Embodied Poetics for Writers with Peggy Dobreer

Classes
Summer Classes 2019|#2700.208

Age at least 18 yrs but less than 99 yrs, Mixed
Arts & EnrichmentNon Applicable Program

Description

How does the world change when we look through the lens of the Camera Obscura? What other lenses are we privy to? What does 'spectacle' have to do with poetry? What does poetry have to do with other genres? And what does everything mentioned have to do with the body of the writer?

Come explore prompts that activate the senses and invite more rhythm, surprise, and specificity to your writing in this generative workshop. Develop the receptivity of your writer's body by exploring these questions in a quick-moving but contemplative workshop experience.

Writers of diverse practices welcome: different genres have much to gain from each other in this practice. Wear walking shoes and comfortable attire.

"Until I took Peggy Dobreer's workshop I never knew movement could open such rich avenues of play and invention in my writing process. Dobreer's approach is magical." - Janet Fitch, White Oleander, Paint it Black, The Revolution of Marina M.

Peggy Dobreer is a longtime educator and former dancer, who taught with Red Hen Press for Writing in the Schools, and was a Program Director for AROHO2015 at A Room of Her Own Foundation. She has one pushcart nomination from Cadence Collective, and two books with Moon Tide Press: Drop & Dazzle in 2018 and In the Lake of Your Bones in 2012. Her poems were featured in the Aeolian Harp Folio Series, Vol.I by Glass Lyre Press and upcoming in Vol.V, and she has been published in Cultural Weekly, The Rise Up Review, Pirene's Fountain, For the Love of Words, Mas Tequilla Press, Malpais Review, and LA Yoga Magazine among others. Peggy has curated and promoted other poets in venues around LA for 15 years. Visit her at peggydobreer.com.


The Camera Obscura Art Lab hosts six artists-in-residence annually, and offers workshops with a changing roster of residents and teaching artists. Here you can learn dance moves, polish your writing, sew a seam, check out artists at work and find a creative community!
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Directions: The Camera Obscura Art Lab is at 1450 Ocean Ave on the west side of Ocean just north of Broadway, in Palisades Park.

Train/Bus: Metro terminus at 4th St/Colorado, 4 blocks away. Upon exiting the station go west on Colorado to Ocean Ave, cross the street to the Pier and go north in the park just past Broadway. metro.net or bigbluebus.com.

Parking is $6 or less for 3 hours in Parking Structure 6 (2nd between Broadway and Santa Monica), and $5 on weekends at the Civic Auditorium lot just down Main Street at 333 Civic Center Dr. Meters on Ocean Avenue; $2/hr maximum 3 hours. More info: smgov.net/parking.

Registration: For fee-based classes, we encourage reserving online with a credit card. Some classes accept drop-ins. Bring cash to cover material fees, if applicable. Refunds/Transfers: Full refunds are given if class is cancelled before taking place - enroll online with confidence. For student withdrawals for any other reason, $15 processing fee for each multisession activity refunded; one-time classes & expended material fees are nonrefundable. Requests must be made in person, by mail, fax (310-899-0840), or email to communityclasses@smgov.net within 24 hours of first class meeting. All class dates, times, locations, and instructors are subject to change.

Activity meeting dates

Jul 20, 2019
Sat11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Instructor

Peggy Dobreer

More Information

SupervisorNaomi Okuyama
Number of sessions1
DepartmentAdult

Registration dates

Last day is Jul 20, 2019 11:00 AM
$30.00
Retired
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