April is Poetry Month - submit a poem
April is Poetry Month and the Arts Alive Festival in conjunction with the Town of Edson Community Services department are asking anyone from Edson and surrounding area to contribute a poem you have written. Please make sure the poem is family-friendly. For more ideas and inspiration, please follow this link to the League of Canadian Poets website https://poets.ca/npm/ or at family friend poems at https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/. Email your entry to dianai@edson.ca or message us on Arts Alive Facebook messenger. You can type your entry, take a photo of it or we strongly encourage that you take a video of yourself reciting your poem. We will post at least one poem per day and there will be draws for prizes throughout the month!
RAP & Rhythm Workshops with Srvent
As part of Arts Alive Festival, kids are invited to join Edson’s own Spencer Richard (aka Srvent), who is an independent producer and rap artist, professional filmmaker, and occasional author, for a fun workshop exploring performance art, poetry, and what it means to be an independent artist today.
We are offering two classes – one for kids ages 6-12 (April 11) and another for teens ages 13-18 (April 13). Cost will be $10 per person. Snacks will be provided. Each workshop will take place at the Galloway Station Museum from 3:45-5:30 PM.
We ask each participant to bring a poem (or rap) they have written for workshop purposes. It doesn’t have to rhyme.
To register for the April 11 workshop for ages 6-12, please click HERE.
To register for the April 13 workshop for ages 13-18, please click HERE.
Smart Phone Photography Workshop
Arts Alive Art Show April 11-29, 2022
Submissions must be received between March 28th and April 7th. Written works can be dropped off to the Red Brick during their operating hours or emailed to dianai@edson.ca. All visual art must be dropped off to the Red Brick during their regular business hours.
It is free to enter.
All entries must be accompanied by a registration form (find the form HERE or pick up at the Red Brick Arts Centre).
Gallery will be open for viewing from April 11th to 29th, 2022. Ballots will be available to vote on viewer's choice in specified categories to be determined based on entries.
Ages 5-18.
CREATIVE WRITING
Arts Alive 2022 Registration Form
All written content must be suitable for a family audience. No explicit content. IT is FREE to enter.
General Rules:
- Please adhere to the page limit of the category you intend to enter
- All entries must be in a legible font or handwriting
- All entries must be in English, original and unpublished
- There will be no adjudication this year but entries will be voted on by viewers.
Poetry: 3 pieces or 4 pages maximum
Short Story: 5 pages maximum (double-spaced)
Non-Fiction: 5 pages maximum (double-spaced)
Send digital copies to dianai@edson.ca or drop off hard copies to the Red Brick Arts Centre and Museum between March 28 and April 7th, 2022.
CWY-01 - Poetry - Age 9 and under
CWY-02 - Short Story - Age 9 and under
CWY-03 - Creative Non-Fiction - Age 9 and under
CWY-04 - Poetry - Age 10-13
CWY-05 - Short Story - Age 10-13
CWY-06 - Creative Non-Fiction - Age 10-13
CWY-07 - Poetry - Age 14-18
CWY-08 - Short Story - Age 14-18
CWY-09 - Creative Non-Fiction - Age 14-18
POETRY
You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
- Joseph Joubert
Don’t know where to start? Well, a poem can be about anything. Like an animal, an emotion, your favourite season or holiday, a dream, a pet, an imaginary world, a photograph, your room, a colour, a journey or vacation, a sound, your favourite retreat, an imaginary friend, your secret hiding place…wherever your pen takes you.
Consider checking out:
www.teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/
www.journalbuddies.com/journal_prompts__journal_topics/poetry-writing-prompts/
www.creative-writing-now.com/creative-writing-prompts.html
SHORT STORY
You can make anything by writing. - C.S. Lewis
Short Story Challenge
Try to include the following items somewhere in your story:
- an exotic animal (ex. capybara, rhinoceros, Howler Monkey, etc.)
- a dessert (ex. Angel Food cake, gelato, rice pudding, etc.)
- a part-time job (ex. babysitter, pizza delivery, dog walker, etc.)
PERSONAL NARRATIVE
Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke. - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Personal narrative is a story from your life or experiences, usually told in first person (I had wanted a dog for so long...). Like a fictional story, the personal narrative has a beginning, middle, and end. Descriptive language is used, and story elements like dialogue may also be used.
Here are series of videos about writing a personal narrative:
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Arts Alive 2022 Registration Form
All entries must be framed or ready for hanging. It is FREE to enter.
Photographs must be dropped off at The Red Brick Arts Centre between March 28th and April 7th, 2022. The gallery will be open to the public from April 11 - 29th, 2022. There will be prizes for Viewer's Choice.
PY-01 - People - Age 9 and under
PY-02 - Places and Things - 9 and under
PY-03 - Other (abstract, digitally manipulated) Age 9 and under
PY-04 - People - Age 10-13
PY-05 - Places and Things - Age 10-13
PY-06 - Other (abstract, digitally manipulated) - Age 10-13
PY-07 - People - Age 14-18
PY-08 - Places and Things - Age 14-18
PY-09 - Other (abstract, digitally manipulated) - Age 14-18
VISUAL ARTS
Arts Alive 2022 Registration Form
All entries must be framed or ready for hanging. It is FREE to enter.
Photographs must be dropped off at The Red Brick Arts Centre between March 28th and April 7th, 2022. The gallery will be open to the public from April 11 - 29th, 2022. There will be prizes for Viewer's Choice.
VAY-01 - Pencil Drawing - Age 9 and under
VAY-02 - Paint - Age 9 and under
VAY-03 - Mixed Media (2D or 3D) - Age 9 and under
VAY-04 - Pencil Drawing - Age 10 - 13
VAY-05 - Paint - Age 10-13
VAY-06 - Mixed Media - Age 10-13
VAY-07 - Pencil Drawing - Age 14 - 18
VAY-08 - Paint - Age 14 - 18
VAY-09 - Mixed Media - Age 14 - 18