The Sundress Academy for the Arts is excited to present Poetry Xfit hosted by Ashley Hajimirsadeghi. This generative workshop event will take place on Sunday, July 27th, from 2 to 4 pm EST via Zoom. Join us at the link tiny.utk.edu/sundress with the password “safta”.
Poetry Xfit isn’t about throwing tires or heavy ropes, but the idea of confusing our muscles is the same. You will receive ideas, guidelines, and more as part of this generative workshop series in order to complete three poems in two hours. A new set of prompts will be provided after the writers have written collaboratively for thirty minutes. The goal is to create material that can be later modified and transformed into artwork rather than producing flawless final versions. The event is open to prose authors as well!
Ashley Hajimirsadeghi is an Iranian American multimedia writer, artist, and journalist. Her creative writing has appeared in Passages North, The Cortland Review, Salamander, RHINO, Salt Hill, and The Journal, among others. Her work is the recipient of awards and support from the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, Fulbright Program, U.S. State Department, Brooklyn Poets, and the University of Arizona
While this is a free event, donations can be made to the Sundress Academy for the Arts here.
Each month we split donations with a community partner. Our community partner this month is Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors (TNJFON). TNJFON provides free or low-cost immigration legal services to low-income immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. This aid is given regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, ideology, gender identity, or sexual orientation. TNJFON has assisted thousands of individual clients in a variety of immigration matters since their founding in 2008, with a focus on representing low-income individuals who are eligible for humanitarian forms of relief. To learn more about TNJFON, visit their website here.
If you are not able to attend this workshop, a recording is available upon request. Please email Alexa White at saftacreativedirector@gmail.com.
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