Relax, unwind, and set your creative spirit free! This interactive workshop is all about unleashing your inner creative and taking the concept of play to heart. Pulling from the work of creative innovators like Lynda Barry and Austin Kleon, Stacy will lead participants through a series of fun exercises and activities, grounded in play and…

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Summer. Fall. Winter. Spring. Each season tells their own story. Each of us has experienced these seasons as a specific part of our lives. We have experienced the wonder of nature in those seasons throughout our lives. Come join us for three days of remembering the seasons, writing about them, and living them once again…

Summer. Fall. Winter. Spring. Each season tells their own story. Each of us has experienced these seasons as a specific part of our lives. We have experienced the wonder of nature in those seasons throughout our lives. Come join us for three days of remembering the seasons, writing about them, and living them once again…

Food both shapes and reflects our personal, cultural, and social identity. Food connects us to land and the natural world, to animals, farmers, workers, and community. Our food choices say a lot about who we are. To participatte in this session, please bring a favorite recipe or description of a meal or food item that…

Join the editors of The Long and Short of It literary journal for a short discussion bollowed by a generative workshop and unique publishing opportunity. What is Vocation of Location? It can be many things, but those answers tend to be personal and wide-ranging. Yet a sense of place can hold immense meaning within writing…

The ekphrastic practices traditionally feature a writer, usually a poet, using the artistic experience of viewing a piece of visual art as a starting point for their writing, often beginning with description. Teaching artist Linda Michel-Cassidy is interested in working with a more expansive notion, i.e., those conversations moving back and forth between a wider…

Dialogue is so important to the scenes we write, whether in a screenplay or a short story. It can communicate the tone of the story, move the plot forward, express important information, reveal insights into our characters, and make the world come to life. In this session, we’ll learn about the different roles dialogue can…

Join Door County Poets Laureate, Carrie and Peter Sherrill, for Art/Speaks at Miller Art Museum. Explore the art on exhibit and discover something to write in response to.  Held at various venues throughout the county, these 60-minute writing activities are perfect for both beginning and advanced writers in any genre. About Art/Speaks: The practice of using words to…

Join Door County Poets Laureate, Carrie and Peter Sherrill, for Art/Speaks at Kress Pavilion. Explore the art on exhibit and discover something to write in response to.  Held at various venues throughout the county, these 60-minute writing activities are perfect for both beginning and advanced writers in any genre. About Art/Speaks: The practice of using words to comment…