Carnegie Center Fall Preview Newsletter

Volume 31, Issue 4

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STAFF Sarabeth Brownrobie (she/her) Marketing & Communications Director Maggie Garnett (she/her) Program & Registrar Associate Jonathan Hall (he/him) Youth Programs & Volunteer Director Mollie Harris (she/her) Development Director Alison Hruby (she/her) Tutoring Associate Lucy Jayes (she/her) Development Associate Carol Jordan (she/her) Development Associate Karen Little (she/her) Registrar & Database Administrator Claudia Love Mair (she/her) Kentucky Black Writers Collaborative Coordinator Jennifer Hester Mattox (she/her) Executive Director JC McPherson (he/him) KBWC Associate & Safety Officer Holly Sanders (she/her) Tutoring Director Z Valentine (they/them) Program Director

EVENTS Instructors Meet up September 7, 10:00 AM–2:00 PM with Youth Programs & Volunteer Director Jonathan Hall and Program Director Z Valentine This informational session is designed to inspire and equip you to teach your next Carnegie Center course! Whether you’ve never taught before or you are a seasoned Carnegie instructor, this session will have all the relevant info to get you started and ease you into your classroom experience. In addition, the Programming staff will be announcing big changes (Class Coordinator, increased pay, etc.) that will affect this upcoming season, so don’t miss out. Lots of exciting good news.

Carnegie Classics MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS by Agatha Christie.

November 9, 7:00–11:00 PM Join us on a luxurious trip through Europe that goes off the rails when a passenger is mysteriously murdered. Will you catch the killer before they strike again, or find yourself at the end of the line? Attendees can expect an open bar, dinner, and evening of creative surprises. Costumes are encouraged. Be on the look out for more details soon. We hope to see you there! Visit bit.ly/carnegieclassicsmoe or call 859-254-4175 ext. 21 to purchase tickets.

Kadee Whaley (she/her) Marketing Associate & Web Manager BOARD OF TRUSTEES Veda Stewart, Chair Maria Fischer-Boothe, Vice Chair Jennifer Miloszewski, Treasurer Paige Bensing Maria Gomez Silas House Eugenia Johnson-Smith Bo List Austin Mehr Elieen O’Brien Ryessia Jones Russell Heather Sunseri William S. Farish, Honorary Member ADVISORY BOARD Saraya Brewer, Bill Davis Chester Grundy, Brian Hodge Janet Holloway, Jan Isenhour Sonja McGuire, Ramia Miller Osman Darryl Stith

Black & Lit Book Club: ONLINE 6:00–7:00 PM September 9–Minda Honey I November 11–Mariama J. Lockington Black & Lit Book Club features new books by Black Kentucky writers and open to anyone who wishes to attend. The first 25 registrants receive a free copy of the book.

Burn The Mic: Signups 6:30 PM, Event 7:00–8:00 PM August 15–Open Mic I September 19–Renée Rigdon October 17–Alissa Sammarco I November 21–Shauna Morgan Sponsored by LexArts, Kentucky Arts Council, and the Chethik Family Fund to Advance Black Writers

ADULT CLASSES POETRY

ENTIRE LINEUP AT: CARNEGIECENTERLEX.ORG

Turning the Line with Katie Riley Saturday, October 26, 10:30–12:30 PM • $35 Mary Oliver describes reading a poem as “someone stepping into a row boat with a stranger at the oars; the first few draws on the long oars through the deep water will tell a lot—is one safe, or is one apt to be soon drowned?” This class will explore line length and line breaks (the turn of the line) and how to carry our reader safely to the end of the poem. Katie Riley has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, runs a poetry workshop, and a poetry Facebook group of over 200 members. [ALL LEVELS]

timed session, writers read aloud their new work to participating attendees. This zen-like practice originated from Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones. Leslie Dodd is a painter, poet, songwriter, and aspiring folk opera writer, who has attended Free Writing Practice for many years. [ALL LEVELS]

Sensory Writing Workshop with Jessica Handler ONLINE: Tuesday, October 22, 6:30–8:30 PM • $35 A character comes to life on the page through well-crafted sensory detail. In this prompt-driven workshop, we will explore how writing about sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell add dimension to your fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. This workSCREENPLAY & SCRIPTWRITING shop is open to writers of all levels, in all genres. Jessica HanScreenwriting Group with Mitch Smith dler is the author of The Magnetic Girl, winner of the 2020 ONLINE: Bi-weekly Tuesdays, September 10–December Southern Book Prize, the memoir, Invisible Sisters, the craft 17, 6:30–8:00 PM • $180 guide Braving the Fire: A Guide to Writing About Grief and Loss, Led by Mitch Smith, an award-winning screenwriter and film and the forthcoming novel The World To See. Visit her online at producer, this group is a wonderful way to meet other screen- www.jessicahandler.com. [ALL LEVELS] writers and film professionals from around the state, and get your work in front of a supportive, knowledgeable team of Writing Toward a Sense of Place with Tony Crunk writers. The group is open to screenwriters of all levels, as well as ONLINE: Mondays, October 7–December 16 (no class on anyone with an interest in screenwriting, or filmmaking! Mitch November 11), 7:00–8:30 PM • $225 Smith has won or placed in screenwriting competitions through A distinctive trait of much memorable writing is its (and its Fade In, Writer’s Digest, Stage 32, and Screencraft.org (among author’s) “sense of place.” But any “place” is much more others); produced the feature film Ghost in the Family (available than just its geographical location—it is also defined by hison Amazon Video); and wrote and produced a comedy television tory and culture, ecology and economics, sociology and pilot that is now being taken around the industry. Mitch has ethnography, all of which may have intensely personal, as years of screenwriting experience through his time working as well as familial and communal dimensions. Through a series of both a screenwriter, and a script reader/reviewer for companies directed exercises and workshop discussions of drafted works, we will explore and develop in our writing the many-faceted like SimplyScripts and Write to Reel. [ALL LEVELS] “sense” that is “place.” The workshop is multigenre writers MULTIGENRE working in any genre and all genres are warmly invited, as Free Writing Practice with Leslie Dodd are writers of any and all levels. Tony Crunk’s first collection ONLINE: Fridays, September 20–December 13 (no class of poetry, Living in the Resurrection, was a selection in the on November 29), 12:00–1:30 PM • FREE Yale Series of Younger Poets; he has published numerous This writing experience offers attendees the opportunity to subsequent works, and has taught at the Universities of engage in a creative and communicative loop without judg- Virginia, Montana, and Alabama/Birmingham, as well as in ment. We write from a variety of prompts designed to release a number of community education programs across the the inner censor and simply get words on a page. After each country. [ALL LEVELS] Carnegie’s literary arts programs are supported by All Carnegie Center programs are made possible through the generous support of LexArts.

