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FDCAC WORKSHOPS


Four decades of experience have shown us that the most effective way of teaching, inspiring, and motivating writing students is to surround them with other writers.

At the Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, students share their work with their peers and their instructor and have it critiqued in a positive, friendly environment. In turn, they read, listen and respond to others' work. Such interchange and interaction among students, especially when moderated and directed by a workshop instructor who is both a professional in his field and an experienced teacher, helps each student to grow as a writer and achieve at a high level.

All workshops are limited to 12 students and they meet for two hours once a week for 8-weeks. All workshops are $200. Photography students will incur additional lab fees of $20 per photo lab visit, two visits per cycle.  ..
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Workshops are offered 4 times a year: summer, fall, winter and spring. Not all workshops are offered every cycle. As of the Spring 2005 Cycle we will be offering workshops in Manhattan and Brooklyn. 

Workshop cycles begin October, January, April and July.

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Classes at the FDCAC in Manhattan, 270 West 96th Street

Classes for Medgar Evers are listed immediately after with their respective Medgar Evers catalog numbers.

Novel 
Grace Edwards                   Monday  7 - 9 P.M.     

 Acting
Advanced acting techniques.
Alfred Preisser                Monday 6 - 8 P.M.         

Daytime Television  Basic Techniques
From outline to spec script
Sojourna Collier
Mondayday  7 - 9 P.M.

Advance Playwriting
Rewriting and polishing the stage play.
Leslie Lee 
Monday  7-9 P.M.

Short Story
Basic craft for beginners.
Nathasha Brooks-Harris
Tuesday 7 - 9 P.M.

Screenwriting 
Intermediate class of writing for the movies.                                Alan Zatkow
Tuesday 7 - 9 P.M.

Creative Writing
Writing/rewriting short stories 
Sheree R. Thomas
Tuesday 7-9 P.M.

 

Acting
Beiginning and intermediate acting techniques.
Jacqueline wade                Tuesday 7 - 9 P.M.    

 

Classes offered in association with Medgar Evers are:

Short Story CAS108
Writing/ rewriting short stories 
Instructor: TBD
Monday 7-9 P.M.

Playwriting 1CAS109
Basics of writing a stage play Instructor:Alan Zatkow        Monday 7 - 9 P.M.

Adv Acting  CAS116C        Advanced acting techniques Instructor:TBD               Monday 7 - 9 P.M.

Freelancing for Magazines and Newspapers CAS111
Pitching, writing, editing, and getting paid for your articles.
Precious Williams  
Tuesday 7-9 P.M.

Creative WritingCAS112
Basic craft for beginners.
Nathasha Brooks-Harris       Tuesday 7 - 9 P.M.

Novel  CAS100
Outlining/ beginning           GraceEdwards             Tuesday 7-9 P.M.

Screenwriting 1CAS102
Basic craft of writing for the movies.                            Instructor:TBD           Tuesday 7 - 9 P.M.

 

Poetry
Crafting the poem.
Jacqueline Johnson
Wednesday 7 - 9 P.M.

Novel 
Donna Hill
Wednesday 7-9 P.M.

Playwriting 
Craft of writing the stage play.                                 Sophia Romma                Wednesday 7 - 9 P.M.

Screenwriting 1
Basic craft of writing for the movies.                                Alan Zatkow
Wednesday 7 - 9 P.M.

Freelancing/Literary Nonfiction/
Memoir Writing

Writing creative nonfiction. Michel Marriott              Wednesday  7 - 9 P.M.

Directing
Directing techniques 
Alfred Preisser
Thursday 6 - 8 P.M.

Adv. Screenwriting 
Rewriting and polishing the movie script. 
Myla Churchill
Thursday  7 - 9 P.M.

 

 

Classes at Medgar Evers continued:

Children's Books CAS104
Writing children's books.
Yvette Moore          
Wednesday 7 - 9 P.M.

Literary Nonfiction/
Memoir Writing CAS106

Writing creative nonfiction. Angeli Rasbury           Wednesday  7 - 9 P.M.

Television Writing: Basic Techniques CAS113
From outline to spec script
Kermit Frazier  
Wednesday  7 - 9 P.M.

Acting 1 CAS116A
Beginning acting techniques. Instructor:TBD  
Wednesday  7 - 9 P.M.

Poetry CAS107
Crafting the poem.
Instructor: TBD 
Thursday  7 - 9 P.M.

Advance Playwriting CAS110
Rewriting and polishing the stage play.
Instructor:TBD  
Thursday  7-9 P.M.

Screenwriting 2 CAS103 
Rewriting and polishing the movie script. 
Instructor:TBA  
Thursday  7-9 P.M.

Acting II CAS116B
Intermediate acting techniques.   Instructor:TBD  
Thursday  7-9 P.M.

 

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