Monday, June 18, 2007

Welcome to New Words New Visions!

New Words New Visions: the Summer Institute is a unique college prep level class being offered to youth in Northwest Pasadena. This is an amazing opportunity to engage in creative writing and photography that will also provide students with a chance to build a portfolio of quality work that will help them as they apply to colleges and other programs.

This unique opportunity is open and free to students aged 13 – 19 whom live in Northwest Pasadena or to those whom attend John Muir High School. Books and equipment will be provided – you need to bring only yourself, an open mind and a willingness to learn and grow!

To enroll in the workshop, call 626-826-7445, or send us an email

You can still enroll even though the class has started - contact us asap for more info!

July 11 – August 9

Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3pm to 6pm
Location: John Muir High School/NEY Lab

Field trips, guest speakers and more!


The Summer Institute is a project of California Living Histories. Novelist and essayist Jervey Tervalon and photographer Ibarionex Perello will teach an intensive five week summer writing and photography workshop, New Words New Visions, beginning July 11th in a Northwest Pasadena high tech computer community center. The work created by students will be judged and curated by a panel of peers and the final work will be presented in a community exhibition and public forum at the Jackie Robinson center on October 7th. Novelist Michelle Huneven and this year’s Pulitzer Prize winning author Jonathan Gold will be members of the panel. The exhibition will stay a the Jackie Robison center for the entire month of October, and it will move in November to the Pasadena Central Library. Awards will be given for outstanding work, and all students will receive a certificate of completion. The workshop is open to students from the John Muir High School community, and all of those whom live in Northwest Pasadena.

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