Strathmore: Online Creative Writing Workshops
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Thursday, Jan 21, 2021 7pm
Details
NOW ONLINE!
Creative Writing Workshops
Presented by Community Building Art Works
in Partnership with Strathmore
Creative writing is a tool for knowing yourself, understanding the world, and connecting with other people. Led by author Seema Reza and accomplished guest writers—including poets, memoirists, novelists, and storytellers—these community workshops follow the model developed by Community Building Art Works over the course of a decade of bringing people together in military and hospital settings. Each workshop is designed to help participants put their personal stories on paper in a supportive environment.
Whether you’re just starting out or have been writing for years, you are welcome; no experience is required. Bring a pen, a notebook, and an open mind!
Upcoming Virtual Workshops
Honing the Muse
With Yesenia Montilla
Thu, January 21, 7pm
Throughout history, the muses have been forever present in the work of the artist. These muses, whether gods or real people, would manifest creativity without boundaries and with innovation that reshaped the artist’s world. In this workshop, Montilla will lead a discussion of poems that might invoke the muse. We will pay close attention to how inspiration has evolved and how we can find our muses and tap into them to create writing that challenges and surprises us. This workshop is generative and writing intensive. Bring your good pen and your favorite notebook and be set free. There will be time to share participant work.
About the Author
Yesenia Montilla is an Afro-Latina poet and a daughter of immigrants. Her poetry has appeared in Gulf Coast, Prairie Schooner, and others. She received her MFA from Drew University and is a CantoMundo graduate fellow. Her first collection, The Pink Box, was longlisted for a PEN award in 2016. Her second collection, Muse Found in a Colonized Body, is forthcoming (Four Way Books, 2022).
About Seema Reza
Seema Reza is the author of the poetry collection A Constellation of Half-Lives and the memoir When the World Breaks Open. Reza has led writing workshops within correctional facilities, military and civilian hospitals, and schools. She is the Executive Director of Community Building Art Works, a unique arts organization that encourages the use of the arts as a tool for narration, self-care, and socialization among a military population struggling with emotional and physical injuries.
Stay tuned for more details on February through June workshops!
