A Western New York Writing Project Special Event! Canisius College

Mind, Body, Spirit: Celebrating Poetry and the Arts

Open to the entire community, this event fuses writing poetry with the arts for a good cause. Participants will have the opportunity to choose from 3 different creative writing workshops incorporating percussion performance, photography, and artwork to help express themselves on paper. Maday Theater, Lyons Hall April 9, 2011 8:30 AM-12:30 PM

Event Agenda

8:30-9:00 am

Continental Breakfast & Registration

9:00-9:20

Opening Welcome at Maday Theater WNYWP Director Dr. Suzanne Borowicz Special Projects Coordinator Jen Waffner

Special Projects Co-Coordinator Lisa Fanaro

9:30-11:00

Workshop Sessions

11:15-12:00

Maday Theater Reflections -“A Guiding Force” Performance by Mullen Sister School of Dance

-Closing Thoughts

-Finding Your Inner Peace -led by Evelyn Brady

Workshop Descriptions Please take a moment to read the following workshop descriptions. From the three workshops listed, please select your top two choices and write them in order of preference on the next page of this brochure.

Workshop #1 Discovering Your Inner Beat Developed by: Lisa Fanaro Presented by: Frederick Fanaro & Janeen Sullivan

Do you march to the beat of your own drummer? This workshop will explore the world of sound and rhythm using the styling beats of retired professional drummer, Frederick Fanaro and tap dancer Janeen Sullivan. Participants will be introduced to different rhythms, sounds, and intonations as they are led through writing exercises that help you discover your own

“inner beat.” We all have our own independent rhythm that propels us forward through all of our endeavors; take this workshop and discover yours!

Workshop #2

Writing From the Body

Developed and Presented by: Karen Lee Lewis

Many of us learn best as visual interpreters. This workshop will explore the language of the body and the relationship of body to image. We will use photography to stimulate and investigate the body’s voice. James Wright wrote “that if I stepped out of my body I would break/into blossom.” Let us write from our body – from what Marge Piercy has called “this coat (that) has been handed down, an heirloom.” Let us listen to its natural history, its intimate and infinite voice.

Workshop #3

Exploring Creativity in Depth with Art and Writing Developed and Presented by: Linda Drajem, Colette Carse Gunther, Molly Flynn





(members of the Milkweed Collective)

Whether you want to stimulate your students’ imagination or your own, this hands-on program will promote accessing your creative potential. Using focused exercises to connect with works of art, you will activate your imagination to unleash your own images to create an artwork and also a piece of writing. This process has been used successfully with hundreds of adults and children for almost two decades. No artistic skill is necessary, just the desire to explore your creativity in visuals and in writing. While focusing on a work of art, you will be taken through a meditative/focusing exercise to stimulate the creative process.

Western New York Writing Project “Mind, Body, Spirit” Special Event

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Workshop Choices This special event will include one workshop session. Please read the workshop descriptions and choose a first and second choice by writing the session number in the appropriate space. Every effort will be made to give participants their first choice, but to avoid overcrowding in any one session, we may need to place you in another workshop. Therefore, please make sure to include a second choice, or we may need to assign you at random.

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Registration should be received by March 28, 2011 Participant Fee is $40.00

Note: Certificates of completion can be provided at the conclusion of the conference upon request.

Check or money order made payable to The Western New York Writing Project

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Western New York Writing Project Canisius College 2001 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14208 ATTN: Rosemary Evans

[email protected] Fax: 888-3105

The Western New York Writing Project

Special Event

April 9, 2011

Canisius, College, Maday Theater, Lyons Hall

The Western New York Writing Project is an affiliate of the National Writing Project. The National Writing Project focuses the knowledge, expertise, and leadership of our nation's educators on sustained efforts to improve writing and learning for all learners. The NWP envisions a future where every person is an accomplished writer, engaged learner, and active participant in a digital, interconnected world.

Western New York Writing Project Canisius College 2001 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14208 www.canisius.edu/wnywp