Foster Library presents a
Writers and Performance Workshop for Young Adults
on the first and third Monday of each month at 4:00. This workshop focuses on using informal, playful, expressive writing as a way to strengthen skills of language and thinking.
First meeting:
Monday, September 16
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Out of these informal writing activities, using techniques of peer response and performance, writers develop more polished pieces, ranging from personal narratives to stories, poems, and exploratory essays.
The workshop is led by Phil Taggart.
Phil has been an editor for over 15 years. First with the ARTLIFE limited editions and now with the Askew poetry journal. He has taught poetry in the schools and is a coach for Poetry Out Loud! He’s worked as a video journalist and has taught video production. Phil also hosts the Thursday night poetry readings at the Foster Library. He’s received the Ventura’s Mayor’s Arts Award, the Ventura County Art Star Award and was named “Champion of Mental Health” by the Turning Point Foundation.
Heart Print – word of mouth on paper is on the First and Third Monday of the month. It runs from 4 to 6pm at the E.P. Foster Library at 651 E. Main Street – Ventura. Call (805) 648-2716 for more information.