August Workshop Series 2010

Join us in August for a series of free, exciting and unique writing workshops for all ages! We will offer morning and afternoon workshops August 2-5 and August 9-12, 2010. See workshop descriptions for details. To sign up for workshops, drop by our center, call 617-442-5400 or email us. Please note that in order to ensure participation and allow as many students as possible to attend our workshops, we are now requiring a $20 deposit upon registration, which is fully refundable upon attendance.

Click here to download the workshop schedule. Click here to download a workshop registration form.

For students ages 6-9:

Then the Pineapple Coughed. Wednesday, August 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (one session). Teachers: 826 Boston Staff. Do strange things pop up in your dreams? What do they mean? Nobody knows… but they’ll find out once we write our comprehensive, insightful dream dictionary complete with meanings for disco-dancing ninjas and multicolor teeth.

Dear Mrs. Obama. Wednesday, August 11, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (one session). Teachers: 826 Boston Staff. Do you have something you’re dying to say to the first lady? What about Sasha or Malia? Do you dream of being published? This is your chance to write a letter or draw an illustration that we’ll send to the first family. Letters and drawings may also be included in a national publication! 826 students nationwide are working on a follow-up to our hit book Thanks, and Have Fun Running the Country, a collection of letters to Barack Obama.

For students ages 8-11:

Lo-Fi Picture Show. Wednesday, August 11 and Thursday, August 12, 1:00 – 3:00 pm (two sessions). Teachers: Ali Reid and Amy Collier. How do you make a cartoon without a high-tech animation studio? Students will write and record flash fiction pieces, then solve that problem with the use of a zoetrope, creating totally handmade animation strips to accompany their stories.

Letters to Michelle. Monday, August 2, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (one session). Teachers: 826 Boston Staff. Do you have something you’re dying to say to the first lady? What about Sasha or Malia? Do you dream of being published? This is your chance to write a letter or draw an illustration that we’ll send to the first family. Letters and drawings may also be included in a national publication! 826 students nationwide are working on a follow-up to our hit book Thanks, and Have Fun Running the Country, a collection of letters to Barack Obama.

This is Where I Want to Be. Tuesday, August 3 and Thursday, August 5, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (two sessions). Teacher: Rachel May. Join us as we piece together places we’ve been and places we’re going with words, images, and fabric, expressing not only what they look like but how it feels to be in them and what they mean to us. Students will learn about both writing and quilting.

For students ages 9-12:

Guerrilla Poetry. Monday, August 2 and Thursday, August 5, 1:00 – 3:00 pm (two sessions). Teacher: Becky Eidelman. Does poetry jump? If you saw a poem on the sidewalk, a building, or the inside of a bathroom stall, you might feel like it’s leaping out at you! We’ll find poems that speak to us and discover ways of inserting them, unexpectedly, into other peoples’ lives. This workshop is for all writers who want to improve their poetic technique, and for thinkers who want to take poems out of hiding and bring them out to the world.

My First Galactic Empire! Tuesday, August 3 and Wednesday, August 4, 1:00pm-3:00 pm (two sessions). Teacher: Jesse Moskowitz . Do you like dragons? Have you always dreamed of ruling a country called Iggledywick? Do you think you have the perfect idea for a character who could take over the universe? Bring all your ideas to this class, in which students will be building their own fantastical stories and wacky science fiction.

”and… scene!”. Monday, August 9 and Tuesday, August 10, 10:00 am-12:00 pm (two sessions) Teachers: Dinela Gjecka & Karen Sama. Have you noticed how differently a story plays out when it goes from the page onto the stage? Using improv games, we’ll learn the elements of good screenwriting, then write and perform our own mini-vignettes strung together by a mysterious theme.

Look! Wednesday, August 4, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm. FIELD TRIP (one session). Teacher: Ali Reid. Students will visit Charles LeDray’s exhibit “workworkworkworkwork” at the Institute of Contemporary Art, then serve as art critics, writing reviews and sharing their insights in a downloadable PDF catalog for the show. A permission slip is required for registration. Students must be present by 9:15 in order to participate in the field trip. Students not present at that time will not be able to participate, and we will keep their deposit. For a feild trip permission form, click here.

For students ages 12-18:

Blogging 101. Monday, August 9 and Tuesday, August 10, 1:00 – 3:00 pm (two sessions). Teachers: Lindsey Plait Jones & Maya Shugart. Do you have more than a little to say about a lot of things? Come create a blog about the things you’re interested in, find web tools to spruce it up, and figure out how to get your creative mojo to work for you! By the end of this workshop, you’ll have a blog up and rolling, and the chance to write your own entries in cyberspace.

Adding Insult to Poetry. Thursday, August 12, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (one session). Teacher: Nicholas Decoulos. Anyone can say, “Same to you, buddy!” In this workshop, you’ll learn why it’s not wise to cross a poet; they will write clever & unflattering poem about you that may become famous! Learn to use the blason form to make sure your next comeback has a certain sophisticated burn.

Want to register? Download a registration form here or drop by our center at 3035 Washington St. to pick one up. You can also call 617.442.5400 to register for workshops.

Para información en español, llame al 617.442.5400, o visítenos en 3035 Washington St.

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Workshops will be held at 826 Boston, located at 3035 Washington Street in Egleston Square.

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