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SUMMARY:Create Your Story! Writing & Art Workshop for Veterans
DESCRIPTION:Create Your Story! A Writing & Art Workshop for Veterans \nHosted by Art Spark Texas and the Austin VA Outpatient Clinic \nHeld at the Austin VA Outpatient Clinic\, Room 2B-148 \nSix Week Class: June 7 – July 12\, 2019\, Fridays 1:00-3:00 pm \nInstructor: Elizabeth Decker \nFREE! Register by calling 512-454-9912 or email April Sullivan. Space is limited. Any experience level welcome. \nExpress your story with powerful words and bold colors! Reflect\, create and connect to your personal story through freestyle\, stream of conscious style writing exercises. Each week you will focus on a different theme and have a piece of writing and a piece of art at the end of each session. Participants will have the option to have their work published with other veteran writers in Summer 2019. \nOpen to all veterans served by the Austin VA Outpatient Clinic. \nSupplies will be provided. \nElizabeth Decker is a celebrated artist\, author\, poet\, teacher\, documentary filmmaker\, certified Mediator\, Clarity Coach at Spellbound Publishing and personal creative story guide. Her work is about helping others remove blocks that hold them back and passionately move forward rediscovering and redefining who they are. Her popular workshops are booked in Austin\, LA\, and NYC. She has been a guest speaker for the Episcopalian Veterans Fellowship and her illustrated book of prose\, The MelancholyGirls\, has helped inspire others to create and share their honest story of self. Find more about Elizabeth at www.elizabethdeckerproductions.blogspot.com \n \n 
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/create-your-story-writing-art-workshop-for-veterans/2019-07-05/
LOCATION:Austin VA Outpatient Clinic\, 7901 Metropolis Dr.\, Austin\, TX\, 78744\, United States
CATEGORIES:Veteran Writing Workshops,Veterans
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ORGANIZER;CN="April Sullivan":MAILTO:april@artsparktx.org
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SUMMARY:Create Your Story! Writing & Art Workshop for Veterans
DESCRIPTION:Create Your Story! A Writing & Art Workshop for Veterans \nHosted by Art Spark Texas and the Austin VA Outpatient Clinic \nHeld at the Austin VA Outpatient Clinic\, Room 2B-148 \nSix Week Class: June 7 – July 12\, 2019\, Fridays 1:00-3:00 pm \nInstructor: Elizabeth Decker \nFREE! Register by calling 512-454-9912 or email April Sullivan. Space is limited. Any experience level welcome. \nExpress your story with powerful words and bold colors! Reflect\, create and connect to your personal story through freestyle\, stream of conscious style writing exercises. Each week you will focus on a different theme and have a piece of writing and a piece of art at the end of each session. Participants will have the option to have their work published with other veteran writers in Summer 2019. \nOpen to all veterans served by the Austin VA Outpatient Clinic. \nSupplies will be provided. \nElizabeth Decker is a celebrated artist\, author\, poet\, teacher\, documentary filmmaker\, certified Mediator\, Clarity Coach at Spellbound Publishing and personal creative story guide. Her work is about helping others remove blocks that hold them back and passionately move forward rediscovering and redefining who they are. Her popular workshops are booked in Austin\, LA\, and NYC. She has been a guest speaker for the Episcopalian Veterans Fellowship and her illustrated book of prose\, The MelancholyGirls\, has helped inspire others to create and share their honest story of self. Find more about Elizabeth at www.elizabethdeckerproductions.blogspot.com \n \n 
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/create-your-story-writing-art-workshop-for-veterans/2019-07-12/
LOCATION:Austin VA Outpatient Clinic\, 7901 Metropolis Dr.\, Austin\, TX\, 78744\, United States
CATEGORIES:Veteran Writing Workshops,Veterans
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ORGANIZER;CN="April Sullivan":MAILTO:april@artsparktx.org
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SUMMARY:Veterans - Ink Stick Project Writing Class
DESCRIPTION:A Writing Class for Current and Prior Service Members \nHosted by Art Spark Texas\nHeld at Apache Arts & Craft Center\n761st Tank Battalion and 62nd Street\, Bldg 2337\, Fort Hood \nClass Schedule: Saturdays\, July 13-August 3\, 2019 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm\nInstructor: Clayton Bradshaw\nFREE \nRegister by calling 512-454-9912 or email April Sullivan.