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Sleeping Bear Dunes Artist in Residence Program
The Lakeshore itself operates an Artist in Residence Program that allows professional American writers, composers, and visual artists to utilize time and space within the Lakeshore to be inspired by it. The program provides rent-free use of a campground or park house for a three-week stretch of time.
ISLAND Hill House Artist Residency Program
The Hill House Artist Residency gives artists two-to-four-week periods of isolation and inspiration in Antrim County.
here:say storytelling in Traverse City
here:say is a monthly storytelling event created as a way for us to reconnect through the stories that tell us life’s many truths. Each month, at the Outre Lounge | InsideOut Gallery, invited performers share their hilarious, heartfelt, and sometimes horrifying tales, all around that month’s theme.
Writing Classes at Oliver Art Center, Frankford
Writing workshops at Oliver Art Center support and welcome all aspiring writers and writers.
Workshop “From the Beginning” with Joan Donaldson
On Viney’s MountainMichigan Writers welcomes acclaimed children’s book author, Joan Donaldson who will lead a writing workshop entitled From the Beginning, on Saturday, November 16, from 1 to 3 pm at the University Center on Cass Road
Fall Writers Potluck on Nov. 14
Please join us at our Fall Potluck, on Thursday, November 14, 6:00 pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Grand Traverse, 6726 Center Road, on Old Mission Peninsula.
Where to Start? (Hint: HERE)
We’re now opening our annual chapbook contest, whose winner(s) will be edited, published and launched by Michigan Writers Cooperative Press in 2014!
Cursive & Penmanship Workshop on Sat., Oct. 12
When was the last time you used cursive handwriting? If it’s been a long time, what have you been missing? On Saturday, October 12, join Pamela Ayres for a workshop on the art of cursive.
Community Reading of Whitman’s “Song of Myself” on Oct. 6
Michigan Writers will present a reading of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”. The poem, a part of “Leaves of Grass” and consisting of 52 cantos, will be read in its entirety at the State Theatre, October 6 at 1 pm. Admission will be free of charge.