Oakland School for the Arts Summer Writers' Workshops

Description

All OSA Summer Writers' Workshops proceeds support the provision of private-school-caliber arts education for the talented, hardworking public school students served by OSA's Literary Arts emphasis.

Monday, July 12 – Friday, July 16, 2010
6:00 – 9:00 P.M.
Writing a Successful Grant Proposal
Taught by: Soma Mei Sheng Frazier

Writing a Successful Grant Proposal is a comprehensive crash course in identifying, pursuing and cultivating funding opportunities for your nonprofit organization.

Monday, July 19 – Friday, July 23, 2010
6:00 – 9:00 P.M.
Becoming a Published Writer
Taught by: Soma Mei Sheng Frazier

Becoming a Published Writer is an intensive workshop focused on getting published, by hook or by crook. Take a breather from your many mundane responsibilities to focus on creating, formatting and submitting work.

Monday, July 26 to Friday, July 30, 2010
6:00 – 9:00 P.M.
Taught by: Soma Mei Sheng Frazier
Becoming a Published Writer – Back by Popular Demand

The adult program is open to individuals who are eighteen or more years of age.

Location
Oakland School for the Arts – 530 Eighteenth Street – Oakland, CA 94612 (Downtown Oakland)

Tuition & Scholarships
$450, plus a nonrefundable $25 application fee. Workshops are limited to 25 students. Five full or partial scholarships per workshop are available. Applicants must enclose a letter with the application requesting consideration for a scholarship, and explaining the need for assistance.

Applications
Applicants may download the application from http://www.oakarts.org, or pick it up on campus. Forms and application fees must be returned to OSA in person, or postmarked, by July 8, 2010.

Monday, July 12 – Friday, July 16, 2010
9:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
GenreBending: New Twists on Old Forms
Taught by: Kate Schatz

From urban Cinderellas to text-messaging vampires, GenreBending will focus on ways in which young writers can refresh, reimagine, and remix four classic fiction forms: fairy tales, horror, sci-fi, and the bildungsroman (coming-of-age).

Monday, July 19 – Friday, July 23, 2010
9:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Writers (un)Block
Taught by: Kate Schatz

Can’t think of anything to write about? Feel like you don’t have any good ideas? Writers (un)Block is all about inspiration and imagination: young writers will explore myriad methods for generating work, starting new stories and projects, and getting past those pesky “blocks.”

Monday, July 26 – Friday, July 30, 2010
9:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
The Human Story
Taught by: Candice “Antique” Wicks

The human story is one of the most captivating parts of life. Everyday we create art just by living. In this course, you will be writing and exploring how monologues (an extended uninterrupted speech by a character in a drama) can be poetry. You will interpret an experience into a comprehensive spoken word piece. Come and tell your story, or another story that you feel needs to be heard. The world is waiting.

The youth program is open to students entering the 6th through 12th grades in Fall 2010.
OSA does not provide living accommodations for participants.

Location
Oakland School for the Arts – 530 Eighteenth Street – Oakland, CA 94612 (Downtown Oakland)

Tuition & Scholarships
$450, plus a nonrefundable $25 application fee. Workshops are limited to 25 students. Five full or partial scholarships per workshop are available. Applicants must enclose a letter with the application requesting consideration for a scholarship, and explaining the need for assistance. Youth scholarship letters require the signature of a parent or legal guardian.

Applications
Applicants may download the application from http://www.oakarts.org, or pick it up on campus. Forms and application fees must be returned to OSA in person, or postmarked, by July 8, 2010.

Summer Faculty Bios:
Soma Mei Sheng Frazier is an award-winning writer whose works have placed in the 2010 Pinch Literary Awards in Fiction and Poetry contest, the January 2010 Glimmer Train Very Short Story contest, the Mississippi Review 2009 Prize contest, The Journal’s Sixth Annual Short Story Contest, Carve Magazine's 2009 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, the 9th Annual Mudfish Poetry Prize contest, The Comstock Review's annual poetry contest and The Glimmer Train Press Short-Story Award for New Writers. One of her poems was recently nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and several others that earned an Honorable Mention from world-renowned poet Nikki Giovanni will be published in the 2010-2011 issue of New Millennium Writings. Ms. Frazier’s work is currently featured in Reed Magazine #63, and her Carve Magazine piece has been named a Notable Story of 2009 by storySouth’s Million Writers Award.

Ms. Frazier holds a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College, and a Bachelor’s degree from Pomona College. As a seasoned development professional, she has employed her writing skills to raise funds for several organizations—including a university, a museum and a $15M nonprofit. She came to OSA from Holy Names University, where she taught an accelerated English class, developed proposals, worked on a capital campaign, planned and managed events, conducted major donor stewardship and served as a nominated member of the Staff Advisory Committee. In addition to serving as OSA’s Director of Institutional Advancement, Ms. Frazier will accept the role of Literary Arts Chairperson in the 2010-2011 school year. She also teaches English and Creative Writing at Gavilan College. Keeping one foot in academia and one in administration is integral to Ms. Frazier’s approach, as she seeks to equip every student to succeed creatively and professionally.

Kate Schatz is an Oakland-based writer, editor, and educator. Her book of fiction, Rid of Me: A Story, was published in 2007 as part of Continuum Press' acclaimed 33 1/3 series. She is one of three founding editors and publishers of The Encyclopedia Project, and her stories, essays, and articles have appeared in Denver Quarterly, The San Francisco Chronicle, West Branch, LTTR, BlitheHouse Quarterly, and Kitchen Sink Magazine, among others. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Literary Arts from Brown University, where she worked with Carole Maso, Brian Evenson, and Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Paula Vogel. She has taught classes in Creative Writing, Literature, and Women's Studies at Brown, Rhode Island College, UC Santa Cruz, and San Jose State; currently, she teaches Literary Arts at Oakland School for the Arts.


Candice “Antique” Wicks is Deputy Director for Out of Site Youth Art Center, where she is currently co-developing a spoken word course for Fall 2010. She has been an educator for twelve years, and a performer for fourteen—bringing jazz-infused spoken word to CA, and performing on Oahu, HI in the Aloha Towers with well-known island bands Big Every Time (BET) and Kani Makou. In addition to composing original music and poetry, Antique has starred in 6 musicals: West Side Story, Once on this Island, Into the Woods, Big River, Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat and Mahalia. She has toured with the UC Berkeley Young Inspirational Gospel Choir, and co-founded and managed Coffee Shop, an open mic’ night that ran for a number of years in Pittsburg, CA.

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