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Poetic Rhythms: Writing and Performance Workshop for Youth
February 16, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
$15
Teche Center for the Arts presents teaching artist and spoken-word poet Alex PoeticSoul Johnson’s “Poetic Rhythms,” an interactive workshop for youth ages 13-18 on Saturday, Feb. 16. The workshop takes place from noon to 3 p.m. at Teche Center for the Arts.
Admission is $15 and includes lunch. Early registration is recommended.
“Poetic Rhythms” will engage students in creative critical thinking, creative writing, and performance exercises tailored to strengthen students’ ability to express emotions creatively and to encourage personal empowerment in oratory skills. The workshop has proven beneficial in assisting teens and at-risk youth in their positive development of self-expression concerning emotions such as fear, anger, Johnson has worked as a teaching artist in the Lafayette Parish Juvenile Detention Home where she empowered incarcerated youth to create spoken word poem Eyes of the Sun and was featured as a 2017 TEDx presenter recounting her experience with LPDH youth.