Workshops

Utilizing a teaching method he perfected in the Pacific Northwest, George Wallace will stimulate your writing through exercises based on re-discovering and using your imaginative skills. This one day, two-hour workshop encourages you to play with language and practice your skill at triggering ideas for new poems, in a friendly group setting. Imagination-based poetry moves […]

Inde-Script-Able Places: Living Creatively in between Cultures and Conflicts on Thursday, March 6, 2008, 6 to 9:30 p.m. How now shall we live in this world where borders are disintegrating and cultures are colliding? This expressive arts workshop will explore how we can collectively re-frame local and global conflicts through an imaginative and engaged response.

Local poet Barbara Garro sent this in about a great resource for poets who want to share their work and get feedback from their peers. Attention all Poets who want 45 minutes of sharing and critique in a professional setting! Saratoga Springs Poet, Barbara Garro, offers a monthly, Third Wednesday morning from 9 a.m. to

It looks like the most recent post on Dan Wilcox’s blog (about low attendance at the latest “Community of Writers” event sponsored by the Hudson Valley Writers Guild) has touched off a big discussion on the state of poetry and spoken word in the area.  There are a lot of different ideas and thoughts on the local poetry

This one day workshop will take place on Saturday, October 27 is sponsored by the Lake George Arts Project. The workshop will be held at the Arts Project Courthouse Gallery located at the side entrance of the County Courthouse Building on Main St. in Lake George Village from 10:00a.m. – 2:30p.m. with a short break

Deepening Our Connections Through Poetry is a new workshop series that will be taking place on Tuesday evenings from October 23 – November 20, 5:30-7:00 p.m. in Saratoga Springs led by Susan Jefts, MS and published poet. A group for exploring, through poetry, the depth and beauty of autumn, both in the external landscape and our own internal

The Adirondack Center for Writing has had a VERY busy season. Check out these upcoming programs. This fall is PACKED with outstanding literary events, and taking place all over the region. Visit our website, www.adirondackcenterforwriting.org, for even more listings. October 14, 2007 – The Chronicle Book FairAnnual book fair featuring regional authors, readings and panels.

Palm Beach Poetry Festival, in partnership with Old School Square Cultural Arts Center in the heart of Delray Beach, Florida, is proud to present the fourth annual festival featuring six days of readings, lectures and workshops.  From January 21 – 26, 2008  at the Old School Square Cultural Arts Center, a national historic site blocks from the

If you’re a big John Ashbery fan, you won’t want to miss the celebration at Bard College September 14-16. Details in this Bard College press release: On September 14–16, to celebrate Ashbery’s 80th birthday and his remarkable career as a poet, critic, editor, and translator, Bard will host “This Feeling of Exaltation,” a weekend of

Writing from Art and Architecture at Albany City Hall, Saturday, September 8 Guided Tour by Assemblyman John J. McEneny  from 10 AM – 11 AM.  The guided tour is free and may be taken without attending the writing workshop; reservations suggested. Writing from Art & Architecture Workshop with Dan Wilcox from 11:15 AM – 1