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Fall Schedule for Kids:

Gifted Young Writers' Classes for Ages 9-12
Location:
Open Art's Cloud Cottage
219 Old Toll Circle
Black Mountain, NC
Dates:
Sept. 12-Oct.31, Thursdays, 4:00-6:00 p.m.

School was never like this! For eight weeks, Judith Toy will share her passion for writing with a select group of schoolers and home schoolers. Read the great writers of poems, essays and fiction, and learn their techniques to make your own writing great. Classes will culminate in a publication party and public reading! Learn, Have Fun with Friends, and Stay inspired as you write side-by-side with a professional writer who has a special interest in the creative process of kids.

  • Laugh while you work.
  • Discover how to edit your writing.
  • Find (or invent) your literary voice
  • Experience a writers' collaborative
  • Hone your creative skills
  • Use what you write as extra credit in school English courses
  • Write from your heart what you really have to say, and do it in the company of like-minded students
  • Publish your work in a book!

Call 828-669-4445 to register. Tuition: $80.


Fall Schedule for Adults:

Poetry as a Pathway to the Divine
Location:
Open Art's Cloud Cottage
219 Old Toll Circle
Black Mountain, NC
Dates:
Sept 12-Nov 2, Saturdays, 10:00 AM -Noon

led by Judith & Philip Toy

Philip is the author of Opposing Traffic Has Extended Green, a book of poems, and Judith co-authored with her husband The Moon Has a Mouth. Judith received the Dylan Thomas Poetry Award at the New School for Social Research, New York City. She was also nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize.

Join us as we explore in depth the poetry of two great writers, one ancient and one modern:

Rumi
and
Denise Levertov

Let us quiet our minds and write together our own poem-prayers from the heart.

  • Encouragement and gentle criticism.
  • Gather a small body of work for publication.
  • Write communally.
  • Prepare to be inspired!

Call 828-669-4445 to register. Tuition: $125.