Green
Windows
Writing Groups
Green Windows Workshops
All Green Windows Workshops use the
Amherst Writers and Artists method
and are facilitated by Peggy Simmons
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
Monthly workshops at Rock Paper Scissors
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 - 9:30 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month:
More details and sign up on the Rock Paper Scissors web calendar.
You can download this flyer to help spread the word. Thanks!
- February 26, 2012
- March 25, 2012
- April 22, 2012
- etc.
More details and sign up on the Rock Paper Scissors web calendar.
You can download this flyer to help spread the word. Thanks!
Weekly group at Rock Paper Scissors
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.
Email us to sign up or ask questions.
A $50 (or 15%) deposit will hold your place.
After
three years, our monthly workshop at The Rock Paper Scissors Collective is expanding to weekly
workshops. The diversity of writers in the monthly workshop has made it
one-of-a-kind. To keep this treasured diversity we must to do two
things:
The first session will be eight Wednesdays
$290 is the base fee, due on February 1st.
Discounts are possible to those who have participated in a monthly Green Windows workshop at RPSC. Write to Green Windows about what you can pay, even if it's not much at all.
But pay as much as you can. If we do not meet a minimum total through fees and donations, we will cancel the workshop until enough money is raised. At least a few people must pay the full amount to avoid cancellation.
Can you help by giving a tax-deductible donation? Here's how. Please specify that it's for the weekly RPS workshops.
- Ask for donations.
- Offer a discount
The first session will be eight Wednesdays
February 1 - March 22, 2012
7pm-10pm
7pm-10pm
$290 is the base fee, due on February 1st.
Discounts are possible to those who have participated in a monthly Green Windows workshop at RPSC. Write to Green Windows about what you can pay, even if it's not much at all.
But pay as much as you can. If we do not meet a minimum total through fees and donations, we will cancel the workshop until enough money is raised. At least a few people must pay the full amount to avoid cancellation.
Can you help by giving a tax-deductible donation? Here's how. Please specify that it's for the weekly RPS workshops.
Email us to sign up or ask questions.
A $50 (or 15%) deposit will hold your place.
Your ideas?
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
at Chestnut Linden Court Apartments in West Oakland, in partnership with the John Stewart Company, ten-week sessions, summers 2010 and 2011
at Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center, in collaboration with teaching-artist Hershell West for Alameda County Arts Commission 's Minerva Project, 5 days, summer 2010
at Camp Wilmont Sweeney, six weeks, spring 2010
with The Fourth World Movement in New York City, January and December 2009 and Landover, Maryland, June 2008
at Youth UpRising, six weeks, summer 2008
at 826 Valencia. "Uniquely Yours" five weeks, May, 2008
with Youth ALIVE's Teens on Target, spring 2008
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.