ABOUT
Cheyenne Alexandria Phillips is a writer, performer and Associate Artist with Checkpoint Theatre. Her writing and performance credits include Vulnerable (an 8 part podcast, Checkpoint Theatre, 2021), A Grand Design (an audio experience, Checkpoint Theatre, 2020), In The Twine (SWF 2018) and For The Record (C42 Basement Workshop 2017). Cheyenne's published work can be found in QLRS, Contour: A Lyrical Cartography of Singapore (2019) and Who are you my country? (2018).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 – Resurrecting the Singapore River (Singapore: Quarterly Literary Review Singapore)
2019 – “Asia for Asians” and Prayer in Contour: A Lyrical Cartography of Singapore (Singapore)
2018 – New Additions in Who Are You My Country? (Singapore: Landmark Books 2018)
TALKS
THE SCIENCE IN ART (ASSEMBLY TALK)
For: secondary, junior college
Availability: 1 hour per session; single session
Description: In today's world, Arts and Science are often perceived as separate entities when historically this was not the case. Many great scientists were artists and many great artists had scientific curiosities. Through this talk, participants will identify a few such figures and be introduced to contemporary and local artists who use science regularly in their work.
Learning Outcomes: Participants will be able to identify key historical figures who combined science and art in their work, recognise local writers and artists that use science and technology in their creative practices and examine how the sciences and arts can complement each other.
WORKSHOPS
HOW TO WRITE AN ECO-POEM (INDOORS)
For: upper primary, sec, junior college; 15 - 25 pax
Availability: 2 hours per session; single session
Description: With the looming threat of Climate Change, more and more youth are concerned with environmental issues. Many have chosen to do so in the form of poetry. Eco-poetry is a popular genre of poetry that not only allows writers to express their concerns but analyse the science, politics and cultural elements around environmental issues. In this workshop, participants will be offered the opportunity to explore this multi-disciplinary approach to writing an eco-poem about an area of local interest such as habitat loss, water resource management or carbon emissions and footprints.
Learning Outcomes: In this workshop, participants will analyse pieces of eco-poetry, recognise the definition of an eco-poem and be offered the opportunity to craft an eco-poem.
HOW TO WRITE AN ECO-POEM (OUTDOORS)
For: upper sec, junior college; 15 - 25 pax
Availability: 3 hours per session; single session
Description: Eco-poetry does not exist on the page alone. Its power can come from being created and recited in site-specific environments. In this workshop, participants will be taken around either East Coast Park, MacRitchie Reservoir OR Bishan-Ang Mo Kio* Park to examine how and why man has altered the environment, create an Eco-poem in response to these changes and in groups develop a short 'walking literary trail' around the location, where students will share their poems and any other information about their chosen trail.*Teachers may pick one location OR suggest a different location
Learning Outcomes: In this workshop, participants will identify how and why humans have altered the natural environment, compose an Eco-poem around the location and devise a short reading tour/ trail.
HOW TO DELIVER GREAT STORYTELLING
For: primary, secondary, junior college; 15 - 25 pax
Availability: 2 hours per session; 2 session
Description: What does it take the write and deliver an engaging piece of storytelling? How do we use words and our voices to captivate an audience? In this two-part workshop, participants will examine some examples of performative storytelling, analysing both the text and performative aspects in order to write and later perform their pieces.
Learning Outcomes: In this two-part workshop series, students will identify the elements of how to write a good story and use these elements to write a short story, and then later identify the elements to performing a story and use these elements to devise a short reading of their story.
ABOUT OUR PROGRAMME / OUR WRITERS / OUR WORKSHOPS / OUR CAMP
Book A Writer is Sing Lit Station's workshop-for-schools programme, featuring a roster of Singapore's most important writers at work today. *Do you want to Book A Writer? For enquiries on Cheyenne Alexandria Phillips’ availability and workshop rates in Sing Lit Station's Book A Writer programme, do fill in the form below.