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VIRTUAL IPRC: Guided Visualization for Inner Exploration Workshop #1

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Guided Visualizations for Inner Exploration Workshop #1: Exploring fear and overwhelm during times of uncertainty In this Future Feels workshop series, facilitated by Grace Mervin, we will be deepening our understanding of our emotions, our creativity, and ourselves through guided visualizations and reflective prompts. The first in this series of workshops will focus on exploring fear and overwhelm. Link to Zoom meetup here Link to Guided Visualization Handout #1 here Link to facebook event to rsvp here $5-15 Suggested Donation: Venmo @endoplazmic

Free – $15

Spring 2020 Online: Starting The Story: Short Fiction workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

This 4 -week short fiction workshop will focus on generating new work and simply getting words down on a page.  We will read excerpts, share just-written work aloud, and discuss assigned weekly readings together. We will investigate ways to unearth material together and share strategies for maintaining a regular writing practice. Participants will leave will many fragments and several starts for new work.  This class takes place through Zoom. Participants will receive instructions on how to log on to the Zoom meetings. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions. SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE: Scholarships pay for the entire class tuition. All of our writing classes have at least one scholarship position available, made possible by a generous gift from Dennis Steinman. To apply, email Susan…

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$175

The Work Poetry Workshop: Monday Night Zoom Edition

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

NOTE: Due to the restrictions to keep us safe from the Coronavirus, The Work will continue as a remote workshop via Zoom. Please email Christopher Luna at christopherjluna@gmail.com by 4 pm on Monday, April 6 if you would like to participate. Also, please share this event with others who might be interested. The cost for the workshop is a suggested donation to Christopher Luna's PayPal account. Suggested means that we would like for you to join us regardless of whether or not you can afford it right now. If any more than six writers register for the workshop, we may add another session on another date. Image: The Work, collage by Christopher Luna Join us on Monday, April 6 & 20 for The Work, a…

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Free – $20

VIRTUAL IPRC: Elementary Art Club

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Zoom meetup link here Sue Pezanoski Browne will be hosting Elementary Art Club meet-ups to lead young artists and writers through activities you can do at home. Sue has a list of fun projects listed at https://lafratneyart.blogspot.com and is asking students to tell us which projects they’d like to try together. Let us know in the comments of the FB event! Some supplies it’s good to have on hand: – old magazines – scissors – glue – plastic grocery bags – paper – pencils and pens for drawing – recycled cardboard boxes (cereal, crackers, etc.) – string/yarn – peeled crayons – watercolors If you’re in need of any supplies & in Portland, an IPRC staff member can deliver them to you! Email info@iprc.org.

Free

Spring 2020 Online: Short Story Crash Course

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

A four week online fiction class. Draft a short story in four weeks.  Each week’s session in this asynchronous online class combines generative writing to help cultivate ideas for plot and character with workshop feedback to assist in developing story arc, structure, and sensory details.  By the end of the month, you will have completed the first draft of a short story and created a plan for revision. This class will take place online, using Wet Ink, a popular online platform for classes. Registered students will receive a link to access the class four days before it starts. Please note: Wet Ink is different from Zoom for online classes in that there is not a “live” option. Students do not “attend” class at a set…

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$180

Virtual IPRC / Lunch Poems: Beginnings

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Inspired by Frank O’Hara’s Lunch Poems, and his  tendency to write while on lunch breaks, this workshop series is meant to provide creative diversion during your lunch hours. For the first series, we’ll be discussing and composing beginnings: how to begin, memorable first lines, and various procedures for getting into a poem. We’ll read poems and excerpts from Renee Gladman, Chelsey Minnis, Heather Christle, Matthew Rohrer, Natalie Diaz, Inger Christensen, Etel Adnan and others. This workshop is free, though registration is limited to 10 people. Meetings will take place via zoom. Register for the workshop here. Participants will be emailed a link for the zoom meetup the week of the first meeting.

Free

Virtual IPRC: Poetic Divination

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Poetic Divination: generating language to manifest. In this workshop, we will create a space for creativity and vulnerability through questions, prompts and the use of divination tools. We will create language that can be shaped into a poem, a message, or manifestation within these times of great uncertainty.

Free

VIRTUAL Risograph Basics with Outlet!

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Welcome to our Risograph Basics course: a printing, collage, experimentation, and mark making extravaganza! Get to know Outlet and our RISO sisters (Barbara, Janet, Corita, and Tina) and learn the basics of this fun and unique print method with Kate Bingaman-Burt! IMPORTANT: Due to social distancing this class will be taught virtually via Zoom—more info on that below! About the Workshop: Want to learn what Risograph printing is? Want to meet others who do too? Join us to learn all about the basics of the Risograph in our two-color introduction workshop. The workshop will kick off with a Show & Tell of exactly what a Risograph can do with a printing demo, print and zine samples and a general exploration of how we can get the best results from this…

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$15 – $100
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