Workshops
Workshops are every saturday for 6 weeks
OUR PROGRAM PATHWAY
Students progress through three age-based levels, each designed to support emotional growth, creative confidence, and writing skill development.
Inkdrop (ages 10-12)
"I feel and name my voice"
Quill (ages 13-15)
"I reflect and shape my story"
Wordsmith (ages 16-18)
"I use my voice to influence and connect"
Fall Session:
Soundtrack of Self
Theme: Identity, Emotion, and Personal Voice
Fall is about turning inward and learning to hear your own voice clearly. Students explore who they are, what they feel, and how lived experience becomes story.
winter Session:
Stories We Carry
Theme: Memory, Reflection, and Meaning
Winter is quiet, reflective, and structured. Students examine memory as material and learn to shape experience into crafted narrative.
spring Session:
Voice & Verse
Theme: Experimentation, Creativity, and Form
Spring is expansion and play. Students experiment with poetry, hybrid writing, and creative structure.
Summer Session:
Writing for Change
Theme: Purpose, Audience, and Impact
Summer is outward-facing writing—students learn how their words exist in the world and influence others.
STORY STUDIO
A 2-Week Immersive Writing Lab
Format: 10 days (Mon–Fri) in the summer
Time: 4 hours/day (40 total hours)
Focus: Writing, drafting, revising, and finishing a complete story project
Students don’t just practice writing.
They finish something real.
institute workshop schedule
Fall: Ink & Ember
Session 1: September 12-October 17
Winter: Frost & Folios
Session 1: January 9-February 13
Spring: Wildflower Words
Session 1: April 3-May 8
Summer: Sunlit Stories
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Session 1: May 22-June 26
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The Story Studio: July 12-23
ROTATING ELECTIVES
🎬 Lights, Camera, Rewrite: Writing for screen, adaptation, storytelling structure
🧾 Thesis & Thread: Academic writing + argument construction📰 Hashtags & Headlines: Media writing, digital voice, social storytelling
🧭 Culture Critic: Analyzing media, culture, and representation