Join the Book Rec Soiree!

Bring your favorite book (or two) for a festive night of mix and mingling. You’ll leave with a long list of your next best reads. Light refreshments and bookish giveaways!

Finding that life-work balance is the Holy Grail of making art. We’ll share what’s worked, what hasn’t, and what we’d like to try. Discussion topics include self-guided retreats, the Artist’s Way, Atomic Habits, workspace rituals, finding community, and much more!

En plein air artists paint while outdoors. Think: Monet, Renoir, Sargent. We’ll do the same with our writing as we head across the street to the State House, walk along Main Street, and maybe just sit on a bench and observe our surroundings, notebooks in hand. There will be time back at the gallery to finish up our notes from the field and share our experiences.

Kickstart your creative week with generative writing prompts based on the gallery exhibition. After a brief tour of the space, we’ll use the text and visuals to freewrite, create new narratives, or add to existing projects. We’ll end with time for discussion and/or sharing.

Microdosing literature is all the rage. Flash fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid forms use the less is more philosophy where every word is gold. We’ll play with these miniature prose styles to weave complete narratives, reducing word count from 1,111 to 11 words, and chat about publications that love to accept flash.