Tag: fall 2015 workshop

chapbook workshop

for middle school students
thursdays, 4 – 5 pm / 4-week program

max 15 participants—email Nat at nat@crosstownarts.org to reserve a spot, or to help out.

a chapbook was an early type of popular literature because it was cheap to produce. still very popular today, the name commonly refers to small, paper-covered booklets, usually printed on a single sheet folded into books of 8, 12, 16, or 24 pages. participants in this workshop will have the opportunity to write poetry, short fiction, essays, and create visual art for their own original chapbooks. we’ll learn elements of layout and page design, cover design (using artist-designed woodcut blocks), and create contents pages and author bio pages to make the chapbooks as professional as possible. at the end of the workshop, each participant will leave with 5 copies of their original chapbook and one from each of the other participants.

we’ll celebrate with a chapbook release party in the Cleveland Street Flea Market on Friday, October 9.

page to stage theatre workshop

for middle school students
wednesdays, 1:30 – 3:30 pm / 9-week program

workshop capacity has been reached.

Jazmin Miller, teaching artist from Rhodes College,  leads students in an exploration of the various parts of theatre, helping them collaborate with one another to write, design and perform their own original play.

on Sunday, November 8, students will perform their creation before a live audience of family, friends and supporters in the McCoy Theatre at Rhodes College.

3/2/1 film workshop

for high school students / mondays, 3 – 4:30 pm / 6-week program

max 14 participants—email Nat at nat@crosstownarts.org to reserve a spot, or to help out.

join Crosstown Arts’ videographer Justin Thompson to learn how to script, shoot, and edit your own original short film. we’ll follow a 3, 2, 1 format (3 pages of script, 2 actors, 1 location) and work in teams of two. at the end of the six weeks, the films will be screened at a premiere, and each participant will receive a DVD of all films from the workshop.