Scribes Youth Writing Workshop: Exploring Nature Through Ecopoetry
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In this workshop, we will explore the beauty of nature through ecopoetry! We will use words to express our connection with the environment and its inhabitants. Through writing exercises and discussion, we will discover how ecopoetry can inspire us. By the end of the workshop, you will have written your own ecopoems that celebrate the natural world and its wonders.
About the Instructor
Olivia Ivings earned her M.F.A. from the University of Florida. She has four years of experience teaching poetry workshops ranging from writers in elementary school through undergraduate studies. She currently serves as the Managing Editor for Five Points: A Journal of Literature & Art, and her work appears in Bellevue Literary Review, Poet Lore, FOLIO, and more.
About the Workshop Series
At The Wren’s Nest, our mission is to cultivate the next generation of writers and readers by championing the power of using your voice to tell your story. Our Scribes writing workshops for middle-grade students (grades 5-8) are led by professional local writers, and each explores a unique topic, from writing basics to journalism to poetry.
These in-person workshops are open to middle-grade students in Georgia. Spaces are limited, and admission will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis. For each workshop, a $10 registration fee includes workshop attendance, museum admission, a notebook and writing utensil, and light refreshments.
This Scribes Youth Writing Workshop is made possible by the Gable Foundation.
The Wren’s Nest is supported in part by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, the City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, and the Georgia Council for the Arts through appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency - the National Endowment for the Arts.
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