A Canada 150 Fund and Shaw Canada 150 initiative grant
Date/Time: Oct 14 2017, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
New Westminster, Anvil Centre | Event calendarAge: 13 t
Cost: Free
Registration: open through October 12 2017, 4pm PST
Opportunity
Share your story through language, text and drawing at this free one-day workshop, led by Surrey Poet Laureate Renee Saklikar, and New Westminster Poet Laureate Alan Hill. What comes to mind when thinking of ‘home’? Is it a place where you live, work, play, sleep, eat? Is it a space we create, nurture; leave or long for? Fearlessly explore personal, cultural and creative expressions through free-form writing, brainstorming, collaborative exercises and visual art. This workshop is open to participants aged 13-18 years, living in the Lower Mainland. Participants will have the opportunity to create a visual artefact displayed on New Westminster bus shelters, and included in the Canada 150 Fund “Home” exhibition in the New Westminster Museum, opening February, 2018.
Background
The City of New Westminster, in partnership with the Arts Council of New Westminster and with funding provided by the Canada 150 Fund and a Shaw Canada 150 Initiative grant, is inviting participants aged 13-18 years to join Your Story: Write, Draw, Share & Show a free workshop with Surrey Poet Laureate Renee Saklikar, and New Westminster Poet Laureate Alan Hill, Saturday October 14th 10:00am-4:00pm.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be 13 to 18 years of age.
Spaces are limited: Maximum 12 participants. Register today!
To register for this FREE workshop, or for further information:
Kristina Fiedrich, Arts Programmer
Email: kfiedrich@newwestcity.ca
Phone: 604 515 3837
Cell/Text: 778 773 0587
ABOUT THE POETS:
Renée Sarojini Saklikar is the author of children of air india, un/authorized exhibits and interjections, which won the Canadian Authors Award for best book of Canadian poetry to be published in English and was a finalist for the BC Book prize Dorothy Livesay award. She is also the co-editor of the anthology The Revolving City: 51 Poems and the Stories Behind Them. This anthology includes poetry performed during Lunch Poems at SFU, a poetry reading series that Renée helped to establish. Renée is one of three National Advocates for The Writer’s Union of Canada and a member of the League of Canadian Poets. Her poetry investigates, celebrates, and memorializes the poetry of place, particularly those stories integral to arrival, departure, settlement, and diaspora. Since starting her role as Surrey’s Poet Laureate in October 2015, Renée has been working to create a legacy program of poetry-outreach that is multi-lingual and inter-cultural, in partnership with local organizations in Surrey. She is interested in furthering grass-roots connections with youth, senior, and community groups.
Poet Alan Hill was chosen in February 2017 as New Westminster’s fourth Poet Laureate. Mr. Hill is a resident of the Glenbrook North neighbourhood of New Westminster. He is co-manager of the Poetry New West reading series and has been a regular on the Vancouver reading circuit for over ten years. He has been published in North America and Europe in numerous print and online journals. Publishing highlights in Canada include having poetry included in Event, CV2, Canadian Literature, Vancouver Review, Antigonish Review, Sub-Terrain, Poetry is Dead, Quills and Cascadia Review. He has also published two collections of poetry, The Upstairs Country (Silverbow 2012) and The Broken Word (Silverbow 2013). In 2007 he featured in the Rocksalt anthology (Mother Tongue), the first BC wide anthology of poetry for over thirty years. Alan immigrated to New Westminster from the UK after meeting, and being sponsored by, his Vietnamese-Canadian wife while working in Botswana.
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