\nSpace is limited. Any experience level welcome. \n \nThis four-week course is designed to help current and prior service members tell their stories. The greatest writers have served in war. From Chaucer to Hemingway and Vonnegut to Tim O’Brien\, they have found ways to bring life truths to the masses. This class will give you the tools to write about your experiences or to express the truths you have learned in a life built on service. We will focus on fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry. \nClayton Bradshaw served in the US Army for eight years as an infantryman. He deployed with 3/2 SCR to Iraq from 2007 to 2008 and to Afghanistan from 2010 to 2011. He graduated from Sam Houston State University with a BA in English and currently participates in the MFA Creative Writing program at Texas State University while teaching writing to university freshmen. His work can be found in The Deadly Writers Patrol\, r.kv.r.y.\, Second Hand Stories\, War\, Literature and the Arts\, and O-Dark-Thirty. He is currently writing a novel\, Quietus\, based on the post-war struggles of the veteran community. \n \nAn initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts\, Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network is a partnership with the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Aairs and the state and local arts agencies with administrative support provided by Americans for the Arts.
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/ink-stick-project-veteran-writing-class-fthood/2019-07-13/
LOCATION:Apache Arts & Craft Center\, 761st Tank Battalion and 62nd Street\, Bldg 2337\, Fort Hood\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Veteran Writing Workshops,Veterans
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ORGANIZER;CN="April Sullivan":MAILTO:april@artsparktx.org
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SUMMARY:Veterans - Journal Making/Writing Class
DESCRIPTION:A Journal Making/Writing Class for Current and Prior Service Members \nHosted by Art Spark Texas\nHeld at Help Heal Veterans\n2508 S. 5th St.\, Temple\, TX 76504 \nClass Schedule: Thursday\, July 18th at 1 pm – Make Journals; Thursday\, July 25th at 1 pm – Writing in Journals\nInstructors: Patricia Alger and Cynthia Linzy\nFREE \nRegister by calling 512-454-9912 or email April Sullivan.\nSpace is limited. Any experience level welcome. \n \nIn this two day class\, start by making Journals using handmade paper. Learn the skills to put together your own multi-page journal. Led by Patricia Alger. Then\, in the second week\, learn how to make the ideas and pictures inside your head come alive on paper by sharpening your use of color and imagery. You will be led through visualization exercises\, easy writing prompts\, and useful writing examples to create strong writing by careful word choice and many other effective writing techniques. Discover your own writing style in a relaxed\, supportive class atmosphere. Led by Cynthia Linzy. \n \nAn initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts\, Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network is a partnership with the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Aairs and the state and local arts agencies with administrative support provided by Americans for the Arts.
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/vets-journal-making-writing-class-2/2019-07-18/
LOCATION:Help Heal Veterans\, 2508 S. 5th St.\, Temple\, TX\, 76504\, United States
CATEGORIES:Veteran Writing Workshops,Veterans
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SUMMARY:Veterans - Ink Stick Project Writing Class
DESCRIPTION:A Writing Class for Current and Prior Service Members \nHosted by Art Spark Texas\nHeld at Apache Arts & Craft Center\n761st Tank Battalion and 62nd Street\, Bldg 2337\, Fort Hood \nClass Schedule: Saturdays\, July 13-August 3\, 2019 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm\nInstructor: Clayton Bradshaw\nFREE \nRegister by calling 512-454-9912 or email April Sullivan.\nSpace is limited. Any experience level welcome. \n \nThis four-week course is designed to help current and prior service members tell their stories. The greatest writers have served in war. From Chaucer to Hemingway and Vonnegut to Tim O’Brien\, they have found ways to bring life truths to the masses. This class will give you the tools to write about your experiences or to express the truths you have learned in a life built on service. We will focus on fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry. \nClayton Bradshaw served in the US Army for eight years as an infantryman. He deployed with 3/2 SCR to Iraq from 2007 to 2008 and to Afghanistan from 2010 to 2011. He graduated from Sam Houston State University with a BA in English and currently participates in the MFA Creative Writing program at Texas State University while teaching writing to university freshmen. His work can be found in The Deadly Writers Patrol\, r.kv.r.y.\, Second Hand Stories\, War\, Literature and the Arts\, and O-Dark-Thirty. He is currently writing a novel\, Quietus\, based on the post-war struggles of the veteran community. \n \nAn initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts\, Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network is a partnership with the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Aairs and the state and local arts agencies with administrative support provided by Americans for the Arts.
