Poetry Workshops with Staten Island OutLOUD

Saturday afternoons, April 11, 18 & 25 at 2:30pm – At the Stapleton Branch Library, 132 Canal Street, Staten Island NY 10304

Staten Island OutLOUD presents a 3-week series of free poetry workshops for adults.  Stretch your wings, try something new.  We welcome writers at all skill levels.  If you’ve never done much creative writing, here’s a great way to get started in a friendly, supportive atmosphere.  If you are more experienced, this workshop will help you strengthen your work.Jon Fox - Kris headshot

Our workshop series will be lead by Island writer and teacher Jonathan Fox (pictured at left), who was a Macaulay Scholar at Hunter College, where he studied poetry and philosophy as an undergraduate. He is currently pursuing his Master’s Degree in Elementary Education at the College of Staten Island. Jon has facilitated poetry workshops on Staten Island as part of “The Curiosity Project,” a month-long arts and event installment curated by Melissa West and funded by Staten Island Arts.

Jon has also been a featured poet and performer at various Staten Island arts events, performing at venues such as Deep Tanks Studio and Everything Goes Cafe and Bookstore.

Staten Island OutLOUD’s three-part workshop series will provide a safe and friendly space for exploring the power of our creative writing, and tools to enhance our poetic work. Each session will focus on a different  component of the writer’s craft.  We’ll look at the work of  some renowned poets, and apply their methods and insights to our own writing.  OutLOUD will also offer an opportunity (optional) for poetry workshop participants to present readings of their original work on Sat, April 25 at noon, at Staten Island OutLOUD’s St George Day event (Bay St Noodle Shop, 228 Bay St, SINY 10301 – Between Victory Blvd & Hannah St, across from Tompkinsville Park)

This Staten Island OutLOUD poetry workshop series is made possible in part by a grant from Poets & Writers, Inc., with public funding by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the New York City Council.

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