The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, provides operating support for 2024–2025 to the Carnegie Center with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Classes, mentoring, Books In Progress Conference, and the Author Academy are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Scriptwriting classes and programs are part of the Carnegie & Athens West Theatre Co. Scriptwriting Program.

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Horror Writing Workshop with Darian Bianco Thursdays, September 12–October 31, 5:45–7:15 PM • $180 Out of all the genres, horror is the only one that is also an emotion—you can feel horror. It is a genre that creeps-out, grosses-out, and psychs-out, but true lovers will keep coming back for more. Whether you’re writing in the vein of Edgar Allan Poe, Anne Rice, Stephen King, Nat Cassidy, Mona Awad, or Cassandra Khaw, this course will help you improve your craft. With weekly meetings, including readings and swapping work, this class will equip you with a horror toolbelt and connect you with fellow writers. Darian Bianco is a writer and teacher out of Richmond, Kentucky, teaching Creative Writing at Eastern Kentucky University, Reach Your Apex, and the Carnegie Center and a graduate of the Carnegie Center’s Author Academy. [ALL LEVELS]

WE BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE DESERVES ACCESS TO OUR CLASSES! If paying the full price for a class would cause you financial hardship, please speak with a registrar at the Front Desk or email our registrars at info@carnegiecenterlex.org to inquire about our once-a-season, 50% off, need-based scholarships. We have awarded scholarships to people with limited or low income; students with limited means; and members of families with a recent financial setback due to major illness, a house fire, or other unfortunate circumstances.

This offer is for adult classes only; if you are interested in other programs and services at the Carnegie Center and have financial need, please check out our website or email the registrar to learn more about other potential financial assistance.

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YOUTH & FAMILY

ENTIRE CLASS LINEUP AT: CARNEGIECENTERLEX.ORG YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT 2025 COHORT APPLICATIONS OPEN OCTOBER 1

LEXINGTON YOUTH POET LAUREATE PROGRAM APPLICATION

The Carnegie Center invites young women and nonbinary writers in grades 9–12 to apply to the Young Writers Project, a FREE series of intensive workshops focused on creative self-expression through writing. The selected group of up to 15 participants will attend seven workshops led by experienced writers in their 20s and 30s who will mentor on a variety of genres. The program will culminate in a public reading at the Carnegie Center. Applications will be open through January 17, 2025.

Apply to become the next Lexington Youth Poet Laureate!

The program honors poets (ages 13–18) and leaders in Kentucky who are committed to making an impact through community engagement utilizing the power of written and spoken words. The application window is November 1–30, 2024. In October, students can sign up for a weekly course that will help them improve their craft and prepare their pieces for the Lexington Youth Poet Laureate application.

TUTORING REGISTRATION: The lottery registration for new students for the 2024–2025 school year will be open on our website from August 1–31. All registrants will be contacted in September with the results. In-person and virtual options available. Only Kentucky residents are eligible to participate. Visit our website for more details.

Questions? Contact Tutoring Director Holly Sanders at holly@carnegiecenterlex.org or call (859) 254-4175, ext. 22. Necesitas ayuda en español? Por favor llame al (859) 254-4175, ext. 22.

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: LEXINGTON JUNIOR LEAGUE It’s an exciting night at the Carnegie Center as the women of the Junior League of Lexington gather to stuff backpacks with school supplies for distribution the following weekend.

Although the Junior League has been involved with the Carnegie Center for years, their Community Organizer Bridget Szczapinski (pictured right) is volunteering for the first time this year.

Her parents were both librarians, so the importance of literacy and learning was instilled in her at a very early age. During her first Family Fun & Learning Night, she was particularly impressed to see parents and children working on art together.

Bridget says, “In this stressed out world that we’re living in now, I think the Center provides an opportunity for folks to learn something new and be reminded of what is important.

I’m happy that I get to be a small part of that.”

“As the volunteer director, I value all my volunteers! However, my experience with the Junior League is they come ready not just to work an event, but to jump in and lead.

With their level of professionalism and leadership, it’s like having extra staff members on hand.”

–Jonathan Hall Youth Programs & Volunteer Director

Carnegie’s literary arts programs are supported by MACADAM EARLY CHILDHOOD & LITERACY FUND AT BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

WILLIAM STAMPS FARISH FUND

251 WEST SECOND ST. LEXINGTON, KY 40507 PHONE: (859)254-4175 CARNEGIECENTERLEX.ORG @carnegiecenterlex

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