Note: Our monthly meeting is going virtual due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Join us online for our April meeting! In observance of National Poetry Month, our host is MTSU Write. This unique program within the MTSU English Department provides mentoring support through a non-degreed, from-home program for new and experienced writers in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screenwriting, and playwriting. In the last half of the hour, we will have an Alliance update and time for attendees to share your arts-related announcements.

Our featured speaker/facilitator will be Dr. Jennifer Kates, Director of MTSU Write. Jennifer is an award-winning writer and teacher of creative writing at MTSU. She will share how the MTSU Write program offers one-on-one mentoring for writers at home, to move them toward publishable manuscripts. She will also guide RAA members through a writing prompt that will illustrate the restorative nature of writing, particularly in times of stress.

We will email and post the meeting link on our Facebook event the day before the meeting. The meeting will also be recorded for later viewing.

Member meetings are usually held on the second Tuesday of the month and are free and open to the public. Why not bring a friend? We make an effort to hold meetings at different times of day and at different locations across Rutherford County to accommodate as many people as we can. We also want to showcase the breadth and depth of cultural heritage resources available.

If you would like to host a meeting later in 2020, please let us know. The facility should be able to fit 50-60 people.

Image credit: MTSU Write