February 25, 2024
“Dark Matter” – A Writing Workshop for BIPOC Youth
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February 25, 2024
Consecutive Sundays, February 11, 18, and 25, 2024
Inlandia Institute and UCR ARTS Present a Blacklandia Events Series Workshop
“Dark Matter” – A Writing Workshop for BIPOC Youth Inspired by “The Impact of Images: Mamie Till’s Courage from Tragedy” with Lydia F. Theon Ware i
Barbara and Art Culver Center for the Arts
3824 Main Street, Riverside
1:30-3:00 PM
Free to BIPOC teens ages 14-18, with parental approval.
Registration required: http://tinyurl.com/DarkMatterTEENS
BIPOC teens ages 14-18 are invited to a writing workshop based on the exhibition “The Impact of Images: Mamie Till’s Courage from Tragedy,” which runs through March 30, 2024 at the Culver Center of the Arts in downtown Riverside. This powerful collection of photographs includes both family photos and extraordinary images made by Black photojournalists, and will inspire the writing, reflection, and insight of a new generation.
“Remaking Language: AAVE’s Influence on Culture through Writing” Workshop
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February 25, 2024
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Inlandia Institute and UCR ARTS Present a Blacklandia Events Series Workshop
“Remaking Language: AAVE’s Influence on Culture through Writing” with James Coats
2:00-4:00 PM PT, on Zoom
To register: http://tinyurl.com/AAVEJamesCoats
Free and open to the public.
This generative writing workshop will focus on language while highlighting the impact of African American Vernacular English in writing and its influence on mainstream culture.
This workshop is intended to educate those who are unaware or misinformed about AAVE, and its history and influence in the world around us today. It will encourage writers, especially BIPOC writers, to embrace the language of their experiences and authenticity of their culture. The workshop will also prompt participants to explore poetic elements such as colloquialism, dialect, and vernacular.