The Ariel Foundation Teen Maker Space is closed until further notice. Follow the Ariel Foundation Teen Maker Space on Instagram @makerspaceplmvkc or email tmsplmvkc@gmail.com
Teen Craft Bags
Teen craft bags are free and available on a first come, first serve basis. Craft bags will be given on the first and third Tuesdays each month. Craft bags will contain crafts for two weeks and will have a video created by Morgan and Desiree that accompanies the craft posted to our social media. Week one will contain arts & crafts and week three will be STEM/Science based. Just ask Youth Services circulation for a craft bag, also available for curbside pickup. For grades 6-12. If you are continually missing out, please reach out to us via email at TMSplmvkc@gmail.com or message us on Facebook or Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel to see the latest videos.
April 6: Button art (video to be posted 4-6-21) and Magnetic Poetry (video to be posted 4-13-21)
April 20: Davinci Bridges (video to be posted 4-20-21) and Rock Painting (video to be posted 4-27-21)
April 20: Davinci Bridges (video to be posted 4-20-21) and Rock Painting (video to be posted 4-27-21)
Teen Virtual Gamer Hangout
Join Morgan and Zane at 3:00 PM on the 4th Wednesday every month to play and preview various fun and entertaining games on PC and the Nintendo Switch. You can find our Twitch Channel at: www.twitch.tv/MakerSpacePLMVKC
Teen Writing Program & BreakBread Literacy Project
Creative Writing Workshops Winter/Spring 2021
Photo courtesy of Raena Shirali
TWP will continue it’s partnership with the BreakBread Literacy Project. These workshops will be held via Zoom. Workshops are free, but registration is required. TWP is open to students age 13-19, in grades 7-12. There is a fantastic line up of individuals that will help facilitate the meetings, encourage and help guide all young writers in accomplishing their writing goals.
Saturday, May 1, 2021
Time: 3:00-4:30 PM
Repetition, Reticence, & Obsession w/ Raena Shirali
Every artist has one: a muse, an obsession, an intimate “you” we cannot not address, a life event we cannot escape. But how, as writers, do we balance indulging our obsessions and practicing restraint? In this generative workshop, we will first listen to poems that engage with repetition, then write within the psychic space they cultivate—a space unique to each individual writer.
*** Raena Shirali bio
Raena Shirali is the author of GILT (YesYes Books, 2017), which won the 2018 Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award. Winner of a Pushcart Prize & a former Philip Roth Resident at Bucknell University, Shirali is also the recipient of prizes and honors from VIDA, Gulf Coast, Boston Review, & Cosmonauts Avenue. Her poems & reviews have appeared widely in American Poetry Review, Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A Day, The Nation, The Rumpus, & elsewhere. Shirali lives in Philadelphia, where she is an Assistant Professor of English at Holy Family University and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Muzzle Magazine.
***Name Pronunciation guide:
Raena = Rain'- uh
Shirali = Shure'-All-Eee
(emphasis on first syllable of both names :)
***Event Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsdO-uqjsiEtHchwO-Rq8iLdR6pogtCkaZ
All TWP workshops are on Saturday’s. TWP will run through the end of May. Patrons may register by contacting Jamie Lyn Smith-Fletcher knoxwrites1@gmail.com. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. If you have questions, contact Jamie Lyn.
Saturday, May 1, 2021
Time: 3:00-4:30 PM
Repetition, Reticence, & Obsession w/ Raena Shirali
Every artist has one: a muse, an obsession, an intimate “you” we cannot not address, a life event we cannot escape. But how, as writers, do we balance indulging our obsessions and practicing restraint? In this generative workshop, we will first listen to poems that engage with repetition, then write within the psychic space they cultivate—a space unique to each individual writer.
*** Raena Shirali bio
Raena Shirali is the author of GILT (YesYes Books, 2017), which won the 2018 Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award. Winner of a Pushcart Prize & a former Philip Roth Resident at Bucknell University, Shirali is also the recipient of prizes and honors from VIDA, Gulf Coast, Boston Review, & Cosmonauts Avenue. Her poems & reviews have appeared widely in American Poetry Review, Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A Day, The Nation, The Rumpus, & elsewhere. Shirali lives in Philadelphia, where she is an Assistant Professor of English at Holy Family University and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Muzzle Magazine.
***Name Pronunciation guide:
Raena = Rain'- uh
Shirali = Shure'-All-Eee
(emphasis on first syllable of both names :)
***Event Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsdO-uqjsiEtHchwO-Rq8iLdR6pogtCkaZ
All TWP workshops are on Saturday’s. TWP will run through the end of May. Patrons may register by contacting Jamie Lyn Smith-Fletcher knoxwrites1@gmail.com. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. If you have questions, contact Jamie Lyn.
National Novel Writing Month is technically held each November, when writers all over the world pledge to write 50,000 words. But nanowrimo.org seeks to keep the fun going, and there are also Camp NanoWriMo events each April and July. If you didn’t finish (or start) your novel last fall, no worries: the Public Library of Mount Vernon & Knox County is sponsoring #KnoxWrites Camp NaNoWriMo this April. Camp NaNoWriMo is a little different from NaNoWriMo in November, because writers can work on any type of creative project, not just a novel. First drafts or revision, scripts or stories or poems or essays—all are welcome! Just set a goal and start writing.
Registration is free and authors can sign up at https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/knoxwrites-camp-nanowrimo-2021.
The KnoxWrites Camp NaNoWriMo group will meet from 12noon-1pm in April for “FreeWrite Fridays” via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwuc--hpzIiHNAHyVU5cAJiHzLoVgMKkDlS)
Freewrite Friday participants will be entered into a raffle to win:
Writers who make it all the way through Camp NaNoWriMo and meet their writing goals will win a “Perseverance Prize” on April 30th. To qualify for the #Knoxwrites Camp NaNoWriMo Prizes:
#KnoxWrites Camp NaNoWriMo prizewinners will be featured on the Library’s website and social media. This program is open to writers age 12+ and welcomes authors of all ages, abilities, backgrounds and experience levels. For more information, please email Development & Writing Program Manager Jamie Lyn Smith-Fletcher at knoxwrites1@gmail.com.
Registration is free and authors can sign up at https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/knoxwrites-camp-nanowrimo-2021.
The KnoxWrites Camp NaNoWriMo group will meet from 12noon-1pm in April for “FreeWrite Fridays” via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwuc--hpzIiHNAHyVU5cAJiHzLoVgMKkDlS)
Freewrite Friday participants will be entered into a raffle to win:
- Gift certificates to local coffee shops
- A free copy of the writing guide Tell It Slant or Telling Stories
- A half-hour manuscript consultation (first 20 pages)
- $20 gift certificate to Paragraphs Bookstore
Writers who make it all the way through Camp NaNoWriMo and meet their writing goals will win a “Perseverance Prize” on April 30th. To qualify for the #Knoxwrites Camp NaNoWriMo Prizes:
- Join the Knoxwrites Camp NaNoWriMo group
- Participate in a Freewrite Friday event
- Post your daily word count in NaNoWriMo
- Meet your NaNoWriMo goal!
#KnoxWrites Camp NaNoWriMo prizewinners will be featured on the Library’s website and social media. This program is open to writers age 12+ and welcomes authors of all ages, abilities, backgrounds and experience levels. For more information, please email Development & Writing Program Manager Jamie Lyn Smith-Fletcher at knoxwrites1@gmail.com.
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