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Event Series Online Visual Art Workshops for Everyone

Drawing Upside Down: A Low-Pressure Sketchbook Practice! – An Online Visual Art Workshop with Melissa Dettloff

Zoom Virtual Event

Drawing Upside Down: A Low-Pressure Sketchbook Practice! with Melissa Dettloff In this workshop, we’ll delve into the world of drawing upside down – a joyful, stress-free sketchbook practice using inverted source imagery that promises surprising (and sometimes hilarious) results. Whether you're a seasoned artist, an aspiring creative, or somewhere in between, all skill levels are […]

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

Exploring Liquid Charcoal: Adding Color – An Online Visual Art Workshop with Veteran Artist Shaun Smith

Zoom Virtual Event

Exploring Liquid Charcoal: Adding Color In March & April, Veteran Artist Shaun Smith introduced us to the medium of liquid charcoal, and how white charcoal & gouache can bring out the artwork's highlights. In this final workshop featuring liquid charcoal, Shaun will show participants how color can be added to the medium. Together, we will […]

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

The Seasons Change Us: Calling to the Sun with author Hari Alluri – 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: 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 […]

Event Series Online Creative Writing Workshops for Everyone

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 […]

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

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 […]