Sundress Academy for the Arts Presents September Poetry Xfit

The Sundress Academy for the Arts is excited to present Poetry Xfit hosted by Rachel Mekdeci. This generative workshop event will take place on Sunday, September 28th, 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!

Rachel Mekdeci (she/her) is a foul-mouthed, mixed-race, Caribbean-immigrant Taurus with a bleeding heart passionate for the arts. With her undergraduate degree in English Literature from the University of Tennessee, she takes every opportunity to write, talk, and yell about queer studies and intersectional feminism. Her number one mission in life is to further the reach of the arts and maybe own a house

While this is a free event, donations can be made to the Sundress Academy for the Arts here: https://sundress-publications.square.site/product/donate-to-sundress/107?cs=true