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ProgramsThese are the ongoing programs, workshops, and activities offered by YWA. If you have questions, please contact
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YWA After-school Writing Workshops
Young Writers Association - stirring up literary play between youth & community
Check out Young Writers Association 2005-2006 writing workshops
Discover writers your age, share bits from favorite books, test different writing tips, prepare for publishing, & participate in an evening reading.
- Workshops are eight week, fee-based, 90 minute, 4:00 - 5:30 pm, limited to 10 participants.
- Tuition: $64; some partial scholarships available
- Snack & writing supplies provided to fortify creativity.
- A community reading & dessert for all workshop participants is on Wednesday, Nov. 30th, 7:00 PM, Borders Books & Music
Stretch your imagination and exercise your creativity in one of the following workshops:
- Ages 9 - 11: Wednesdays, Borders Books and Music, 5 Oakway Center with Cecelia Hagen.
Fall 05 classes will begin Oct. 5th - Nov. 30th
Note: There will not be a meeting Nov. 23 (Thanksgiving Eve)
- Middle School: Mondays, Barnes & Noble, 1163 Valley River Drive, with Deborah Wells.
Fall 05 classes will begin Oct 3rd - Nov. 28th
Note: There will not be a meeting Oct. 10 (Columbus Day)
- High School:
1.) Sci-Fi/Fantasy writing on, Mondays (limit 4 students)
Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St., with Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Fall 05 classes will begin Oct 3rd - Nov. 28th
Note: There will not be a meeting Oct. 10 (Columbus Day)
2.) Creative writing Wednesdays
Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St., with Carter McKenzie
Fall 05 classes will begin Oct. 5th - Nov. 30th
Note: There will not be a meeting Nov. 23 (Thanksgiving Eve)
YWA Contact:
Louisa Lindsay-Sprouse: P: 485-7777, F: 684-0162, E:
Registration details:
1.) Classes fill up fast so contact Louisa ? Is there still space?
2.) Make checks out to YWA, mail to YWA/Workshops, 1026 President St., Eugene, OR 97401
3.) Please include student?s first & last name & which workshop s/he plans to attend.
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YWA Family ArtsParties
YWA Family ArtsParties
For ages eight years to ancient in years... Inspired by a storytelling performance, create! Talk, write, eat pizza - engage in an evening of playful discovery with someone who is not your age! Our lives are charged with story:
unfurl thoughts, memories and imagination. Bring your favorite adults, the children of your choice, bring yourself.
Goal:
Give families an opportunity to exercise and enjoy creativity together using classic literary themes.
Objectives:
Using a storytelling performance as inspiration, participants use various learning styles to express personal response while exercising specific techniques in creative writing, as well as in one of the following arts disciplines: visual arts, dance, drama or music. Workshops operate in a festive, fun atmosphere to encourage gentle risk-taking.
Activities:
- Storytelling performance
- brainstorming
- writing
- visual arts, or dance, or drama or music
- sharing
- eating pizza
Room requirements:
two rooms:
one large room, set up for 50 participants to write
one large/empty room for movement (dance or drama)
Equipment needed:
- supply tables--2 long (in writing room)
- tables & chairs, enough for number of participants (in writing room)
- chalk board w/chalk or white board w/pens
Cost: For groups of 25 - 50, $450 and travel (30 cents a mile)
YWA Family ArtsParties
1026 President St.
Eugene, OR 97401
fax: 684-0162
E-mail:
Call 485-7777
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YWA Literature Camps
For current camp details see home page "Hear Ye Hear Ye."
A novel camp! have you ever wished you could enter the world of your favorite
book to experience the lives of the characters?
Each summer, Louisa Lindsay-Sprouse creates day camps rooted in that idea,
with separate sessions for elementary and middle school students.
With Louisa and her husband, Frank, campers enter a hands on adventure
inspired by well-loved classics, becoming cooks, scientists, artists,
builders, storytellers...
Camps:
What the Cyclops Wished He'd Known! Based on The Iliad & The Odyssey and
Homer's ancient Greece where fact and myth gleam from ancient ruins.
Down the Mississippi: Based on the roaring good stories by Mark Twain and the
wild Mississippi of the 1850's
Sea Dogs and Water Gypsies: Based on rollicking wild tales of gold, lace and
tattooed islanders -- discover what Moby Dick, Treasure Island and a
mysterious lady pirate have in common.
