Grants for Writers, Artists, Performers...

Saturday April 24 10 am to 1pm – Grants for Individual Writers, Artists and Performers – an overview of grants, residencies, contests, competitions, and awards t

hat individual writers, artists and performers can apply to help fund individual acts of creation. The first in a series of program that will include finding sources of funding, writing grant applications, preparing supplemental information like resumes, bios, artist statements, PR packages, budgets and more. $15/$10 MatrixArts members

Thursday April 29 -- 7:00 to 8:30 Liberty’s Quest: The compelling story of the wife and mother of two Pulitzer Prize winning poets -- Reading, Q and A and book signing by author Liberty Kovacs. Liberty Kovacs' life story has all the elements of the American Dream, both its myth and its reality. Suggested $5 donation

Saturday May 1 – 1:00 to 3 pm How to Write About Your Mother

Just in time for Mother's Day, an afternoon of lively discussion, journaling, and writing exercises with Jennifer Bayse Sander, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published and the founder of Write By The Lake women's writing retreats. www.writebythelake.com. $10/$5 MatrixArts members

Programs are held at MatrixArts, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, 25th and R Streets (behind the fence). 916-768-6077 or matrixarts@comcast.net