Poetry Workshops
Submitted by Geoff on 3-5-01.
AS220’s Muse Union and Demian Yattaw of the Rhode Island Training School have joined forces to present a poetry workshop this year. Funded by a grant from the Concordia Foundation, the workshop will consist of 24 classes throughout the school year, coinciding with school holidays. It will be run as a workshop, and the focus will be on exercises that help students develop a more intimate relationship with the visceral and emotional impact of language. The workshops are free and open to the public. A gifted educator, Demian has provided AS220 with invaluable inspiration and advice throughout the development of the Muse Union (see page 9). The work produced in Demian’s Training School poetry class provided the basis for last spring’s IMPACT project, which produced a poetry anthology, an evening of spoken word performance on AS220’s stage and a calligraphy show on AS220’s second floor. For the full schedule of classes, see below.
August 28, 1999
Introduction Memory Exercise: Using the past and images from the past to understand the emotional impact of language within the realm of the confessional mode. September 11, 1999
Memory Exercise Discussion of Journal Writing September 26 1999
Introduction for New Participants Single Word Exercise: Analyzing the word extensively in order to shed light on its various shades and nuances. A Look At The Use of Vocabulary: A discussion of the need to build and develop a broad vocabulary. October 2, 1999
Spoken Word Improvisation: Learning to understand the relationship between oral tradition and poetry. October 23, 1999
Continuation of previous lesson. October 30, 1999
Open Session. November 6, 1999
Free Association: This session aims at getting writers to understand and invite the loose flow of images and ideas as they are brought about by less conscious, directed thought. November 13, 1999
Continuation of previous lesson. November 20, 1999
Repetition Exercises: Repeating words and/or lines to explore language as a chant. December 4, 1999
Continuation of previous lesson. Use of White Space: How to Visually Present Your Work. Special guest artists will show some examples of their own visual representation of written works. AS220 will provide some materials for students to experiment with their own works. December 18 1999
Wrap-up session before holiday. January 8, 2000
Haiku, Pantoum, Sonnet, etc.: Using fixed forms of poetry as a means of exploring the architecture of sound and image. January 22, 2000
Continuation of previous lesson. January 29, 2000
Open Session. February 5, 2000
Collaborative Writing: Creating a poetic dialogue between our individual voices. February 12, 2000
Continuation of previous lesson. March 4, 2000
Review of all work and open discussion of the value of poetry as a means of self-expression. Open writing session. March 11 & 25, April 8 & 29, May 6 & 20
To be determined. June 3
Final wrap-up.
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