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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.
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 […]
Join this workshop for beginners and learn the basics of crocheting to create a scarf from our wonderful guest facilitator, veteran and artist Lesley Mose. Suggested Supplies: One US size K (6.5mm) crochet hook One yarn needle or tapestry needle One pair of scissors 300 Yards (One or Two skeins) of worsted weight yarn (4 […]
Do you have a story aching to be told? Do you wonder how to start, or what makes a "memoir" more than just a collection of stories? Come to this workshop and leave with an actionable outline, resources, and next steps for starting and finishing your book! Join Anne Kiehl Friedman, author of the best-selling […]
No experience required! If you can think, you can write. In this creative writing workshop, we'll consider writing as a tool for communication, expression, and relief from holding it all together. Join us. Seema Reza is the author of the books A Constellation of Half-Lives and When the World Breaks Open. She is the CEO […]
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 […]
Last month, Veteran Artist Shaun Smith started participants on a 3-part project for fall. In this second part, he will show you how to take a thumbnail sketch and draw it onto the raw canvas, and then start the painting process of creating an autumn landscape. If you missed part one, there is still time […]
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 […]
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 […]
No experience required! If you can think, you can write. In this creative writing workshop, we'll consider writing as a tool for communication, expression, and relief from holding it all together. Join us. Seema Reza is the author of the books A Constellation of Half-Lives and When the World Breaks Open. She is the CEO […]
A workshop for facilitators who teach during difficult times, with author and Transformative Language Artist Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg. As writers, creatives, and facilitators, we all face moments when it's difficult to be fully present in facilitating life-living workshops, especially when the interior landscape of our stories and challenges or the exterior landscape of our culture overwhelm, […]
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 […]
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 […]