Green Windows Workshops

Green Windows
provides a safe, creative environment where writers of all experiences, ages, and backgrounds can write
freely and deeply.
In
addition to writing workshops for the general public, we offer
opportunities for the development of creativity and self-expression to
people in the community who are least likely to join a writing workshop
or have support for personal artistic expression. Further, we use
creative writing workshops to bring together people who might never
otherwise cross paths. While we work with all ages, we know that there
is something especially important to learn through writing with young
adults.
What do Green Windows writers say about writing together?
Current Workshops
Rock
Paper Scissors Collective is a community creative space in downtown
Oakland and a perfect place for Green Windows workshops! These
monthly creative writing workshops are for writers of all levels,
experiences and genres. It is perfect for the just-beginning writer as
well as practiced writers who need a new spark, want to take new risks,
or seek community. Young adults 16 years old and older are especially encouraged to come.
7 - 9:15 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month:- July 25, 2010
- August 22, 2010
- September 26, 2010
- etc.
$1 - $25, sliding scale. Additional donations welcome.
More details and sign up on the Rock Paper Scissors web calendar.
You can download this flyer to help spread the word. Thanks! Be
a part of a supportive community where writers help each other
develop their unique, authentic voices, progress on their projects, and
take new risks. This group is wonderful for writers of every level: those just
beginning as well as seasoned writers who need a new spark. Writing in
any genre will flourish.
Joining this group is the best way
to support our community workshops.
We currently are not planning further weekly groups in San Francisco.
We
will start a weekly group in Oakland once we find a good place to hold
it. Please let us know if you are interested in Oakland workshops
or know of a comfortable and affordable workshop space to rent by the
hour. Thanks!
Weekly groups are usually $350 for nine three-hour workshops.
Email us
to sign up or ask questions.
A $50
deposit will hold your place. Camp
Sweeney is an
Alameda County juvenile detention facility. Six very creative young men
wrote weekly with facilitator Peggy Simmons and poet Allan Tinker.
Here are excerpts from their evaluations:
"I learned that I can write in many different ways."
"I learned that people have different styles of writing."
"I'll encourage people to come [to the workshop] to learn about great stories other people tell."
These
workshops bring together young adults who were children in the
Fourth World Movement's children's activities and adults who
facilitated those activities. Together, through creative writing,
we share our memories and explore the impact these activities have
had on each of us. These workshops are currently unfunded: please consider a donation.
Please let us know if you are interested in one-day writing retreats or know community organizations who might be interested in our workshops.
Past workshops

We
are a Member of the
Intersection Incubator, a program of Intersection for the Arts
providing fiscal sponsorship, incubation and consulting services to
artists. Visit www.theintersection.org.