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POETRY OFF THE PAGE

with Glenis Redmond

Session 1 Thursday, October 16 4-7 pm OR

Session 2 Friday, October 17 3:30-6:30 pm

Location: Sierra Room Matley Lane Facilities 1150 Matley Lane, Reno, NV

You may sign up for either day.

This poetry workshop is based on the belief that poetry, in addition to being written and read, should be performed. In session one, teachers learn ways to help students use brainstorming, imagery, and layering to write powerful and effective poems. Clear and easy poetic structures and formats empower students to expand their imaginations and to cross creative boundaries. In session two, participants examine ways to involve students in memorizing and performing their poems to further communicate the written word with appropriate voice projection, physical stance, and gesture.

For Teachers of Grades 3-12 3 hours or 6 hours of instruction time Maximum number of workshop participants: 35

To sign up or for more info Contact Martha O’Neill at martha@sierra-arts.org (775) 329-2787

About Glenis Redmond:

Glenis Redmond is a native of Greenville, South Carolina. She is the Poet-in-Residence at The Peace Center for the Performing Arts and The State Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ. Her MFA in Poetry is from Warren Wilson College. Her most recent post is as a Mentor Poet for the National Student Poets Program. She will be joining the student poets that she has coached as they read in Washington, DC at the Library of Congress on September 19. She is a Kennedy Center Teaching Artist and is listed in their National Touring Directory. Glenis is also a full-time road poet, performing and teaching poetry across the country. Glenis loves poetry in all shapes and forms: page and stage. Find Glenis’ poems featured in journals and anthologies across the nation. She is a Cave Canem Fellow and a North Carolina Literary Fellowship Recipient from the North Carolina Arts Council and a Kennedy Center Teaching Artist. Her latest book of poetry is titled Under the Sun. She is the mother of twins: Amber and Celeste. Glenis believes poetry is the mouth that speaks, when all other mouths are silent.