WRITERS IN THE MOUNTAINS RECEIVES GRANT MONEY
Writers in the Mountains has received a $1,600 Community Arts Funding grant to present four workshops led by professional writers. Each of these multisession workshops will be offered for $15, instead of the usual $75 fee for similar sessions. The funding is made possible through the New York State Council of the Arts Decentralization Program administered in Delaware County by The Roxbury Arts Group.
Barbara Apoian, teacher and head of WIM's Teachers' Committee, says, " Our hope is that by offering our workshops at substantially reduced fees we will attract new participants for our programs. WiM has recently received its not-for-profit designation, and we look forward to raising funds that will allow us to continue to make our classes more affordable."
Writers in the Mountains has lined up a series of workshops lead by notable facilitators that will provide something for everyone. WIM has always had a reputation for creating an environment that will encourage each individual writer to find and develop his/her unique voice. In fact the missions statement for WIM is that the joys of writing should be made available to everyone. Apoian, states, "It's tremendous to be able to make this special offer to attract new participants to our workshops. I am very excited, as a board member, to encourage newcomers to sign up for a workshop." To register on line www.writersinthemountains.org or 607 326 7908.
The Workshops are as follows:
Connecting the Dots. How to start writing your own story conducted by writer and teacher, Dorothy Kubik. Mondays from 1;00-3:00 p.m., April 7, 2008 - through May 12, 2008 at the Senior Apartment Complex at 7 Main Street, Delhi (in the Community Room)(
SPECIAL REDUCED FEE OF $15.00. Please note: If there are enough people interested who cannot meet during the day, a second class will be offered in the evening from 6:30 - 8:30, place, TBA. Call Dorothy Kubik at 607 865 8351 for particulars. Pre registration is essential.
This workshop is designed for persons interested in writing their own or family stories. Exercises and activities to stimulate creative self - express and help participants begin writing their stories will be the focus of these sessions.
Dorothy Kubik is a free-lance writer living in Hamden, New York. Ever since she moved to the Catskills, she has enjoyed studying and writing about local history. She has written many articles and published two books on historical subjects: A Free - Soil A Free People: The Anti - Rent War in Delaware County, New York. And West Through the Catskills: The Story of the Susquehanna Turnpike. Her most recent work, The Adventures of Albert and Leopoldina is her first book for children.
Personal Memoir with Melora Wolff - Two classes, two consecutive Sundays
and Mondays at the Roxbury Arts Group.
Class One - April 27 & 28/May 4 & 5 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Class Two - April 27 & 28/May 4 & 5 2:30 pm. - 5:30 p.m.
SPECIAL REDUCED TUITION FEE OF $15 Pre registration is essential. Maximum class of eight. To register www.writersinthemountains.org or telephone 607 326 7908.
Melora Wolff, essayist and poet has taught creative writing in colleges and arts centers for many years. Her poetry and articles have appeared in several journals and anthologies. She is co author of the book "Movie to Manage BY" (contemporary books) and a recipient of the Artist Fellowship in Nonfiction Literature from the New York Foundation of the Arts. Pre registration is essential. Melora completed her B.A. at Brown University and her MFA at Columbia University.
POETRY WWITH LYNN DOMINA - Wednesdays May 21- June 25 at the Andes Library 6-9 p.m. six sessions.
SPECIAL REDUCED TUITION FEE OF $15.00 Pre registration is essential - maximum class of eight!
Lynn Domina is the author of a collection of poetry, Corporal Works, and a reference book, Understanding a Raisin in the Sun. Her recent work appears in Quarterly West, Poetry Northwest, Barrow Street, Prairie Schooner, The Marlboro Review , Heliotrope, and several other periodicals. Ms. Domina has facilitated workshops for WIM in previous years and they have been well received.
Each week, the workshop will emphasize a different element of craft (image, figurews of speech, lineation, etc.) as students complete exercises and write poems exploring the homes we come from, return to, inhabit, and avoid. Students will use the work of published poets as examples and discuss their own work in a workshop format.
Workshop with Journalist/Writer Jennifer Kabat - September /October. Details
to be announced.
Jennifer Kabat moved to Margaretville recently from London. She works as
a journalist and her writing has appeared in New York Magazine, Wired, Conde
Nast Traveler, The Financial Times, Vogue, The Guardian, while she’s
a contributing editor at the architecture and design magazine Metropolis.
She’s been an editor at the British style magazine the Face and men’s
magazine Arena as well as the American design magazine ED. She got her MFA
in creative writing from the University of East Anglia and works closely
with a lauded group of young British writers including Diana Evans, Tash
Aw and Richard Benson. After her MFA she taught American high school students
creative writing as part of the prestigious Oxbridge summer abroad program
at Cambridge University. She recently participated in the advanced fiction
group and the master class in the short story at the New York State Summer
Writers Institute. She is currently putting together a short story collection.