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IT’S LIT: Big Class’s Mobile Youth Writing Center Debuts!
We’re so excited to announce the completion of IT’S LIT: Words on Ice!
Made in collaboration with the Arts Council of New Orleans and students from The NET Charter High School, It’s LIT! recently made its grand debut at the Art + Place forum at studioBE.
It’s LIT! was born through a paid 6-week design internship with 4 students from The NET. This project challenged students to think critically about the environments that they and their peers occupy and come up with a design that provided a safe space for New Orleans youth to come together and be creative (not to mention enjoy a sno ball).
It’s LIT will be making appearances at events throughout the school year as a mobile writing center/workshop space — bringing creative writing opportunities to youth around the city. Stay tuned with the Big Class blog and newsletter for updates!
Photo and Phiction Exhibition
On Thursday, July 28th, we finished our Photo and Phiction summer workshop series with a exhibition of student work in the Teen Room of the Norman Mayer Library. Young writers brought family and friends to see their beautiful photos and writing proudly displayed on the library walls and celebrate their creativity.
See the full photo gallery here.
Welcome to our newest Board Members!
We’re thrilled to introduce Kyley Pulphus (left) and Gabrielle Wilson-Prout (right) as the newest members of the Big Class Board of Directors.
Kyley Pulphus was born and raised in New Orleans. She is an award-winning children’s filmmaker turned first grade teacher, and the only thing she loves better than the Saints are her family and students. She lives in Chilly Gentilly with her husband and cute baby girl. As a former geeky little kid who loved to write, Kyley is excited about working with an organization that recognizes that young people have something to say, and is giving them a platform from which their voices can be heard.
Gabrielle Wilson-Prout is a lifelong resident of New Orleans and a proud graduate of the New Orleans Public School System. After graduating from Loyola University with a degree in English, Gabrielle graduated from Tulane University School of Law. She practices law with her husband, and they are the proud parents of two daughters. For Gabrielle, Big Class fulfills an important role by reinforcing the importance of the written word and instilling the power it creates into the community. It is a vital addition to this city’s educational and non-profit landscape.
Interested in learning more about Big Class’s Board of Directors?
Click here or reach out to doug@bigclass.org.
10-year-old NOLA poet writes “The Women Revolution”
April 18, 2014/BrassyBrown.com
IT’S LIT: Big Class’s Mobile Youth Writing Center Debuts!
We’re so excited to announce the completion of IT’S LIT: Words on Ice!
Made in collaboration with the Arts Council of New Orleans and students from The NET Charter High School, It’s LIT! recently made its grand debut at the Art + Place forum at studioBE.
It’s LIT! was born through a paid 6-week design internship with 4 students from The NET. This project challenged students to think critically about the environments that they and their peers occupy and come up with a design that provided a safe space for New Orleans youth to come together and be creative (not to mention enjoy a sno ball).
It’s LIT will be making appearances at events throughout the school year as a mobile writing center/workshop space — bringing creative writing opportunities to youth around the city. Stay tuned with the Big Class blog and newsletter for updates!
Photo and Phiction Exhibition
On Thursday, July 28th, we finished our Photo and Phiction summer workshop series with a exhibition of student work in the Teen Room of the Norman Mayer Library. Young writers brought family and friends to see their beautiful photos and writing proudly displayed on the library walls and celebrate their creativity.
See the full photo gallery here.
Welcome to our newest Board Members!
We’re thrilled to introduce Kyley Pulphus (left) and Gabrielle Wilson-Prout (right) as the newest members of the Big Class Board of Directors.
Kyley Pulphus was born and raised in New Orleans. She is an award-winning children’s filmmaker turned first grade teacher, and the only thing she loves better than the Saints are her family and students. She lives in Chilly Gentilly with her husband and cute baby girl. As a former geeky little kid who loved to write, Kyley is excited about working with an organization that recognizes that young people have something to say, and is giving them a platform from which their voices can be heard.
Gabrielle Wilson-Prout is a lifelong resident of New Orleans and a proud graduate of the New Orleans Public School System. After graduating from Loyola University with a degree in English, Gabrielle graduated from Tulane University School of Law. She practices law with her husband, and they are the proud parents of two daughters. For Gabrielle, Big Class fulfills an important role by reinforcing the importance of the written word and instilling the power it creates into the community. It is a vital addition to this city’s educational and non-profit landscape.
Interested in learning more about Big Class’s Board of Directors?
Click here or reach out to doug@bigclass.org.
10-year-old NOLA poet writes “The Women Revolution”
April 18, 2014/BrassyBrown.com
