ERASURE POETRY WORKSHOPS

Tues., March 18, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Grayslake Heritage Center & Museum
164 Hawley St., Grayslake, IL 60030
In partnership with the Grayslake Arts Alliance Writers’ Group

Sat., April 5,  10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Zion-Benton Public Library, Meeting Room A
2400 Gabriel Ave., Zion, IL 60099
In partnership with the Zion-Benton Writers’ Group

Erasure poetry is a poetic form in which a poet erases or blacks out words from a preexisting source to create new poems.  Some erasure poems include visual designs such as illustrations, collage or painting.

In this workshop, you will learn about erasure poetry and create your own erasure poem using nature-inspired documents. You are invited to display your erasure poem at a gallery show prior to the Convergence performance at College of Lake County on Thursday, April 10!

Workshop Leader: Poet & CLC Instructor Heather McClelland
https://heatherwriter.com/

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Register below or at https://tinyurl.com/erasurepoetry

POETRY OF PLACE WORKSHOP

Thursday, April 10, 6:30 p.m. (prior to "Convergence")

College of Lake County Grayslake Campus
Room A011
19351 W. Washington St.
Grayslake, IL 60030

Lake County, Illinois is home to over 31,000 acres of protected natural land and offers an abundance of opportunities to connect to nature, yet Northeastern Lake County is burdened by environmental inequities. In this workshop, we will collaborate to create a Poetry of Place Google map, where you can “pin” poems or short narratives on a specific place in Lake County. Write a story or poem about why a specific place in Lake County is important or meaningful to you, describe why the place needs to be preserved for future generations, or explore what we could do to solve some of the environmental inequities in our region. The map will be posted on the Voices of Lake County website.

>>>> IMPORTANT UPDATE: We have updated the date/location for this event. We will create the Poetry of Place map on April 10 during the Convergence performance at College of Lake County, in the lobby outside of A011. You can create your pin starting at 6:30 p.m. prior to the show (which starts at 7 p.m.), during intermission, or after the show.

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Reserve your free tickets to "Convergence."

 
> > > Bring digital photos of places in Lake County that you might want to write about!

Refreshments will be served (no charge).  Open to all Lake County community members!