Writing our Way Forward – The Artistic Soul Atlas
Hosted by the Writers Community of York Region and the Newmarket Group of Artists
Saturday, October 8, 2022 | 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Community Centre & Lions Hall (200 Doug Duncan Drive)
Writing is a way forward and can be deeply therapeutic. It can be a way to express our fears, hopes and joys. It can help us make sense of the world and our place in it. Future historians may look back on the journals, essays and art that ordinary people are creating now to tell the story of life during the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Receive prompts, guidance and art supplies in this facilitated workshop for adults 18+ from the Writers Community of York Region: Allison Hannah will direct your writing experience. Local professional artist, Mahtab Abdollahi will also be on hand to provide guidance with your artistic expression.
Allison Hannah – Writer, Member Writer's Community of York Region (WCYR)
Allison Hannah is a member of the writer's Community of York Region. She is the programs coordinator for WCYR. Allison is an A.W.A. trained facilitator and has recently published a Memoir: 'Judy and Me', a memoir in honour of her mother, Judy, and speaks to her growing up in North Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia in the 1950's.
Allison Hannah Website | Writers' Community of York Region
Mahtab Abdollahi - Mixed Media Iranian Canadian Artist.
As an artist, Mahtab strives to fully explore her creativity, to experience the outer limits and push the boundaries of her artistic journey. She is an artist who desires to excel in her craft and uses a variety of mediums to express herself and achieve the right texture and feel in her work. The canvas is her playground where she embraces the joy of the creative process, and delights in happy accidents and other unplanned surprises. Her art reflects a passion and excitement she has cherished and nourished, that arises from the many memories of the experience of life itself. Locally, she is also a board member of the Newmarket Group of Artists. She teaches watercolour, drawing and painting to adults and children.
mahtababdollahi.com |
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Poetry – The Fadeout Lines
Newmarket Community Centre and Lions Halls (200 Doug Duncan Drive)
Free admission.
Participate in a creative form of poetry called blackout or erasure poetry: A type of found poetry that the poet creates by crossing out, blocking out, blacking out, cutting out, whiting out, or literally erasing words from an already-existing text. Embellish the poem with colour and your own unique deigns to create a 'frameable' work of art. Hosted by the Writers Community of York Region.
Light the Way – The Everlasting Story
Saturday, October 8, 2022 | 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Newmarket Community Centre and Lions Halls (200 Doug Duncan Drive)
Free admission.
Lend creative your hand to the everlasting story – Contribute your own unique slant to this story by using your imagination to take it in a new direction. The plot thickens and is shared live on social media. Hashtag #everlastingstory Hosted by the Writers Community of York Region.
No Ordinary Day – From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary
Saturday, October 8, 2022 | 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Newmarket Community Centre and Lions Halls - Halls 3 & 4 (200 Doug Duncan Drive)
Free admission.
Join us for an in-person live reading featuring Authors from the recently published Writers Community of York Region Anthology: No Ordinary Day of Short Works. Built around the theme "from the ordinary to the extraordinary" the No Ordinary Day anthology includes a multitude of genres that explore the many subtleties of storytelling through poetry, flash fiction, and short tales. Hosted by the Writers Community of York Region.
