We're Here for You, & We're Here to Stay Dear Carnegie friends! As we continue our journey through the COVID era, please know that the Carnegie Center is here to stay. STAFF As you will see in this new catalog, we are offering a full array of nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and world- language classes—all available only online. We hope you'll find them helpful as you seek community and Neil Chethik, Executive Director make sense of all that's going on. Sarah Chapman, Program Director Erica Cook, Outreach Volunteer Director We are also expanding our tutoring and other children's programs to help families make it through the & pandemic. We understand that this school year will be different than any other. We will work with parents Tom Eblen, Literary Arts Liaison throughout the year to determine children's urgent academic needs. Then, we'll do our best to gather the Randi Ewing, Outreach Associate resources to meet them. Kimber Gray, Multimedia & Marketing Associate Maddy Hamilton, Rental Coordinator If you have kept your job and health during the pandemic, we need your help. More Lexington children Outreach Associate than ever will need tutors. Please contact Tutoring Director Carol Jordan ([email protected]) & if you'd be willing to tutor on Zoom this school year. Brittany Jackson, Development Associate Marcia Thornton Jones, Tutoring Associate Also, with many people out of work, your donations are especially appreciated. To donate to Carnegie, & Author Academy Coordinator visit the Donate button on our homepage, wwwCarnegieCenterLex.org. Carol Jordan, Tutoring Director Jennifer Mattox, Development Director Our plan is to hold the Fall season on Zoom (through Thanksgiving) and decide then whether we can bring the public back to the building in January. Until then, stay safe and keep learning! JC McPherson, Office Associate & Safety Officer Connie Meyers, Literacy Specialist (Reading) In this together, Jessica Mohler, Marketing & Communications Director Monet Proctor, Programming Associate Neil Chethik, Executive Director Anniseh Said, Literacy Specialist (Math) BOARD OF TRUSTEES Lisa Higgins-Hord, Chair Paige Bensing, Vice Chair TABLE OF CONTENTS Jennifer Miloszewski, Treasurer Eric Case Josh Douglas Virtual Events • 4 Ross Ewing Karen Gauthier NTI Support • 5-13 Chester Grundy Jenna Kleckner Adult Writing Classes • 5-13 Bill Stewart Veda Stewart World Languages • 15-16 William S. Farish, Honorary Member Early Learners • 17 ADVISORY BOARD Kids • 19-21 Claudia Marin Goggin Maria Gomez Outreach • 22 Brian Hodge Janet Holloway Teens • 23 Austin Mehr Eileen O’Brien Special Thanks to Our Donors • 25-27 Darryl Stith CarnegieCenterLex.org • 251 W. Second Street, Lexington, KY 40507 • 859.254.4175 ext. 21 FOR WRITERS Writing Critique Night ONLINE VIA ZOOM: Thursday, November 12, 5:30–7pm • FREE Please note: Because Writing Critique Night is happening virutally, registration is required and will open two weeks before the event (October 29). Submissions from those registered must be received by Monday, November 9. Receive feedback on your first page from a panel of authors, editors, and/or agents. Upon registration (which will open approximately two weeks before the event), please submit your first page (250 words/one page max; double-spaced, 12-point font; with the genre typed at the top of the page) of your work to [email protected]. Submissions will be accepted via email up until three days before the event, and pieces read at the event will be selected at random. A reader will read your piece aloud so it remains anonymous. We will get through as many submissions as possible. Time is limited. Even if we don’t read your piece, you will still benefit from listening to the feedback of others’ pieces. FOR READERS Kentucky Great Writers Series featuring Savannah Sipple, Ron Davis, & John James ONLINE VIA ZOOM: Thursday, August 27 • 7pm • FREE Please join us online for the latest installment of the Kentucky Great Writers Series. On Thursday, August 27, tune in to hear from Savannah Sipple's WWJD and Other Poems, Ron Davis's Deifying a Total Darkness, and John James's The Milk Hours. Be sure to follow along with the reading's Facebook event to access the Zoom ID code! Kentucky Great Writers Series is sponsored by Kentucky Art's Council, LexArts, Reitzel Cook, Nate's Coffee, and Epping's on Eastside. Reitzel Cook VIRTUAL EVENTS VIRTUAL NTI SUPPORT FOR PARENTS, GUARDIANS, AND CARETAKERS Supporting Your Child During Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI) with Penny Christian, President of the 16th District Parent-Teacher Association ONLINE: Thursday, September 17, 6–7:30pm • FREE Join us for a workshop to inform and empower families on how to best support their children during virtual learning. Who can I turn to if I don’t feel my child is being challenged? Has the school lowered their expectations for my child because of COVID-19? Learn how to successfully