Youth outreach

Bodies of Work Paris aims to provide open spaces for young Parisians to develop their artistic talent and confidence in performance. Whether it’s a BoW-created event or opportunities from other reputable organizations, you can find information and links below.

Perform

Open Mic Ravel

An open mic event for Parisian youth poets and performers that creates a bilingual stage for students.
Check out Ravel’s Instagram profile here.

Poets in the hood

15 March 2025
BoW members were judges at a student poetry recital competition organised by Poets in the Hood, held at Lycee Montaigne in Paris 6eme. A wonderful morning supporting, and being wowed by, the future generation of artistic talent.

We were delighted to connect with Theatre Traverse, a French-English bilingual theatre company in Courbevoie.

Create

YAFF is a short story writing contest curated by the American Library in Paris for young authors who write in English and live in France, and is free to enter. All students in Kindergarten/Grande Section through 12th Grade/Terminale are invited to participate. Winners will be chosen in each grade. Click here for more information.