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 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 […]

Event Series Online Creative Writing Workshops for Everyone

Creative Writing Workshop with Shuly Xóchitl Cawood

Zoom Virtual Event

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. Shuly Xóchitl Cawood is the author of several books, including the flash essay collection WHAT THE FORTUNE TELLER WOULD HAVE SAID, winner of […]

Event Series Online Visual Art Workshops for Everyone

Painting with Fall Colors – Part Three: Finishing Touches & Review — An Online Visual Art Workshop with Veteran Artist Shaun Smith

Zoom Virtual Event

In this final installment for our three-part project on painting with fall colors, Veteran artist Shaun Smith will instruct the group on adding in some finishing touches and going through an overview of the project. As always, participants are welcome to follow along with Shaun or bring anything you'd like to work on of your […]

Event Series 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 […]

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 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 […]

Event Series Online Visual Art Workshops for Everyone

Holiday Prints — An Online Visual Art Workshop with Veteran Artist Valerie Acosta

Zoom Virtual Event

This week join Veteran Artist Valerie Acosta and learn to make a fun and easy holiday print with artist tape and gouache. You can also use this technique to make your own holiday cards. Suggested Supplies: Watercolor paper Gouache or watercolors Artist tape or washi tape Markers and pens Valerie Acosta served in the United […]

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 […]

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 […]