How to Talk and Write About Your Work

In this workshop participants learn what to say (and not say) when presenting a portfolio, with a body of writing that forms a foundation for artist statements and other documents, plus an array of great responses to the question, “What do you photograph?”
Emotions into Photographs and Text

Create a personal project that pairs photography and text—and, in the process, deepens your relationship to both.
Improving Your Writing and Submitting to Magazines & Book Publishers

Improve your draft of an existing written piece plus the know-how and assurance to submit it for publication.
Memoir: Taking Your Story to the Next Level

The real artistry of prose writing is the translation of the emotional stakes of a story onto its physical landscape.
Senses Working Overtime: Writing with Joy

Indulge each of your senses and put them into living words with the guidance of best-selling author Luis Alberto Urrea.
Shape, Grow, and Improve Your Manuscript

Explore the stages of manuscript building, shaping, and improving what we think we have and what we know we have — all of the strengths and weaknesses that exist on the page and what to do about it.
Visual Poetry

Bring calm and creativity into your world through the pursuit of poetry. Join Kristina for an enriching opportunity to experiment, learn new ways to approach writing, and see yourself as part of a community of innovative working poets.
Path to Book Publishing

Peruse three different publishing paths and craft a step-by-step plan to realize your dream of becoming a published author.
Experimental Creative Nonfiction

Jump into the middle on the recent eruption of interest in creative nonfiction by joining Montse and other writers to push the traditional boundaries of the genre.
Food as a Doorway to Memory: A Memoir Workshop

Unlock your most fertile memories and explore how the sensory details of food can be used as tools for storytelling.