Fools, Fighters and Fine Arts: Why did they throw their plates out the window?
Who was dancing on a cloth of gold? Why did Shakespeare hide spies in the
attic? Explore European Renaissance and go behind the scenes of
Shakespeare's Elizabethan Theatre.
Castles, Cauldrons & King Arthur...knights, dragons, monks and a talking
head...Based on legends from the ancient British Isles and medieval Europe.
Camp times: 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday
Cost: $185 + field trip fee (changes according to field trip)
YWA Lit Camps, 1026 President St., Eugene, OR 97401. fax: 684-0162 . E-mail: .
Call 485-7777
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Mixed Voices
Young Writers Association’s Mixed Voices
Spoken word publishing, Mixed Voices on KLCC
Our lives are charged with story, memory, imagination -- Authors of all ages share their writing on Mixed Voices. Young Writers Association unites with KLCC to air five minutes of short prose and poetry on KLCC’s Northwest Passage, 89.7 FM, the last Monday of each month, 4:00 pm. We are seeking high quality submissions from authors of all ages.
Guidelines for Mixed Voices
Submit short prose or poetry that touches on a monthly topic. The topics are merely writing prompts and do not need to be the main idea in the writing. For example, if the topic is school, maybe the main idea is about an interaction with a teacher, a wild school lunch scene, or a moment when something surprising interrupted a drowsy school drone. It can be funny, serious or magical.
--> The writing should sound satisfying when read aloud and kept short, no longer than 90 seconds.
--> The deadline for each topic is the first of the month, and the date for recording is the second or third Saturday of each month, 10:00 a.m., at KLCC.
--> Be sure to include topic, name, occupation (or school & age), phone number, and address. Keep a copy for yourself; we won’t be able to return your work.
For upcoming themes contact YWA.
Send to: Mixed Voices, YWA, 1026 President Street, Eugene, OR 97401
fax: 684-0162
or e-mail:
Questions? Call Louisa (541) 485-7777
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UpStarts
View the most recent editions of Upstarts. [Click Here.]
Guidelines for UpStarts.
Submit your writing and art work to UpStarts:
We at YWA are eager to receive your writing and visual art. The guidelines
are simple. Submit writing in any genre: poetry, short story, science
fiction, memoir, fantasy, thriller, mystery, an interview, editorial, or
personal letter format-- humorous, magical or serious, short or long. Send us
your photos and artwork, illustrate your writing, or create cartoons. Have
fun. Be sure to include name, school, age, phone number, and address. Keep a
copy for yourself, we won't be able to return your work.
Cost: free
Send to:
UpStarts, YWA
1026 President St.
Eugene, OR 97401
or
e-mail: >
or
fax: (541) 684-0162
Questions? call (541) 485-7777
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YEA! and YES!
A collaboration between Young Writers Association and The Science Factory Children's Museum & Planetarium, YEA! and YES! are literature-based integrated units brought into
the schools by a team of professional artists, or artists and scientist, for
full school days of exploration. A storytelling assembly starts the day and
informs the hands-on workshops that follow. "This innovative arts program
empowers students to experience the artistic connection between themselves,
words and the creative arts." Bob Kominski, author.
YEA! Young Escapades in the Arts is an integrated arts program designed for
students, parents and teachers.
Imagine going to school and getting to spend the whole day creating art!
An escapade starts with a story...the threads of the story inspire a hands on
adventure in the arts. After the storyteller performs, the audience divides
into groups, rotating through workshops in each of four to five disciplines:
in dance/drama, in visual arts, in music, and in creative writing.
For each school, artists collaborate while planning their workshops. YEA!
artists are professionals with years of experience sharing their art with
youth and the community.
Young Escapades in the Arts is available on a one day basis or for an
extended program. An extended program means at least three contact days with
YEA! artists and the option of an evening event at the end of the experience.
YEA! students can expect to advance their arts skills and massage their
imaginations while having a great time! Come explore the arts with us!
YWA's YEA! & YES! Days, 1026 President St., Eugene, OR 97401. fax: 684-0162 .
E-mail: .
Call 485-7777
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