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/ink-stick-project-veteran-writing-class-fthood/2019-07-20/
LOCATION:Apache Arts & Craft Center\, 761st Tank Battalion and 62nd Street\, Bldg 2337\, Fort Hood\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Veteran Writing Workshops,Veterans
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SUMMARY:Veterans - Journal Making/Writing Class
DESCRIPTION:A Journal Making/Writing Class for Current and Prior Service Members \nHosted by Art Spark Texas\nHeld at Help Heal Veterans\n2508 S. 5th St.\, Temple\, TX 76504 \nClass Schedule: Thursday\, July 18th at 1 pm – Make Journals; Thursday\, July 25th at 1 pm – Writing in Journals\nInstructors: Patricia Alger and Cynthia Linzy\nFREE \nRegister by calling 512-454-9912 or email April Sullivan.\nSpace is limited. Any experience level welcome. \n \nIn this two day class\, start by making Journals using handmade paper. Learn the skills to put together your own multi-page journal. Led by Patricia Alger. Then\, in the second week\, learn how to make the ideas and pictures inside your head come alive on paper by sharpening your use of color and imagery. You will be led through visualization exercises\, easy writing prompts\, and useful writing examples to create strong writing by careful word choice and many other effective writing techniques. Discover your own writing style in a relaxed\, supportive class atmosphere. Led by Cynthia Linzy. \n \nAn initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts\, Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network is a partnership with the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Aairs and the state and local arts agencies with administrative support provided by Americans for the Arts.
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/vets-journal-making-writing-class-2/2019-07-25/
LOCATION:Help Heal Veterans\, 2508 S. 5th St.\, Temple\, TX\, 76504\, United States
CATEGORIES:Veteran Writing Workshops,Veterans
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ORGANIZER;CN="April Sullivan":MAILTO:april@artsparktx.org
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SUMMARY:Veterans - Ink Stick Project Writing Class
DESCRIPTION:A Writing Class for Current and Prior Service Members \nHosted by Art Spark Texas\nHeld at Apache Arts & Craft Center\n761st Tank Battalion and 62nd Street\, Bldg 2337\, Fort Hood \nClass Schedule: Saturdays\, July 13-August 3\, 2019 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm\nInstructor: Clayton Bradshaw\nFREE \nRegister by calling 512-454-9912 or email April Sullivan.\nSpace is limited. Any experience level welcome. \n \nThis four-week course is designed to help current and prior service members tell their stories. The greatest writers have served in war. From Chaucer to Hemingway and Vonnegut to Tim O’Brien\, they have found ways to bring life truths to the masses. This class will give you the tools to write about your experiences or to express the truths you have learned in a life built on service. We will focus on fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry. \nClayton Bradshaw served in the US Army for eight years as an infantryman. He deployed with 3/2 SCR to Iraq from 2007 to 2008 and to Afghanistan from 2010 to 2011. He graduated from Sam Houston State University with a BA in English and currently participates in the MFA Creative Writing program at Texas State University while teaching writing to university freshmen. His work can be found in The Deadly Writers Patrol\, r.kv.r.y.\, Second Hand Stories\, War\, Literature and the Arts\, and O-Dark-Thirty. He is currently writing a novel\, Quietus\, based on the post-war struggles of the veteran community. \n \nAn initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts\, Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network is a partnership with the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Aairs and the state and local arts agencies with administrative support provided by Americans for the Arts.
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/ink-stick-project-veteran-writing-class-fthood/2019-07-27/
LOCATION:Apache Arts & Craft Center\, 761st Tank Battalion and 62nd Street\, Bldg 2337\, Fort Hood\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Veteran Writing Workshops,Veterans
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