Reflecting on RACE: A Poetry Workshop Series with Terrance Hayes and Sheila Carter-Jones

Start Date:
Saturday, July 26, 2014
End Date:
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Location:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Workshop dates: July 26 and September 6 
Poetry reading (attendance required): September 14

Join Carnegie Museum of Natural History and poets Terrance Hayes and Sheila Carter-Jones for an intensive writing workshop as you explore and reflect on RACE: Are We So Different?, an award-winning traveling exhibition which looks at the ways science and human history have intersected to inform our understanding and beliefs about race.

During this three-session workshop series you will tour the exhibition, craft your response, gain feedback from fellow writers, and present on your learning at the museum’s poetry reading.

The workshop series will be held on: Saturday, July 26 (10 a.m.–3 p.m.); Saturday, September 6 (10 a.m.–3 p.m.); and Sunday, September 14 (1–4 p.m.).

The workshop series is limited to 25 participants. This program is intended for participants 18 and older. Registration is required and is non-refundable. Non-members: $40; Members: $30.

Deadline to register: July 21  

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