Young Audience of Virginia Workshops

Through Young Audiences of Virgina, Mr Richardson offers a variety of workshops designed for grades K-12; interactive sessions where students not only hear and read poetry out loud, but bring it to life through the physical interpretation of the words and phrases. Poetic content includes classic and contemporary poetry related to popular themes such as Black History & National Poetry Months... Find out more by browsing the YAV web site @ www.yav.org

The Oral Tradition of Poetry

A workshop designed for children and adults to explore the oral traidition of poetry and literature.  From the African Griot, to Shakspeare, to the Last Poets, to the latest generation of spoken word poets; Mr Richardson demonstrates and illistrates the art of the spoken word.  Excellent for students intrested in poetry, public speaking and theater!

The Business of Becoming a Self Published Author

A 5 hour Self Publishing workshop designed to cover the three major types of publishing; Traditional Press, Print on Demand and Self Publishing. Developed with a heavy emphasis on marketing, this course is must for the published and unpublished writer.  Special discount pricing available for book clubs and writers groups!

 A NEW WORKSHOP!!!

When Hands Speak Eyes Listen  - a poetry workshop for the Deaf and the Blind

Poet/Author Nathan Richardson accompanied by Sign Language Specialist Terri Copeland will amaze and inspire your students to use poetry and other forms of creative writing as a way to overcome the challenges of communicating as a deaf or blind person.  Ms Copeland uses American Sign Language (ASL) to interpret Mr. Richardson's poetry which is celebrated worldwide for its vivid imagery and themes that highlight the diversity of humanity.

This workshop consists of a 15 minute performance segment by the instructors and a 45 minute student participation segment, where the class is encouraged to write and interpret through sign language, their own original poems and short prose.  Blind and deaf students are also encouraged to speak/recite their poems when possible, to build vocal expression skills.

Note: See the photo gallery on this web site for pictures from previous workshops!!! click here