In addition to creating a public art project throughout the City, Poetry Paths has begun producing literary events and related programming in Lancaster City.
As of January 2011, with the help of our Poet in the Schools Barbara Strasko and Franklin & Marshall student interns, Poetry Paths has offered poetry writing workshops, related enrichment activities, and opportunities to perform and publish their work to 600 students in Lancaster’s public schools. These schools include:
2009-10: Fulton, Buchanan, Washington and Ross Elementary; Lincoln Middle
2010-11: Burrowes, Lafayette, King and Wharton Elementary; Reynolds Middle
By March 2011, with the help of our community partners, Poetry Paths will have offered poetry writing workshops and opportunities to perform and publish their work to 100 city residents affiliated with the Lancaster Public Library, Water Street Rescue Mission, and Brightside Opportunities Center.
Over the years, Poetry Paths will continue to develop innovative programming around the Paths to bring new voices to the City and increase our residents’ ongoing access to the visual and literary arts.
