T2
TERM 2 is HERE!
We are back with a new exciting lineup of workshops led by amazing professors. Please see this term's workshop descriptions and info below:
NATURE
Be one with nature as she is one with you.
This 5 day workshop aims to put you back in touch with the environment and find inspiration from your natural surroundings. In this digital world, we often tend to take the authenticity of nature for granted. We forget that we would cease to exist without it and it’s gifts. So this is the opportunity to really pay attention to every inch of your surroundings as they stimulate your senses and paint beautiful scenes with your words and poetry.
𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞: 𝐀𝐮𝐠 𝟏𝟕 - 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠 𝟐𝟐𝐧𝐝
JUSTICE
Let's push society towards the right side of justice and history poetically.
Participants will spend 6 days identifying their poetic protest voice. You will be challenged to research chants, speeches, and movements to inform your writing while focusing on the activist movement that inspires you most.
𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠 𝟐𝟑𝐫𝐝
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞: 𝐀𝐮𝐠 𝟐𝟒 - 𝟐𝟗𝐭𝐡
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠 𝟑𝟎𝐭𝐡
MEDIUM
Nothing is new under the sun but the way you interpret then present it can be.
This 5 day workshop aims to put you back in touch with the environment and find inspiration from your natural surroundings. In this digital world, we often tend to take the authenticity of nature for granted. We forget that we would cease to exist without it and it’s gifts. So this is the opportunity to really pay attention to every inch of your surroundings as they stimulate your senses and paint beautiful scenes with your words and poetry.
𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟑𝟎𝐭𝐡
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞: 𝐀𝐮𝐠 𝟑𝟏 - 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟒𝐭𝐡
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟓𝐭𝐡
FORM |Structure
Need to shake up your writing style or are you bored with free verse, then pack up your toolbox with this workshop as we explore poetic forms.
This 5-day workshop is focused on building poems with the use of traditional and new poetic forms. We will look at a number of poetic forms and will even study some of our favorites to make forms out of them. If you want to learn more about the history of poetic forms, their traditional uses, and how to maybe even bend the rules in your work, this is the workshop for you.
𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟔𝐭𝐡
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞: 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟕 - 𝟏𝟏𝐭𝐡
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐡
BLEED |Open Wounds
Bleed out poetry to reach healing from the insidious pain that has gone unforgiven.
Forgiveness is a band-aid that allows hurt, pain, and trauma to heal, but it is one of the hardest things for people to do. This 5-day workshop will poetically confront the open wounds that exist within our lives to reach a state of forgiveness in these experiences. The objective is to guide students through the process of identifying, understanding, and forgiving people who caused harm, especially ourselves.
𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞: 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟏𝟒 - 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡
FORM |Rhymes
For lovers of rhyming poetry - unleash your lyricism.
A 5-day workshop introducing and exploring traditional and new forms of rhyming poetry. Each day there will be different rhyming forms to try. If you love writing rhymes or want to give them a go this course will introduce formal structures to challenge and enhance your poetry.
𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞: 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝟏 - 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝟔𝐭𝐡
MOIST|Deepen
Express your sensual, sexual sincerity in every word.
Erotica is an expression of our carnal cravings in the best way! During this 3 day workshop students will own the truth of their desires and express it poetically. The objective is to guide students through the process of acknowledging, accepting and celebrating themselves as sexual beings.
𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝟒𝐭𝐡
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞: 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝟓 - 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭 𝟑𝐫𝐝
MUSE
Allow your poetry to paint and sculpt the things you see.
If you pay attention to the world around you, anything can become a muse for your words. This 5-day workshop will transform your pen into a brush that you will use to paint a variety of things with your words. The objective is to allow you to isolate a variety of things from the world, using vision, to create poetry on pages that detail each subject; in the same way that an artist paints a still life or muse onto a canvas.
𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞: 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝟖 - 𝐎𝐜𝐭 𝟐𝐧𝐝
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭 𝟑𝐫𝐝
EMBODY
Enter, experience, and animate another body.
This 4 day workshop will challenge you to step out of your own skin and explore the emotions, senses and experiences of another Object/Person/Place/Thing. Have you ever wondered what your clothes would tell you if they spoke? Have you imagined what it must feel like to be sentenced for life? What are the troubles of a toothbrush? And does your childhood cradle miss you? Explore the answers to questions like this and more as you embark on a surreal journey of personification and poetry.
𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭 𝟒𝐭𝐡
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞: 𝐎𝐜𝐭 𝟓 - 𝟗𝐭𝐡
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡
PLATÕNICOS
Explore and define the hidden intimacy of platonic love.
PLATÕNICOS is a poetry workshop that will force you to evaluate and muse about platonic relationships, platonic love, and platonic admiration. With emphasis on intimacy and how it is not only for the bounds of romance or sex, we will challenge and defy notions that “platonic” is just another way to say “surface-level”. Explore the depths of your friendships, work connections, and even the brief encounter with the stranger on the street.
𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭 𝟏𝟏𝐭𝐡
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞: 𝐎𝐜𝐭 𝟏𝟐 - 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