{"id":15620,"date":"2014-05-29T06:24:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T10:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artbridgesblog.ca\/en\/?p=15620"},"modified":"2014-05-29T06:24:08","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T10:24:08","slug":"east-spoken-word-poetry-collective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/east-spoken-word-poetry-collective\/","title":{"rendered":"Free new program that helps youth develop their creativity, writing, and performance skills (Scarborough, ON)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EAST-Spoken-Poetry-Poster\"<\/a><\/p>\n

New EAST<\/span><\/a> program links young Scarborough poets in four neighbourhoods through a unique creative exchange<\/strong><\/span><\/center>\u00ab\u00a0Presented by\u00a0Scarborough Arts<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in collaboration with\u00a0R.I.S.E. Edutainment<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0Toronto Public Library<\/strong>, the\u00a0EAST Spoken Word & Poetry Collective<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is a new program that helps youth develop their creativity, writing, and performance skills. The free workshops for youth ages 12-18 will take place in four key Scarborough neighbourhoods between May and October 2014. Based on the ideas of \u201cneighbourhood games\u201d and the upcoming Para\/Pan Am Games, young poets in the first participating community will collaborate and perform for the poets in the next, who will in turn perform for the next, and so on until the \u201ctorch\u201d has passed through and linked all four communities.<\/p>\n

The workshops will be led by spoken word artists and community arts facilitators from Scarborough-based R.I.S.E. Edutainment. The mentorship and guidance of educators from this vibrant grassroots organization will help to develop spoken word as a youth-driven local art form. \u201cWe\u2019re really excited about this opportunity to foster artistic links between young spoken word artists and poets in Scarborough,\u201d says\u00a0Angela Britto, Scarborough Arts\u2019 Manager of Youth Programs<\/strong>. \u201cThere are so many talented young artists in this part of the city, and this project will help create connections between them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Workshops will take place in the following neighbourhoods and TPL branches:<\/p>\n