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Don’t let the heat stifle your creativity! Join us for a FREE interactive hands-on workshop using prompts from Scholastic Art & Writing Award-winning works. We Real Cool: A Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Poetry Pop-Up reading and open mic in collaboration with the Sierra Arts Foundation will be held on Wednesday, July 16th at the Sierra Arts Gallery, 17 S. Virginia St. #120 in downtown Reno.

The free workshop for students in grades 7-12 will take place from 3:30pm-5:30pm with instructor and author Cindie Geddes. The 2014 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Sierra Arts Foundation regional ceremony will be held at 5:30pm and immediately following there will be an open mic reading in which participants can share work created during the workshop, in progress or finished pieces. Open mic readers will be joined by alumni poets from Nevada and all young writers who would like to join, with priority on given to workshop participants.

RSVP to McKenzi Swinehart, Community Programs Associate at mckenzi@sierra-arts.org or 775-329-2787.

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About the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers:
The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent and brings their remarkable work to a national audience through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Founded in 1923, the Awards program is the longest-running, most prestigious initiative of its kind, having fostered the creativity and talent of millions of students through recognition, exhibitions, publications and scholarships. The Alliance partners with more than 100 regional affiliates across the country to bring the program to local communities, and works with a network of more than 60 colleges and universities to increase scholarship and award opportunities. With the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Alliance is a founding partner of the National Student Poets Program, the country’s highest honor for youth poets creating original works, which selects five students exclusively from current Scholastic Art & Writing Award national poetry winners. For more information, go to www.artandwriting.org.