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AAPI Yoga & Creative Writing with Seema Reza (Virtual & In-Person @ extendYoga)

extendYoga 12106 Wilkins Ave., North Bethesda, MD, United States +1 more

Held in partnership with extendYoga's Repped: Inclusive Yoga Series for AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) communities. For questions about registration for this workshop, contact our friends at extendYoga at hello@extendYoga.com or call 301-881-3330. In this creative writing and yoga workshop, we’ll practice a short asana flow designed to help us ground, center, and connect with […]

Event Series Online Creative Writing Workshops for Everyone

Comedy Writing Workshop with Amelia Bane in Partnership with Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Easterseals & The Up Center

Zoom Virtual Event

Join comedian Amelia Bane for a comedy writing workshop. Give yourself a break from your routine and take some time to laugh in community. Each workshop, we will read a humor piece and react to it together. After some discussion about technique and what makes comedy writing work, we’ll write our own pieces. We’ll come […]

Event Series Poetic Record: Resilience Workshop for Healthcare Workers

Poetic Record: Resilience Workshop for Healthcare Workers with Laura Van Prooyen

Zoom Virtual Event

Join our community of healthcare workers, where writing offers connection, expression & relief from holding it all together. This free, online workshop led by Laura Van Prooyen, blends poetry, community, and the science of resilience. Each week, Laura selects a poem and together participants read, respond, write and can choose to share. We believe that […]

Event Series Online Visual Art Workshops for Everyone

We Remember: An Online Visual Art Workshop (Session 2) with Veteran Artist Shaun Smith

Zoom Virtual Event

Session 2: Drawing/Painting Portraits Our visual arts workshops in May will be dedicated to creating artwork in honor of Fallen Service Members. Click here to learn more about our May We Remember activities and our call for artwork! More details are forthcoming. Please check back soon. Suggested Supplies: TBA Shaun Smith is a Retired U.S. […]

Event Series Military Voices: A Free Writing Workshop for Active Duty, Veterans & Military Families with Kevin Basl in Partnership with Blue Star Families

Military Voices: A Free Writing Workshop for Active Duty, Veterans & Military Families with Kevin Basl in Partnership with Blue Star Families

Zoom Virtual Event

It's time to tell your story. Blue Star Families has partnered with Community Building Art Works (CBAW) for a virtual creative writing workshop. Writing is a powerful tool for communication, self-discovery, and reflection. Together over Zoom, we’ll read a short piece of writing, see what makes it work, and use it to enter into our […]

Event Series Online Creative Writing Workshops for Everyone

Writing to the Moment: Poems on Current Events with Abby E. Murray — 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 […]

Event Series More Than One Story: An Arts Program for Women & Nonbinary Military & Veterans

More Than One Story: Orientation Session for An Arts Program for Women & Nonbinary Military & Veterans

Zoom Virtual Event

Join Community Building Art Works in a virtual orientation session to learn more about our program for women and non-binary military (Active Duty and Veterans), More Than One Story. Individuals interested in participating in MTOS are required to attend one Orientation Session. Orientations sessions normally take place on the second Tuesday of each month at […]

Event Series More Than One Story: An Arts Program for Women & Nonbinary Military & Veterans

More Than One Story: Orientation Session for An Arts Program for Women & Nonbinary Military & Veterans

Zoom Virtual Event

Join Community Building Art Works in a virtual orientation session to learn more about our program for women and non-binary military (Active Duty and Veterans), More Than One Story. Individuals interested in participating in MTOS are required to attend one Orientation Session. Orientations sessions normally take place on the second Tuesday of each month at […]

Event Series Poetic Record: Resilience Workshop for Healthcare Workers

Poetic Record: Resilience Workshop for Healthcare Workers with Laura Van Prooyen

Zoom Virtual Event

Join our community of healthcare workers, where writing offers connection, expression & relief from holding it all together. This free, online workshop led by Laura Van Prooyen, blends poetry, community, and the science of resilience. Each week, Laura selects a poem and together participants read, respond, write and can choose to share. We believe that […]

Event Series Online Visual Art Workshops for Everyone

We Remember: An Online Visual Art Workshop (Session 3) with Veteran Artist Valerie Acosta

Zoom Virtual Event

Session 3: Mixed/Media & Collage Our visual arts workshops in May will be dedicated to creating artwork in honor of Fallen Service Members. Click here to learn more about our May We Remember activities and our call for artwork! In this session with Veteran Artist Valerie Acosta, we will be talking about how to incorporate […]