Latest News for Barrio Writers in Austin:
All writing workshop participants will be offered FREE daily bus passes throughout the 1-week summer program. For more information or to register for our FREE workshops, contact BW in Austin via e-mail: [email protected] or call 512-537-2751.
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We invite all youth between 13-21 years old to participate in a 1- week long college-level creative writing program founded by Sarah Rafael Garcia and led by Program Directors Leticia Urieta and Marilyse Figueroa, along with UT students and local community educators/artists 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, along with a 1-week bus pass!
1-week Writing Workshops
(participants must attend all 5 days)
Monday, July 10, 2017 1-4pm
University of Texas at Austin
Classroom 1.130, Gordon-White Building (GWB)
Map: http://maps.utexas.edu/#gwb
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 1-4pm
Classroom 1.130, Gordon-White Building (GWB)
Field Trip 4-6pm: TBA
Wednesday, July 12, 2017 1-4pm
Classroom 1.130, Gordon-White Building (GWB)
Guest Author: TBA
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1-4pm
Classroom 1.130, Gordon-White Building (GWB)
Friday, July 14, 2017 1-4pm
Classroom 1.130, Gordon-White Building (GWB)
Saturday, July 15, 2017 1-4pm – Live Reading
Multipurpose Room 2.206, Gordon-White Building (GWB),
Event Page: Coming Soon!
Barrio Writers in Austin is supported & co-hosted by The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, Resistencia Bookstore and Save Our Youth, a project by Red Salmon Arts.