CREATIVE WRITING
at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco
Welcome! CW develops the art and craft of creative writing through instruction, collaboration, and respect. This blog showcases STUDENT WRITING and how to APPLY to Creative Writing.
Author: SOTA Creative Writing
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Today was the last day of Daniella Salzman’s “Mindfulness and Writing” unit, wherein students learned how to pay attention to what was going on in the body, the mind, the emotional “heart” and the external environment. Daniella, who lives in Berkeley and works as a dance expressive arts therapist, also spends much of her time…
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Thursday September 22, 2011 7pm to 10 pm Om Shan Tea 233 14th Street, corner of Natoma, (bet. Mission & South Van Ness) San Francisco map Open Heart Poetry Hosted by Marc Kockinos Featured Poet La Tigresa reading from her acclaimed new book, NAKED SACRED EARTH POEMS La Tigresa is a consummate performer, who brings…
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For all interested in submitting work: The editors of Conte, an online journal of narrative writing founded in 2005, announce an open submissions call for poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for our sixteenth issue, slated for publication in Winter 2011-2012. Recent contributors include Norman Dubie, Erika Meitner, Bruce Weigl, Robert Wrigley, Jim Daniels, E. Ethelbert…
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Yesterday was the famed Field Day, a day where the students and teachers of SOTA gather at the field for a rowdy and festive school-wide competition. Everyone was decked out in their departments’ colors and screaming from the bleachers as their representatives fought on the field, gunning for the treasured trophy. We C-dubs (yellow and…
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Sunday September 18, 2011 4:00 pm Sun Rise Restaurant- 3126 24th. Street (near folsom) San Francisco …Continuing with the great tradition of poetry in the Mission District. Poesía Revuelta/ Mixed Poetry. Open mic. Mixed poetry with hope Mixed poetry with wind Mixed poetry with anger Mixed poetry with rivers Mixed Poetry with mountains Mixed poetry…
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This week, we in the Creative Writing department are lucky enough to host a former C-dub, Adrian Kane. She graduated right before the current seniors were freshmen, so there’s just enough distance for authority, but not enough for us to miss out on some playful bonding. We’re benefiting from Adrian’s expertise in all things mythic,…
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Hey all: for anybody interested in submitting work, but without means of finding places to submit, every so often you can check here for submission opportunities. This particular one concerns poets, or those who take some pleasure in writing poetry reviews. This information was received through the CWROPPS email group. You can join for free…
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Today the department took to the underground to visit the Contemporary Jewish Art Museum, located across the street from the Metreon’s backyard. We were there to explore the Gertrude Stein and Charlotte Salomon exhibits, both of which took full advantage of form in their content. Stein classified herself as a “cubist with words,” and Salomon…
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Attention all SOTA students: If you happen to find yourself with free time at any point in the day, you should feel free to help out your school by volunteering for side-jobs. This sort of work is especially necessary at the beginning of the year. Contact the Office Volunteer Coordinator, LoisAnn Schultz, at loisann@gmail.com, to…
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Out of Site Center for Arts Education is offering a slew of free afterschool classes during the fall on Ocean Avenue, near Balboa Park BART. Click for more information. There’s also The Hunters Point Shipyard Public Art Youth Program, run by California Lawyers for the Arts, holds monthly workshops led by artists in residence. Participants are paid…
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