The Association of Teaching Artists named Robbins its 2005 New York State Teaching Artist of the Year. She serves on the National Endowment for the Arts/Art Works panel. In addition, Robbins is an arts education consultant for the University of Coimbra and the Belgais Center for the Study of Arts, both in Portugal. She is a certified yoga teacher, often incorporating movement into her creative writing residencies.

Robbins has published two books of poetry, “Snapshots of Paradise” and “Or, the Whale,” as well as dozens of poems in literary journals and anthologies here and in Spain and Portugal, including Earth’ s Daughters, Salmagundi, Denver Quarterly and Poets at Work.

Sherry Robbins is a poet, teaching artist, and freelance writer. She has conducted creative writing workshops throughout the state of New York and abroad since 1977, working with hundreds of students annually. Sherry is a certified yoga teacher and offers both yoga and meditation session.

Pricing:

School Classroom Teaching: $300-$400 per day, depending on class size, and whether it’s one lesson for all classes or tailored lessons for each.

Book through Just Buffalo Literary Center, Young Audiences of WNY, through BOCES, or directly with me

Private Group Teaching: $60-$100 per hour, depending on size.

Distance learning: Donations welcome.

*Distance learning can be carried out in either real time using Zoom or Skype video, or through prerecorded sessions for digital download with the option of real time and/or email feedback on assignments.

Courses/Sessions:

Journeys and Journals

Students take a personal journey down the Erie Canal by speaking in the voices of the era. An experienced teaching poet or writer leads literary exercises involving vintage maps, photographs, drawings, and imaginative prompts. The poet/writer can incorporate concepts that the classroom teacher would like to focus on. Students learn to write in character, helping them develop a sense of narrative and delve more deeply into the details of daily life in a small town from the past. Over several workshops, the students engage in sustained imaginative writing, creating interrelated narratives involving diverse characters.

Book through Young Audiences of WNY

As You Like It

A writing workshop adaptable to existing classroom studies or grade-level curriculum. The class’ s basic framework includes presentation of poetic tools, such as metaphor and alliteration, followed by a class discussion of the day’ s theme, reading short pieces, writing time with one-on-one encouragement, and the presentation of student work. Visual prompts are used to foster a sense of play. This workshop can be expanded into a multi-session residency. This program can be tailored to suit an adult audience and is available as a professional development workshop.

Poetry in Motion

Students participate in basic yoga poses such as Mountain, Tree, Lion and Downward Dog, which create a silent and peaceful state of concentration. To explore the relationship between movement and language, students then write a poem about the physical sensations and images that came to mind during the yoga pose.This program can be tailored to suit an adult audience and is available as a professional development workshop.

Meditation

Students participate in basic yoga poses such as Mountain, Tree, Lion and Downward Dog, which create a silent and peaceful state of concentration. To explore the relationship between movement and language, students then write a poem about the physical sensations and images that came to mind during the yoga pose.This program can be tailored to suit an adult audience and is available as a professional development workshop.

Demos:

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Writing prompt on Peace and Happiness