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Attic Institute: Craft of Memoir Workshop w Brian Benson – FULL — WAIT LIST ONLY

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

“For who will testify, who will accurately describe our lives if we do not do it ourselves?” ~ Faye Moskowitz Whether you're just getting started or looking to improve your work-in-progress, this new workshop will help you translate your personal experiences into a vivid, absorbing memoir. Through a mix of discussion, guided exercises and peer critique, we'll explore the many ways to pull compelling, relatable stories from one's life story, and we'll read and discuss a wide variety of memoir for inspiration and insight. Students will leave the workshop with many reading recommendations and writing resources. | Maximum 12 students Register for this workshop NOTE: To protect everyone during the COVID-19 pandemic, we're offering our workshops via Zoom. All students must first sign up for a free Zoom account.…

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$215 – $242

November Origami Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Come and fold with an IPRC member/volunteer & origami instructor/author, Yuki Martin on Zoom! You will need either origami paper*, or regular copy paper cut down to the dimensions of a square. All ages & skill levels are welcome. Materials needed: origami paper (6″x 6″) or copy paper cut down to those dimensions, and a cutting tool, if using copy paper. *Origami paper can be picked up at the IPRC. Coordinate with hquinn@iprc.org to pick origami paper up. Register here, and zoom link will be sent on the day of the workshop.

Free

Submission Deadline: Tin House Winter Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Due to COVID-19 and our continued commitment to keeping our communities safe, the 2021 Winter Workshop will take place virtually from January 14-18, 2021, and will feature workshops in nonfiction, novel, poetry, and short fiction. General Applicants: Apply Here. Scholarship Applicants: Apply Here. Tin House is offering a limited number of application fee waivers this year for those whose income or employment has been affected by COVID-19. We will be distributing these waivers on a first-come, first-serve basis. Payment plans are also available for the $25 application fee and tuition. More info here.

$25

Write Around Portland: Bi-Monthly BIPOC Online Writing Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

For people who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Color (BIPOC). 2nd & 4th Friday of every month from 4 to 5:30 pm, Free. Workshops are held via Zoom. Pre-registration is required. Registration opens the 1st of the month every month. Pre-register for our 2nd Friday workshop here. Pre-register for our 4th Friday workshop here. Click here for more workshop details.

Free

Intro to collage with Rob Lewis!

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join the PSUGD AIGA for a collage workshop lead by Kamp Grizzly Art Director, Rob Lewis (@trillmurray). This workshop is about exploring relationships between different sources of visual material and experimenting with composition in a purely intuitive way. Rob Lewis is an artist, art director and educator living and working in Portland, Oregon. Join us, Sunday, November 15th from 1:00 to 2:00PM hosted on Zoom. Registration is free and open to the public! Register below: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intro-to-collage-with-rob-lewis-tickets-128429629479

Free

Poetry Workshop with Doc Luben

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a poetry writing workshop with our dear friend, Doc Luben! This is a free workshop with an opportunity to tip the workshop leader for their time. Workshop Description: This workshop series will focus on writing about your personal journey and day-to-day challenges, with an emphasis on magic-realism and extended metaphor, and on poetry as a means of storytelling. Doc Luben has been a featured poet at diverse venues throughout North America, from coffee shops to colleges to ComicCons. They have been featured at Button Poetry, the Phoenix Comic-Con, Write About Now, and the California Institute Of The Arts. Doc has produced three poetry collections, including Love Letters or Suicide Notes. They know secrets only robots know. They have represented Portland, OR at…

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Free

Attic Institute: Read a Poem, Write a Poem Workshop III w Matthew Dickman

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Three-hour workshop where we give a special poem a deep reading and conversation, then generate our own poem. Register for this workshop NOTE: To protect everyone during the COVID-19 pandemic, we're offering our workshops via Zoom. All students must first sign up for a free Zoom account. Setting it up is easy. And we can help you with questions, if needed. For each class, you'll receive a Zoom "invitation," from the instructor. Click the link...follow the simple directions about the settings for your microphone and in-computer video, and you're immediately in the "room" for the workshop. For critique workshops, instructors will communicate with students about the process of sharing work. For more generative workshops, students will be writing together while on Zoom. Teacher: Matthew Dickman Time: Monday, Nov 16, 5:30 - 8:30pm (Pacific Time)…

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$65 – $83

November BIPOC Writer Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

For BIPOC writers Searching for a space to create new work with fellow BIPOC writers? This two-hour workshop meets on Zoom. A variety of prompts will be presented as avenues for generating and sharing new work in an informal setting. Open to BIPOC writers at all levels writing in poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. Scholarships are available. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org for more information. Jacqueline Fitzgerald is an educator, coach, and writer who strives to lead through a love ethic and believes in the power of stories to change hearts and minds. Her writing has been published in the Oregonian, The Learning Network of the New York Times, and Beacon Magazine. Currently, she is working on a speculative future novel exploring intergenerational experiences of survival…

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$15

Poetry Workshop with Risa Mykland

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a Poetry workshop lead by Risa Mykland! This is a free workshop with an opportunity to tip Risa for their time. Workshop info: Risa Mykland (she/they) will be leading a workshop theming around writing about a simple personal experience and using it to illustrate a much larger story from your life. There will be an opportunity in the workshop to individually listen to a song (preferably one you know really well), so if you want to decide on that song before the workshop feel free to. You will also have time to choose it during the workshop. Come prepared with some way to take words down (ex. notebook + pen, phone notes app, laptop document), optionally a song, and your wonderful self.…

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Free

Write Around Portland: Bi-Monthly BIPOC Online Writing Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

For people who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Color (BIPOC). 2nd & 4th Friday of every month from 4 to 5:30 pm, Free. Workshops are held via Zoom. Pre-registration is required. Registration opens the 1st of the month every month. Pre-register for our 2nd Friday workshop here. Pre-register for our 4th Friday workshop here. Click here for more workshop details.

Free
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