The Center of Mexican American Studies (CMAS) has partnered with Barrio Writers to host a free 1-week summer writing program at The University of Texas at Austin!We invite all youth between 13-21 years old to participate in a week long college-level creative writing program founded by local author Sarah Rafael Garcia and co-taught by UT Grad Student Aileen Ford, which will provide youth with an opportunity to learn different forms of writing (poetry, spoken word, hip-hop, short stories, essay), a path to college and free cultural arts field trips! (1-week program event page: Click here!) Attn. Youth: Due to great participant attendance, we recommend you email Barrio Writers to request an Application to reserve your seat in the workshops. This year we are limited to only 25 youth participants, please sign-up! 1-week Writing Workshops (participants must attend all 5 days) Location: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 1-4pm Wednesday, July 15, 2015 1-4pm Thursday, July 16, 2015 1-4pm Friday, July 17, 2015 1-4pm Saturday, July 18, 2015 1-4pm – Live Reading Barrio Writers in Austin is supported & co-hosted by The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, Resistencia Bookstore and Save Our Youth, a project of Red Salmon Arts. This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com. For more information or to register for our FREE workshops, call Barrio Writers at 512-537-2751 or email us at [email protected]. |