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"Poetry is film's first cousin." — Nikky Finney
Hi Friends, Fellow Creatives, Lovers of Art, and Curious Public! My screenplay and poetry were selected to be further developed! To pay the tuition for this prestigious residency, I am raising funds to meet the upcoming deposit deadlines starting October 1. Please consider contributing. Thank you!
Years That Ask at LITLIB
Literary Liberation: “You will leave with ten vignettes about pivotal moments, years in history or in your own life. We will explore atmosphere, lyric, point of view (epistolary writing), and time. You will learn techniques to transfer to other creative projects, such as writing non/fiction and screenwriting.”
Saturday — October 18
$150 │
Poetry Writing Workshop: Where We At!
Join award-winning poet María Fernanda for an in-gallery poetry writing workshop inspired by the exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985.
Friday — October 24
Poetry Writing Workshop: Where We At!
Join award-winning poet María Fernanda for an in-gallery poetry writing workshop inspired by the exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985.
Saturday — November 1
Blues Poetry & The Cento at ASU Piper Center
Explore a deep understanding of Latin American and African quilting traditions, a history of the blues poem in all its forms , and write new poems.
Tuesdays — November 4, 11, 18, December 2
$200 │ 6hrs
Join award-winning poet María Fernanda for an in-gallery poetry writing workshop inspired by the exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985.
Friday — November 7
Poetry Writing Workshop: Where We At!
The Black West
Celebrate several artists who are deepening the latest discussions on community and collective power in Arizona. We will read poems spanning from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Thursday — December 11
$50 │ 2hrs
Note: The price of this offering is lower to encourage participants to support poets who have a deep relationship with Arizona.
Drop-In Style
This experience is self-guided with twelve available writing prompts by award-winning poet María Fernanda. This format focuses on the concept that the American Poetry Museum is a place where people can come in and write poetry throughout the day 🗓️ Ongoing
FREE │ Wknds
Featured Event From the Poetry with María Fernanda Archive
Featured — BGIAS: Black Girls Writers Room (DMV) @ NMWA
a black girls’ poetry workshop
national museum of women in the arts
Explore generations of language in this free poetry workshop with award-winning poet María Fernanda, from DC, who invites participants to learn how to write a contrapuntal poem, a form blending two or more poems and read in multiple ways. Generative writing exercises will be inspired by excerpts of poems, in-library literary archives, and other sources. Participants will consider the many histories of a word, a name, a home, and so much more. This is for first-time writers and poetry enthusiasts alike. Note: Participants will create in-workshop poems and use them to blend; no need to bring poems already written.
Details at Black Girls in Art Spaces.
Review of event here.