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.

Event Series Offline & Hybrid Events

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

extendYoga 12106 Wilkins Ave., North Bethesda, MD, United States

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. No experience required! If you can think, you can write. In this creative writing and yoga workshop, we'll practice a short asana […]

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

Inner Child Play – An Online Visual Art Workshop with Imani Shanklin Roberts

Zoom Virtual Event

Inner Child Play with Imani Shanklin Roberts Participants will have the opportunity to create a piece inspired by the whims of their inner child. Using materials of their choice participants will explore play and process and relinquish control and perfectionism. This workshop will be an opportunity to resurface the needs and desires of our inner […]

The Highway of Thought: A CBAW Memorial Day Event with David Hilliard

Zoom Virtual Event

A Special Presentation and Artist Talk in honor of Memorial Day, featuring the acclaimed photographer. This Memorial Day, join us for a special artist talk by photographer David Hilliard. For decades, David Hilliard and his father Raymond, a U.S. Navy Veteran, collaborated on The Dad Series. The pair had even made plans for what the […]

More Than One Story: 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 take place on the second Tuesday of each month at 12 […]

Creative Writing Workshop with Ben Weakley in Partnership with Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Easterseals & The Up Center

Zoom Virtual Event

Join us for a generative creative writing workshop where we use the written and spoken word to find healing and self-discovery together in a welcoming, safe community. Open to all voices. No experience necessary. Ben Weakley spent fourteen years in the U.S. Army, beginning with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and finishing at a desk […]

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

Open Art Studio – An Online Visual Art Workshop with Veteran Artist Joe Merritt

Zoom Virtual Event

Come hang out in a collaborative group setting and bring anything you want to work on, in any medium. Often times we view art making as a singular experience, communicating through visual expression often starts at the planning and early stages. In this workshop we will be nurturing this practice. Suggested Supplies: Anything you want […]

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 […]