All workshops are listed in Eastern Time.
Unless specifically noted, our programs are free, virtual and suited for participants ages 16+. For further details about what to expect from our workshops, including accessibility options, and registration & Zoom instructions, click here.
A special creative sanctuary hosted by CBAW Facilitators in honor of Memorial Day, featuring this year's Digital Exhibit. This Memorial Day, join us for a special Creative Sanctuary which offers a welcoming space for art, writing, meditation, and meaningful connection. Bring a project you’re working on or something that inspires you to share with the […]
In this 90-minute workshop with Veteran Artist Renee’, participants will learn how to create their own acrylic mediums! Below are options for various textures. Please bring your open mind, soul and creativity! This class is about being free and learning how to incorporate DIY textures in your art. Suggested Supplies: Mixing containers Pallet knife Substrate […]
A virtual workshop for all those who have served in the military, their families, and caregivers, on how to get work published with literary agent, Jessica Berg. On Thursday, June 12th at 7pm EST, join author and literary agent Jessica Berg for The Writer’s Next Step: From Creation to Submission, a virtual workshop on publishing […]
Creative writing is a tool for knowing yourself, understanding the world, and connecting with other people. Led by author Seema Reza and accomplished guest writers—including poets, memoirists, novelists, and storytellers—these generative community workshops follow the model developed by Community Building Art Works (CBAW) over the course of a decade of bringing people together in military […]
Join artist Liz Lockett for a workshop that will explore using a sketchbook or journal to record and explore the natural world around us. No previous experience needed. Just bring your supplies (suggested below) and creativity! Suggested Supplies: Pencil and/or Pen Paper and/or Sketchbook Two or three small plants or flowers from outside. Nature Journaling […]
Creative writing is a tool for knowing yourself, understanding the world, and connecting with other people. Led by author Seema Reza and accomplished guest writers—including poets, memoirists, novelists, and storytellers—these generative community workshops follow the model developed by Community Building Art Works (CBAW) over the course of a decade of bringing people together in military […]
Artist, educator, and A Field Guide to Color / The Color Meditation Deck author Lisa Solomon shares her unfettered enthusiasm for color in this experience. She developed and coined the term color mediation - where you slow down and feel the benefits of meditation via painting. First, you'll familiarize yourself with your palette. Lisa will […]
Join author and poet, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, for a fundraising workshop benefiting Mission Belonging. Facilitating arts-based workshops, can help us transform flurries of freak-outs, bouts of despair, and stretches of hopeless into a more generous, expansive, and even joyful experience of what’s possible — for both workshop participants and facilitators. This is especially essential in our […]
Writing into the Self Through the Chakras is a creative writing workshop merging chakra meditation and writing as a way to tap into the deeper parts of the self in order to bring their voices to the page. The workshop will explore the seven chakras through colors and mantras that will also serve as writing […]
Join author of Well, I Didn't See That Coming: My Journey from the CIA to Life with Post-Concussion Syndrome, Kathryn Roche for Memoir Writing: What's the Story? on Thursday, August 7th at 7 PM EST. Kathryn Roche, whose memoir was published in May, will discuss the memoir-writing process—including finding your voice and figuring out where […]
Artist Trading Cards are a way to exchange art with other artists. There are very few rules; the substrate is 3.5”x2.5”, normally the backs are signed, dated, titled, etc. & they are never sold, just traded. You can use any medium to decorate your cards. This is a fun way to try new techniques, reuse […]
Creative writing is a tool for knowing yourself, understanding the world, and connecting with other people. Led by author Seema Reza and accomplished guest writers—including poets, memoirists, novelists, and storytellers—these generative community workshops follow the model developed by Community Building Art Works (CBAW) over the course of a decade of bringing people together in military […]