This workshop, led by writer-in-residence Naomi Asaturyan, will be a dedicated space to explore writing from personal experience and memory. No prior writing experience is necessary. We’ll sit down together and with a few prompts from the teaching artist, we will begin writing. At the end of the session, participants will be invited to share…

Find new ways of interacting with well-known natural objects Translating Nature: An Ecopoetic and Print-Making Workshop with Sarah Nance, Nancy Aten, and Dan Collins Ecopoet Sarah Nance will lead a discussion of ecopoetics using examples from early and contemporary American poets. Participants will practice their own version of ecopoetry by interacting in new ways with…

Get started writing by reconnecting with nature in this three-part class FINDING THE MOTHER TREE: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest with Michael Brecke "We abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with…

FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS TO EXPERIENCED WRITERS: CREATE IN RESPONSE TO ART   Write On, Door County is pleased to partner with Miller Art Museum on Art/Speaks, a free writing lab encouraging people to write in response to the images on exhibit. Led by poet Francha Barnard, these 60-minute writing activities are perfect for both beginning and advanced…

Discover inner revelations by examining visual art SELF-REFLECTION WRITING THROUGH EXAMINING AN ART WORK Everyone carries an autobiography within themselves. Discover some inner revelations about yourself by selecting a work of art that speaks to you and write why you selected the work. Unpeel the layers of your preferences, passions and things in the artwork…