[BCMA] PSA Caetani Centre enters new era of programming!

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

September 11, 2018

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
For immediate release:



The Caetani Centre is open for programming this fall!

>From youth programs to Master classes, the Caetani Centre enters a new era
of community programming

As part of the ongoing re-development of the Caetani Centre and opening the
facility up to greater public access, the Centre has launched a series of
new programs ranging from after-school youth drama programs to classes for
adults geared toward inspiring new and emerging writers, to a series of
masterclasses in manuscript development for more established writers in
prose and poetry.

In the after-school youth drama programs, taught by Amelia Sirianni,
students will be introduced to acting techniques and theatre skills –
improvisation, character building, script analysis, creative movement, and
vocal work. These young artists will work together to create, collaborate
and direct an original piece of theatre for the holiday season.

Special daytime drama classes are also offered for youth/teens looking to
try out their flare for dramatics in an inclusive environment.  This class
is geared to kids with mixed and special abilities who may not feel
comfortable in a traditional extracurricular program set-up, to focus on
developing self-awareness and confidence through theatrical games and
exercises.  Students will get to hone their skills in improvisation,
creative movement, voice work, and character development.  If you know an
extraordinary kid looking for something to express their creative talents,
this is the class for them!

Originally from Vernon, BC, Amelia spent over a decade working as a
professional actor in Toronto.  She received her formal professional
training at the Randolph College of Performing Arts and has since had the
privilege of performing on stages across North America as well as in film
and television. Amelia recently moved back to Vernon with her husband and
young son where she’s had the good fortune to be a part of the thriving
arts community here through teaching youth drama at the Caetani Cultural
Centre; working as Theatre BC’s MainStage Festival’s youth instructor;
Musical Theatre adjudicator at the Kelowna Kiwanis Music Festival; and
member of the Artistic Committee at the Powerhouse Theatre.  She also runs
an early childhood music and movement program, Itsy Bitsy Music Together.

New to the Centre this fall is instructor Janelle Hardy, who is offering a
series of writing classes and workshops for aspiring writers. Hardy has an
interest in the benefits of writing circles and will be offering
classes in transformational
memoir-writing process that incorporates mythology, embodiment exercises,
and creative writing. She will also lead a series of classes on griefwork
and writing through grief, as well as shorter workshops in creative
unblocking techniques and do-it-yourself marketing. A veteran blog and
podcaster, Janelle brings a creative background with a master’s degree and
a background in health and wellness. Creative blocks begone!

For more established writers, published author and well-known instructor,
John Lent, recently retired from Okanagan College, is offering two Master
classes in both prose and poetry. Classes will be a mixture of discussions
about contemporary composition in prose, demonstrations concerning both
writing and editing and finding the right shapes for fiction or memoir or
non-fiction, and critiquing sessions that will focus on class members’ work.

These inspiring, challenging and thought-provoking classes are for more
established writers who already have a manuscript in progress, and will
include one-on-one sessions.

*“Because I am helplessly addicted to reading contemporary literature, my
hope is that every member of this class will be refining skills that are
current, professional and aimed at seeking an audience,” said Lent.*

*“This is the ideal class for writers who are working away on their own and
could use the support of a focused and professional community of writers,
especially if they are in the middle of a manuscript. I am just re-engaging
on the writing of a large novel myself called, tentatively,* *The Kitchen
Sessions**, and because of that, teaching this class will be timely for me
as it will force me to articulate the kinds of compositions I am
re-engaging in.*”

For more information or to register for classes or workshops, please visit
the Caetani Centre website www.caetani.org, or call the Caetani office
250-275-1525.



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Photo attached: John Lent

Thank you!
Susan Brandoli
Executive Director
Caetani Cultural Centre
www.caetani.org
250-275-1525



*I respectfully acknowledge that my work place is within the ancestral,
traditional, and unceded territory of the Syilx Nation.*
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