Upcoming Events:

FRIDAY MAY 1 - Scrambled Scribbles Workshop with 7th and 8th graders at Arts Day for Central Grade School, Washington, IL

WEDNESDAY MAY 6 - Guest Speaker, Performance Poetry Demonstration, ICC 

Sunday May 17^{th - CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER, PEORIA,IL 2:30 PM}

SINCEREST FORM -

Because “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”!  Take a cue from modern American poets featured in the book The Spoken Word Revolution. Your own copy of the book is recommend, but not required. This class will cover a little bit of modern poetic history, a lot of writing rhythms, and, as desired by the class, spoken word performance techniques.

AGES:

17 and up

Minimum Students 4, Max 10

Cost:  $10.00 CAC Members

$15.00 Non-CAC Members

June 14^th

^{2:30 PM START 1 ½ hours - CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER, PEORIA}

SILVERSTEIN UNPLUGGED

Poetry for those who do not sit still, Local author Deb Collett takes youngsters on a mad-cap ride through some beloved poet Shel Silverstein’s works. Come write, come wiggle come enjoy!

AGES:

6 - 10

Minimum Students 4, Max 8

Cost:  $10.00 CAC Members

$15.00 Non-CAC Members

Welcome to the Aesthetic Underground!

The AU has headed down the tracks to network Central Illinois teenagers together in the pursuit of poetry and assorted creative writing endeavors.

Facebook, MySpace, Chatrooms and Discussion Boards are good (indeed, we have all of them!) but there is a type of encouragement we can only get when we have face-time with real people!

So come enjoy being with others who understand you! Meet up with friends for AU events all across the area.