Bass Creek Field Trip
Nature writing at Bass Creek, led by English teacher Lorilee Evans-Lynn and MWC writer Robert Lee, sent Big Sky High School students out of town, into the woods, and around the campfire. Another outdoor collaboration with Fred Haefele's students at C.S. Porter and naturalists with the Watershed Education Network will begin in May.
 
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School readings are in full swing. On May 17, Ovando School will host its annual Reading Tea, and Rattlesnake School kids grades 3-5 will be reading on May 22, 6 p.m.
in the gym.
And don't forget, enrolling now:
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Fort Write
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Find us at Officers' Row, #28, Suite 2
Fort Missoula
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Writers at Work and Play
We celebrated Poetry Month with two concurrent workshops, both free. Writers at Work happened at Buttercup Market on Helen Avenue. Students ages 12-14 worked on extended writing projects, with Jenny White teaching and UM students Micah Fields and Rachel Mindell assisting. 
Meanwhile, younger writers, ages 8-11, gathered at our new offices at Fort Missoula for classes with Sheryl Noethe, who taught them poetry as well as the art of silent clapping.
MWC at the MAM
Fourth grade students at Hawthorne, Franklin and Lowell Elementary Schools wrote about the work of Salish artist Corwin Clairmont (left) and then visited the Missoula Art Museum to see the art up close and experiment with Clairmont's techniques.
Thank you to Renee Taaffe and the Missoula Art Museum for including The Missoula Writing Collaborative in this Indian Education for All project.
Read about the MAM-MWC-IEFA project in The Missoulian.
Shield
By Oz May
Hawthorne School
The rubbery tread so tough.
The strong bison, the strong skin just like paper
that can't be broken. The strong caring spirits
The eagle feathers so soft.
protecting the tribe from above. The slow but
steady turtles the spirits clapping willow
sticks together
to make sound
Clap, clap, clap.
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Big Sky Writers in Our Town
Big Sky High School students (left) explored North Higgins, Railroad Street, and the North Side, then wrote about it. Sheryl Noethe was the Circle Square Secondhand Store docent, and Gabe Lynn conducted the walking tour. The excursion included writing at Zootown Community Arts Center.
MWC South
The Missoula Writing Collaborative is a mentor organization for Nica Arts -- an artists-in-the-schools project in Nicaragua started by
MWC resident writer Laurel Nakanishi and Marina Obregón Alemán, of the Office of Cultural Affairs at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN). In May, students at Russell Elementary School taught by MWC's Caroline Keys will share their poetry via Skype with students in
El Castillo, Nicaragua.
Nakanishi received her MFA in creative writing from the University of Montana in 2012 and currently is a Fulbright scholar in Nicaragua.
Spring Soiree 2013
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Thank you to the 95 guests who graced Caffe Dolce on Brooks Street for our fourth Spring Soiree, where Kim Zupan spoke about his life as a writer, students shared their work, and Carole Addis of Lowell School was honored as MWC's Teacher of the Year. Special thanks to Community Medical Center, First Security Bank, Montana Radio Company, Mayor John Engen, and everyone who came to support creative writing for children. It was a delightful evening... because of YOU.A nd thank you to these major donors for a year of support: The Charles Engelhard Foundation The National Endowment for the Arts The Heineman Foundation The Steele-Reese Foundation The Gallagher Western Montana Charitable Foundation The Morris and Helen Silver Foundation The Charlotte Martin Foundation The Pleiades Foundation The Montana Arts Council The US Bancorp Foundation The L.E.A.W. Family Foundation Lois Welch, for the James Welch Young Writer Residency Missoula County Public Schools and ALL our participating schools THANK YOU
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The Missoula Writing Collaborative
P.O. Box 9237
Missoula, MT 59807
(406) 549-3348
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