navigate the Fayette County Public School district hierarchy to obtain maximum results. How to Advocate for Your Child's Education with Penny Christian, President of the 16th District Parent-Teacher Association ONLINE: Thursday, October 15, 6–7:30pm • FREE What exactly is advocacy? Join us as we explain how to best utilize your voice to fight for your child’s right to a quality and equitable education. Who are the decision makers you need to know? What are the important terms & processes involved? We will identify potential barriers to communicating and partnering successfully with your schools, as well as provide resources to address those barriers. Enrichment classes for early learners, kids, and teens are listed on pages 17-23 of this catalog. For more infomation about our virtual tutoring program, visit CarnegieCenterLex.org/tutoring. FICTION Fiction Writing Group with Sarah Combs ONLINE: Wednesdays, September 16–November 18, 11am–1pm • $150 This is an opportunity for fiction writers of all genres and levels of experience. Through hands-on writing exercises and discussion of contemporary fiction, we will examine such nuts-and-bolts elements as voice, point of view, mood, and plot. Led by Sarah Combs, author of the YA novels Breakfast Served Anytime and The Light Fantastic, both published by Candlewick Press. [ALL LEVELS] Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writing Group with Jason Sizemore ONLINE: Mondays, September 21–November 9, 5:30–7pm • $104 Join an imaginative, diverse group of genre writers looking to improve and expand their abilities in these forms of fiction. This is a chance to learn sci-fi and fantasy writing tips, get feedback from others, and gain confidence as you write in these genres. Please bring a story or excerpt to read to the group on the first day. Jason is a Hugo and Stoker Award-nominated editor, and runs Apex Publications, a science fiction, fantasy, and horror press based in Lexington. [ALL LEVELS] Intro to Writing Kids’ Books with Marcia Thornton Jones 1x class ONLINE: Saturday, September 12, 10:30 am–12:30pm • $30 This seminar introduces the children’s market subgenres and provides pointers for targeting your story. Led by Marcia Thornton Jones, an award-winning author who has published more than 130 books for children with sales totaling more than 43 million copies world-wide. [BEGINNING] Writing Kids’ Books with Marcia Thornton Jones ONLINE: Mondays, September 21–November 9, noon–1:30pm • $104 Find focus, gain confidence, and learn about writing fiction for kids through discussion, peer-sharing, and writing exercises. Come with a work-in-progress— or at least an idea for one. Led by Marcia Thornton Jones, an award-winning author who has published more than 130 books for children with sales totaling more than 43 million copies world-wide. [ALL LEVELS] ADULT WRITING ADULT How to Finish What You Start with Anna-Stacia Haley New! ONLINE: Mondays, September 14–November 2, 5:30–7pm • $104 How many unfinished novels do you have sitting on your computer? Too many! Based on Walter Mosley’s This Year You Write Your Novel, this course is designed to help you finish that draft, providing successful strategies and hacks for dealing with writer’s block. We’ll use the book as a guide for working through the frustrating entanglements writers encounter on their personal journeys to a finished product. We’ll have time to write, time to share, and one-on-one consultations with the instructor to make sure you are making progress on your book. Anna-Stacia Haley earned her M.A. in English from the University of Louisville. She’s been a writing consultant for the UL Writing Center, has taught First Year Composition, and wrote the draft of her own first novel in three months. [ALL LEVELS] Required text: This Year You Write Your Novel by Walter Mosley. Please purchase on your own. Ghost Stories with Randi Ewing New! ONLINE: Tuesdays, October 6–November 10, 5:30–7pm • $78 In the preface to The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton, Wharton suggests that “there are no ghosts, but only tellers of ghost stories.” Only the writer, she says, can bring the ghost into the room. In this class, we’ll aim to conjure ghosts by becoming tellers of ghost stories. Participants will read ghost stories and examine other authors’ use of structure and frame, tension and point of view, in order to coax their own ghosts onto the page. The class, led by fiction writer Randi Ewing, will have a workshop component and is welcome to writers of all genres and levels. [ALL LEVELS] Pants on Fire: Outlining for Spontaneous Writers with Elizabeth Kilcoyne 1x class New! ONLINE: Saturday, October 24, 10:30am–12:30pm • $30 Plotting made painless: in this course, ‘pantser-turned-plotter’ Elizabeth Kilcoyne will teach you unconventional methods for finishing stronger first drafts more quickly without losing the spark of spontaneity that makes your writing creative.