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THE WRITERS STUDIO KIDS WRITE
The Writers Studio KW provides creative fiction and poetry workshops to high school students living in Brooklyn. After-school workshops and an intensive summer writing camp are offered free of charge in Bedford-Stuyvesant at the Beacon Center inside Middle School 35. The purpose of these workshops is to help high school students discover their personal voices through writing and reading contemporary fiction and poetry. The Method
The Writers Studio offers a unique workshop environment for serious writers to hone their craft through practical exercises based on successful contemporary fiction and poetry. The Writers Studio KW adapts this workshop model for high school age students. The students study techniques used by some of the best contemporary writers, including Junot Diaz, Brock Clarke, Brian Turner, Niccolo Ammaniti, Tyehimba Jess, Susan Straight, Colson Whitehead, Jamaica Kincaid, Toni Cade Bambera, Sandra Cisneros, Major Jackson and many more. The students write for one hour and then gather to share and critique each other's work. Students complete an average of three to four pages of writing each day during the summer writing camp and one to two pages during the after-school workshops. Our focus is always on creating strong persona narrators and constructive critique. The Writers Studio KW Summer Writing
The Writers Studio KW Summer Writing Camp met July 13-31, 2009 with five students at the Beacon Center inside MS 35. The Beacon programs turn school buildings into community centers, offering programs during the afternoon, evening and weekend, and the KW workshops meet in one of the classrooms set aside for community programs like ours. The writing camp resulted in a standing-room-only public reading at Brownstone Books (409 Lewis Avenue in Brooklyn) and a 40 page ‘zine of work produced by the students during the workshop. Fall Workshops 2009
After-school writing workshops began September 30 with seven students. We meet on Wednesdays from 4-6 pm through December 2. Like the summer writing camp, the students will read their work at a public reading at Brownstone Books in December and produce a ‘zine of work written during the workshop. To participate, contact Rebecca Gee at rebecca@writerstudio.com or call 347-633-2280 to register. Please note that spaces are limited.
The Writers Studio KW is made possible by the generous support of The Casement Fund, HBO, individual donors and our community partners.
The Writers Studio KW is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions on behalf of The Writers Studio KW are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
______________________________________________________________________ If you wish to support our program by making a donation, kindly visit: < https://www.fracturedatlas.org/donate/2047 >
Or write a check payable to Fractured Atlas and write The Writers Studio KW in memo line. Mail it to: The Writers Studio c/o Rebecca Gee / 515 Madison Street / Brooklyn, NY 11221
We would like to publicly acknowledge your support of this program on our website. Please indicate how you wish for your gift to be acknowledged. We welcome donations made in honor of or in memory of others. Please include your complete mailing address so that we may send you our thanks and a receipt for your records.
If your company has a matching gift program and you would like to set up a contribution from your company, please contact Rebecca Gee at rebecca@writerstudio.com or 347-633-2280.
______________________________________________________________________ Thank you to these early founders, who have gotten our project off to a great start:
Gerald Stern, in memory of Reginald Shepherd
Susanne Meninger
Rex Niswander
Phyllis Aboaf, in honor of her mother, Hildegard Zuckerman
Bill and Genie Henderson
Anonymous
Peter Krass, in honor of his daughter, Jackie Krass
Alice Quinn
Reid Sherline
Sam Passow
Marc Frons
Michael DiCocco
Lisa and Peter SW Bellamy
Michele Herman
Isabelle Deconinck
Liz and Jared Kingsley
Iromie Weeramantry, in honor of Michael Gregory Finlay
Daniel Gans
Pat Malay
Anonymous
Elizabeth Gambino
HBO Lawrence Besserman
The Casement Fund Deborah McAlister
Mark Peterson Brooklyn Arts Council Morgan Stanley
Thank you to these Community Partners who made the 2009 Summer Writing Camp possible:
Antonio Melendez and the staff of the Family Dynamics Beacon Center at MS 35
Brooklyn Borough President, Marty Markowitz
Crystal Bobb-Semple and Brownstone Books
Lloyd and Hillary at Bread Stuy
Iimani David and The New York Literary Society
The Macon Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library
Peaches Restaurant and Food For Thought
The Park Slope Food Coop
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