Not your average writing workshop! With a focus on writing for performance\, Australian Poetry Slam (APS) Workshops get participants excited and engaged with the writing process. Each partic ipant will create a new piece of poetry using their own experiences\, comm unity and identity as inspiration. These workshops teach new ways of expre ssing creative ideas using live performance\, writing techniques\, and vid eo references.
\nLength: 2 hours
Group size: 20
Cost: Free
of charge
If you would like to participate at the \;APS Heat being held the following e vening\, also at Geelong Library and Heritage Centre\, poet registrations will open from 6.00pm. \;
\nThese two Australian Poetry Slam eve nts are free of charge and are booked separately. You can attend either on e or both and there is no requirement to participate at the heat.
\nFacilitated by Huda the Goddess (current Australian Poetry Slam Champion). Huda the Goddess is a spoken word poet\, educator\, mental health advocat e\, dancer and workshop facilitator. She describes poetry as one of her se nses that allows her to turn her experiences into art and is currently wor king on her first poetry collection. As a proud African-Muslim woman it is important to her that young women from her community are represented and their stories are shared. Having the chance to make people feel something will always be her goal as an artist.
\nContent Warning: APS eve nts are for all ages\, however some content may not be suitable for childr en.
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