anthologies, Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont: A Guidebook, and Home is Where: African-American Poetry from the Carolinas. His poems have appeared in The American Voice, Obsidian, and The Louisville Review, among other publications. He has been Artist in Residence of the Mary Lou Williams Center at Duke University and, for many years, has led poetry workshops in schools, libraries, universities, arts and cultural centers throughout North Carolina. The Nash County Arts Council is located at 100 East Washington Street; Nashville, NC 27856. For more information, or to register, please contact Director, Shelly Gray, at 252-459-4734. This project is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULE CALL SHELLY GRAY, 252-459-4734, OR EMAIL SGRAY@NASHARTS.ORG TO REGISTER. NOTE OF THANKS The Nash County Arts Council would like to thank Anne Freeman, Tim Freeman, and Willie Bass Freeman Charities for providing funding & coordinating the recent refurbishment of our hardwood floors in our gallery, staging, & office areas. EVENT REMINDER The Nash County Arts Council welcomes the return of Bill Lyerly to its stage on Thursday July 21st at 8PM. Bill will be bringing special guests Alan Hicks and Will Cratch. Call 252-459-4734 for tickets, or purchase online via the button below. Costs are $15 Advance / $18 Door. Nash Arts memberships discounts are applied according to level of membership. See you at the show! PURCHASE TICKETS NOW! Nash Arts systems were developed, and are managed by: HARRISON TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING www.harrisontechconsulting.com 252-462-0573
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"LIVING WORDS" POETRY WORKSHOP
OPEN TO YOUTH & ADULTS
LED BY PHILLIP SHABAZZ
The Nash County Arts Council will host a four-day Poetry Workshop with poet, author, and teaching artist, Phillip Shabazz, June 25-28.
In this workshop, participants will write new poems inspired by poetry writing prompts that are specifically designed to awaken and revive their inner poet, as well as read aloud and share poems.
The workshop will address line, metaphor, sound, structure, and surprise, with the aim of opening up possibilities in the work at hand and include group critique sessions where writers can have their poetry critiqued in a constructive and supportive manner.
This workshop is open to poets of all levels and works for everyone. Classes will be held daily, June 25-28, from 10:30AM-2:30PM. Costs are $70 for the four-day workshop, or $65 for Nash Arts members. Participants should bring a pen, notebook, lunch, and copies of poems for critique.
Phillip Shabazz is the author of three collections of poems, including Flames in the Fire, and a novel in verse, When the Grass was Blue. His poetry has been included in the anthologies, Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont: A Guidebook, and Home is Where: African-American Poetry from the Carolinas. His poems have appeared in The American Voice, Obsidian, and The Louisville Review, among other publications. He has been Artist in Residence of the Mary Lou Williams Center at Duke University and, for many years, has led poetry workshops in schools, libraries, universities, arts and cultural centers throughout North Carolina.
The Nash County Arts Council is located at 100 East Washington Street; Nashville, NC 27856. For more information, or to register, please contact Director, Shelly Gray, at 252-459-4734.
This project is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources.
SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULE
CALL SHELLY GRAY, 252-459-4734, OR EMAIL SGRAY@NASHARTS.ORG TO REGISTER.
NOTE OF THANKS
The Nash County Arts Council would like to thank Anne Freeman, Tim Freeman, and Willie Bass Freeman Charities for providing funding & coordinating the recent refurbishment of our hardwood floors in our gallery, staging, & office areas.
EVENT REMINDER
The Nash County Arts Council welcomes the return of Bill Lyerly to its stage on Thursday July 21st at 8PM. Bill will be bringing special guests Alan Hicks and Will Cratch. Call 252-459-4734 for tickets, or purchase online via the button below. Costs are $15 Advance / $18 Door. Nash Arts memberships discounts are applied according to level of membership. See you at the show!
Nash Arts systems were developed,
and are managed by:
HARRISON TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING
www.harrisontechconsulting.com
252-462-0573