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Art Saves Lives: Creating Who I Am — by Valerie Acosta
In preparation for this essay, I looked through my collection of half-finished journals. In the neon-colored “Ballerina Bunnies” Lisa Frank notebook that haphazardly documents my teenage life, I found this entry from 1996:I CAN’T SLEEP. Why has Hypnos condemned me? ...
Back Down Memory Lane with author Teri Ellen Cross Davis – Online Creative Writing Workshop in Partnership with Strathmore
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...
Art Saves Lives: Writing as Proof by Susanna Sonnenberg
I know I’m crazy. I try to align events with my body’s tension but can’t remember properly, my racing heart or late-night brain awake with calculations for escape. What if I just walked out, took my body with me? I could wait until my mother and sister are asleep and...
The Seasons Change Us: Calling to the Sun with author Hari Alluri – Online Creative Writing Workshop in Partnership with Strathmore
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...
Mission Belonging to Receive Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant
Mission Belonging is one of 41 organizations nationwide selected to receive a Creative Forces® Community Engagement grant. A grant of $50,000 will support Mission Belonging's Mission Belonging initiative, which brings together military, veteran, and military-connected...
Memorial Day 2024: We Remember – A Mission Belonging Community Art Project
On this Memorial Day, Mission Belonging honors the memory of those service members who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. During the month of May, we gathered in community to weave a communal canvas, reflecting on the enduring legacy of our fallen...
Art Saves Lives: Writing Against State Erasure by Arthur Kayzakian
"I ran from the country of my birth because I did not want to die. I am a child of state erasure."I was born on a war-torn block. Bombs shook the ground and lit up the sky. Fire hung in flaming threads from blown-out windows in abandoned buildings. Foot soldiers...
AAPI Yoga & Creative Writing with Seema Reza (Virtual & In-Person @ extendYoga)
Coming on May 19th, 2024 - Held in partnership with extendYoga's Repped: Inclusive Yoga Series for AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) communities. For questions about registration for this workshop, contact our friends at extendYoga at hello@extendYoga.com or call...
Poems of Celebration (For A World Upside Down) with author Kevin Basl – Online Creative Writing Workshop in Partnership with Strathmore
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...
How to Submit: A Workshop on Submitting Your Work with Courtney LeBlanc
Thursday, July 11th, at 7 PM ET: REGISTER HERE Want to start submitting your work for publication but aren't sure where to start? Need a step-by-step guide on submitting including cover letters, bios, and how to keep track of it all? Don't know where to find journals...
Memorial Day 2024: A Special Artist Talk & Presentation with Photographer David Hilliard
A Special Presentation and Artist Talk in honor of Memorial Day, featuring the acclaimed photographer. This Memorial Day, join us for a special artist talk by photographer David Hilliard. For decades, David Hilliard and his father Raymond, a U.S. Navy Veteran,...
Intro to Music: An Online Music Workshop with Wytold
Coming up on Thursday, June 6th, 2024 at 7 PM Eastern Time. Join us online.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...
