The Early Donation Site is LIVE! We're aiming to raise $5,000 during The Big Give! $5,000 in scholarships will help 40 San Antonians bring their stories to life by allowing them to take our Public Writing Classes for free! Your support will directly benefit the Gemini Ink Cary Clack Scholarship Fund, in honor of esteemed journalist Cary Clack, a beloved Gemini Ink board member. https://www.thebiggivesa.org/organizations/gemini-ink
Join Gemini Ink on Thursday, September 21st, for a night of poetry, prose, and performance as we celebrate the personal artistry of our Gemini Ink Partner Class teaching artists. Every day these instructors bring their passion for the writing arts to community spaces and inspire students of all ages. Tonight we hear their stories!
Our featured writers will include theater artist and playwright Marisela Barrera, lyricist and San Antonio Poet Laureate emeritus Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson, accomplished poet and educator Jim LaVilla-Havelin, award-winning fiction writer Desiree Kannel, and local poet and member of the Wyrdd Writers collective Annie Snider.
In the age of TikTok, Instagram reels, and YouTube shorts, how can you present your writing in a way that’s on trend and easily consumable? Would you like to use your digital platform to showcase your work in a new way and expand your audience?
In this 6-week course, we will use simple, open-genre writing prompts to generate short poems and/or impactful prose. We will polish our short pieces and explore gathering images that will visually accentuate our words. We will then create short literary videos that include an audio recording of the work, captions, and either moving or still images. Our entire project will be built and edited using a FREE video editing app available for phones and laptops!
