Winston-Salem Writers “Poetry of Witness” workshop by Zoom

In celebration of National Poetry Month in April, WSW will offer “Poetry of Witness” by North Carolina poet laureate Jaki Shelton Green on Saturday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to noon by Zoom. Poetry of witness is a form of documentary poetry that attempts to reveal humanity through the art of words.

The first African American and third woman to be appointed as the North Carolina Poet Laureate, Jaki Shelton Green teaches documentary poetry at Duke University Center for Documentary Studies and was appointed as the 2021 Frank B. Hanes Writer in Residence at UNC Chapel Hill.

Registration opens March 15 at www.wswriters.org/workshops-and-seminars, and the deadline for registration is April 13. The cost for the workshop will be $20 for WSW members or $35 for non-members. The workshop will be limited to 40 participants.

Event Information

Email: hpearre@gmail.com
Next Event Date: Sat Apr 15, 2023
Next Event Start Time: 10:00 am

Upcoming Dates

Date	Start Time	End Time
2023-04-15	10:00 am	12:00 pm	2023-04-15 10:00:00	2023-04-15 12:00:00

Date

Start Time

End Time

2023-04-15

10:00 am

12:00 pm

2023-04-15 10:00:00

2023-04-15 12:00:00

Venue Information

Location: Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County

251 N. Spruce Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County was founded in 1949 as the first arts council in the nation. Today, it serves as the chief advocate of the arts and cultural sector in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. Our goal is to serve as a leader in lifting up, creating awareness and providing support to grow and sustain the arts and cultural offerings throughout our region, ultimately bringing our community together and making it a great place to live, work and play. Annually, over 4,000 individuals, corporations, foundations, and government entities support our community programs that serve over 800,000 people.

We promote, support, and develop the arts in Forsyth County ensuring that they are a vital presence for all of our diverse community members. We provide a variety of support services including direct and indirect funding to assist individual artists, arts organizations and the community-at-large. We do so because studies have shown that arts have positive societal impacts on communities from education, health and wellness, safety, to economic development.

We are unique to our city in that we own and operate three arts facilities that are strategic community assets. They include the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts located at 251 N. Spruce Street, Hanesbrands Theatre located at 209 N. Spruce Street, and The Arts Council Extension Building located at 419 N. Spruce Street, which is home to the Little Theatre of Winston-Salem and the NC Black Repertory Company. These facilities lie in the heart of our downtown’s theatre district and are used by numerous arts organizations, community entities, and individuals, adding to the fabric of a thriving downtown for businesses and citizens alike.

In addition to our on-campus programs, we are committed to providing accessible arts and cultural programs for all in our community. For more than 30 years, our hallmark Wells Fargo Arts-In-Education grant program ensures that over 30,000 local public-school children are exposed to professional arts programs, master classes, exhibitions, and performances. We work closely with the WSFCS Arts Program managers and lead arts teachers to ensure that arts programs meet their needs and curriculum standards. For the past 6 years, we have collaborated with Forsyth County to produce the annual Summer Parks Series that brings live musical performances to parks in Kernersville and Clemmons reaching over 25,000 attendees.

Contact Person: Dara Silver
Email: dsilver@intothearts.org
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