CAE: Community Arts & Education » WritersCorps http://www.sfartscommission.org/CAE Nurturing art for and by the people, where they live and work. Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 About WritersCorps http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CAEwc/~3/iPwd1iNCbko/ http://www.sfartscommission.org/CAE/writerscorps/about-writerscorps/2009/07/17/about-writerscorps/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:30:01 +0000 CAE admin http://www.sfartscommission.org/CAE/dev/?p=100 Beto Palomar with his students at International Studies Academy

Beto Palomar with his students at International Studies Academy

San Francisco WritersCorps places professional writers in community settings to teach creative writing to youth.

Since its inception in 1994, the program has helped over 15,000 young people from neighborhoods throughout San Francisco improve their literacy and increase their desire to learn.

WritersCorps publishes award-winning publications and produces local and national events featuring young people. The program is part of a national alliance with sites in the Bronx and Washington, D.C., whose shared vision is to transform and strengthen individuals and communities using the written word.

For more information, visit the WritersCorps website.

Staff

Melissa Hung, Project Manager, WritersCorps
415-252-4655
melissa.hung@sfgov.org

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‘Love Poems to the City’ Featured in the ChronicleFebruary 13, 2012
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a story about WritersCorps in Sunday’s paper. Just in time for Valentine’s, the love-themed story is about our poster series, “Love Poems to the City … Read more

Luis Herrera Named Librarian of the YearJanuary 12, 2012
Congratulations to Luis Herrera, San Francisco’s City Librarian, who was recently honored by Library Journal as the 2012 Librarian of the Year! Read about his inspiring leadership, his innovativ … Read more

Holiday Book SaleNovember 28, 2011
Love to read? Love to read a lot? Lucky for you, it’s BOGO time at WritersCorps! Now through January 5, buy one get one free at our online bookstore. This sale only happens once a year, so fill … Read more

Love Poems to the CityNovember 11, 2011
WritersCorps is proud to present a series of posters on San Francisco’s Market Street featuring writing by three of our students. “Love Poems to the City by San Francisco Youth” will … Read more

Youth Art Workshop at Intersection for the ArtsSeptember 13, 2011
Our friends at Intersection for the Arts just launched their Youth Art Workshop, which was designed to create a space for young people who live, work, learn, and play in this community to be empowered … Read more

WritersCorps Has MovedJuly 11, 2011
We’ve moved! OK, so this drawing is a little misleading. We just moved offices within the same building, so no car was involved. But please update your address book. We are still at 25 Van Ness … Read more

Overwhelming Memories: Anna on her White House VisitMay 26, 2011
By Anna Lei, WritersCorps student My first time being in the East Coast was four day’s worth of overwhelming memories. On May 10th, our little group of nominated student poets, supervised by Wri … Read more

A Passion for Writing: Raeme on her White House VisitMay 20, 2011
By Raeme Miccio Gavino, WritersCorps student Originally posted at Lightbox SF I went to the White House for Barack Obama’s White House Poetry Night and the White House Student Poetry Workshop hosted b … Read more

White House Poetry Worskhop in the NewsMay 20, 2011
It’s hard to believe that just last week, we were at the White House. WritersCorps was invited by the White House to participate in a poetry workshop hosted by none other than the first lady her … Read more

WritersCorps Attending White House Poetry NightMay 9, 2011
We are thrilled to announce that WritersCorps has been invited back to the White House for a day of poetry! After being recognized with a prestigious national award by First Lady Michelle Obama at a W … Read more

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WordStorm: 2012 PhotosMay 17, 2012
Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer var so = new SWFObject("http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf", "PictoBrowser", "450", "570", " … Read more

Poetry Projection Project: Photos & InterviewsMay 11, 2012
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Poetry Projection Project: Angela Reza TuresMay 2, 2012
Angela Reza Tures was the winner of the Poetry Projection Project for best film made by an adult. Guest jurors Barry Jenkins and David Campos said their decision was unanimous for her film, “My Father … Read more

Poetry Projection Project: Tatyana KulchinskayaMay 2, 2012
Tatyana Kulchinskaya was the winner of the Poetry Projection Project for best film made by a youth. She was recognized by guest jurors Barry Jenkins and David Campos for her film, “World Through a Mir … Read more

WordStorm – May 9April 30, 2012
Join us for our year-end celebration of new student writing. Our students have been working with local writers on poetry, ghost stories, comic books and more. Now it’s time to unveil these new p … Read more

Poetry Projection Project: 2012 WinnersApril 27, 2012
On Saturday April 21, WritersCorps held the second annual Poetry Projection Project, a festival of short films inspired by youth poems, at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. The audience enj … Read more

Poetry Projection Project – April 21April 2, 2012
Lights! Camera! Poetry! In celebration of National Poetry Month, WritersCorps and Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts present the Poetry Projection Project, a festival of short films based on yout … Read more

WritersCorps Live at CJM RecapMarch 22, 2012
Daniel Alarcón reads at WritersCorps Live at CJM. Photo by Albert Law. On March 15, 2012 WritersCorps and the Contemporary Jewish Museum joined forces to present WritersCorps Live at the CJM featuring … Read more

WritersCorps Live at CJM – March 15February 22, 2012
WritersCorps and the Contemporary Jewish Museum present an evening of multi-generational readings. WritersCorps youth poets and teaching artists share the stage with Daniel Alarcón (”War by Candleligh … Read more

Poetry Projection Project Call for EntriesFebruary 1, 2012
WritersCorps calls on filmmakers and video artists of all ages to create work based on youth writing for the 2nd annual Poetry Projection Project. This juried competition of short films (5 minutes and … Read more

More events at WritersCorps

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WritersCorps Chap Books

Fresh off the press!

Robin Black, Indiana Pehlivanova, Marcella Ortiz, Sandra Pulido and Annie Yu perform from their newly released chapbooks.

The poets explore poetry from the heart, writing about their lives. Experience twenty-six pages of blue fire. Take a piece of their minds home with you. Come celebrate! Enjoy the performance and stay for light refreshments and snacks. And even take home a chapbook or two. Collect them all!

What: Something Poetic: WritersCorps Apprentices Chapbook Release Party
When: June 20, 4 to 5:30 pm
Where: Galeria de la Raza,  2857 24th St
Cost: Free admission

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