Events

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.

Creative Sanctuary: A Creative Arts & Meditative Space Held by CBAW Facilitators and Community Members.

Zoom Virtual Event

Join us for an afternoon of respite on Monday, January 20th 12pm-1pm EST. Creative Sanctuary offers a welcoming space for art, writing, meditation, and meaningful connection. Whether you’re an artist, writer, or simply seeking a moment of calm, this workshop is for you. Held by CBAW facilitators and community members, this event invites you to […]

Online Visual Art Workshops for Everyone

Crafting Remembrance: Pinecones to Poppies – An Online Visual Art Workshop with Veteran Artist Stephen McCombs

Zoom Virtual Event

Discover the art of remembrance in our special workshop with Veteran Artist Stephen McCombs. Steve will be teaching us how to craft poppies from reclaimed pinecones as we honor the fallen. This session is a blend of creativity and tribute, a chance to express and remember. Suggested Supplies: Pinecones Scissors Acrylic Paint Wire or pipe […]

Online Creative Writing Workshops for Everyone

A Conversation with What Haunts You: An Online Creative Writing Workshop with author Cathy Linh Che in Partnership with Strathmore

Zoom Virtual Event

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 […]

Intro to Music – An Online Music Workshop with Wytold

Zoom Virtual Event

Used to play an instrument but it's been a long time? Always wanted to try to learn an instrument or write a song, but not sure where to start? Join cellist and composer Wytold and get started (instruments welcome but not required). This 90-minute workshop will be recorded and a link to the recording will […]

Glowing in the Dark 2024: A Winter Solstice Virtual Reading & Gathering

Zoom Virtual Event

Join CBAW for Glowing in the Dark, our annual winter solstice reading. Hosted by Hari Alluri and Seema Reza, featuring readings from writers whose work sustains us, helps us to balance the light and darkness in both bright and difficult times. Featuring readings by... Jay Anderson Anne Barlieb Aaron Caycedo-Kimura Diana Colon Teri Ellen Cross […]

Online Creative Writing Workshops for Everyone

Your Writing Out Loud: An Online Creative Writing Workshop with author Rosamond S. King in Partnership with Strathmore

Zoom Virtual Event

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 […]

Online Visual Art Workshops for Everyone

Sketching Faces — An Online Visual Art Workshop with National Museum of Health and Medicine’s Elizabeth Lockett

Zoom Virtual Event

Explore the anatomy and features of the face using pencil and paper. We will use some basic drawing techniques and some basic anatomy to learn how the muscle and bone under the skin inform what we see on the surface. Paper and any drawing tool you are comfortable with are all that is required. Pencils, […]

Online Creative Writing Workshops for Everyone

Coming Clean: How to Tell the Truth with Susanna Sonnenberg — An Online Creative Writing Workshop in Partnership with Strathmore

Zoom Virtual Event

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 […]

Creative Sanctuary: A Creative Arts & Meditative Space Held by CBAW Facilitators and Community Members.

Zoom Virtual Event

Join us for an afternoon of respite on Monday, January 20th 12pm-1pm EST. Creative Sanctuary offers a welcoming space for art, writing, meditation, and meaningful connection. Whether you’re an artist, writer, or simply seeking a moment of calm, this workshop is for you. Held by CBAW facilitators and community members, this event invites you to […]

Online Visual Art Workshops for Everyone

Just Imagine: Liquitex Acrylic Mediums — An Online Visual Art Workshop with Brandy Antonio (in partnership with Plaza Art & Liquitex)

Zoom Virtual Event

Thanks to our friends at Plaza for connecting us with Brandy Antonio from Liquitex for this workshop. When it comes to acrylics, Liquitex started it all in 1955. In this demonstration, attendees will be introduced to the acrylic brand that has been at the forefront of innovation for 70 years. As the #1 acrylic in […]

Poetry of the Heart Chakra: A Writing & Yoga Pop-Up Workshop with Sarah Martin

Zoom Virtual Event

Poetry of the Heart Chakra: A Writing & Yoga Pop-Up Workshop with Sarah Martin About This Workshop The Poetry of the Chakras is a somatic, creative writing workshop merging poetry, yoga, and meditation to nurture spiritual blossoming. This special edition workshop will guide participants on a journey through heart chakra, drawing on Black and Indigenous […]

Online Creative Writing Workshops for Everyone

Memory as Lyric, as Inheritance with Nathan Xavier Osorio — An Online Creative Writing Workshop in Partnership with Strathmore

Zoom Virtual Event

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 […]