MASC's Spring 18 Newsletter Spring 2018 Newsletter | Page 5
On February 9th, 2018, students in grades
8 - 12/sec II - V had an opportunity to participate
in workshops with some of Canada’s finest
authors and Illustrators at MASC’s Your Story
Festival, held at Confederation Education Centre.
We were delighted to be working with
Alan Cumyn, Caroline Pignat, Melanie Florence,
Max Turner, Monique Polak and Brian
McLachlan. Literary events were peppered
throughout the day with an artist panel discussion
moderated by CBC’s Adrian Harewood, artist
readings, an interactive spoken word performance
by Ottawa artist ‘Apollo the Child’, a presentation
by Ottawa Public Library and a book sale offered
by Perfect Books.
We had had terrific feedback about this
conference in previous years from students and
artists alike. One student said:
"The open, inspiring structure of Your Story is
phenomenal for learning. Farewell and thank
you for such an excellent experience! I’ve loved it
all through High School.”
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More information about Your Story can be found
here: www.masconline.ca/Events/Your Story
MASC Teen Festival or contact
[email protected]
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And from Caroline Pignat, artist presenter at Your
Story, 2018:
“MASC gives these young writers the chance to
learn writing tips and develop skills of the craft,
but at a deeper level it gives these individuals
encouragement, inspiration, and affirmation -
and that’s truly priceless.”
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We deeply appreciate the tremendous support of
our Event Sponsor, the Leacross Foundation.
Many thanks to the OCDSB and other community
partners, as well as the many volunteers that help
to make this a memorable day for everyone.
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