2026 Summer Workshop Program
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Week 1: June 21 - 26: Queer Week
Week 2: June 28 - July 3
Lena Wolff
The Natural Palette - an exploration of botanical and earth-based color
June 28 to July 3, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
This generative workshop explores natural ink and paint making through a hands-on approach and an interdisciplinary lens. Uniquely different from working with stable store-bought art materials, making handmade color is dynamic and surprising, while also offering a path toward a more environmentally sound relationship to artmaking. On a practical level, we’ll build up a collection... more
The Natural Palette - an exploration of botanical and earth-based color
June 28 to July 3, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
This generative workshop explores natural ink and paint making through a hands-on approach and an interdisciplinary lens. Uniquely different from working with stable store-bought art materials, making handmade color is dynamic and surprising, while also offering a path toward a more environmentally sound relationship to artmaking. On a practical level, we’ll build up a collection... more
Week 3: July 5 - 10
Ron Amato
The Environmental Portrait
July 5 to July 10, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
Since photography’s inception, its primary subject has been people, capturing aspects other visual arts often cannot. Perceived as objective, photographs are accepted as reality, though the photographer’s hand always shapes the final image. Pioneers like Mathew Brady, Peter Henry Emerson, and Jacob Riis significantly influenced public perception through environmental portraiture. Environmental portraiture has not only... more
The Environmental Portrait
July 5 to July 10, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
Since photography’s inception, its primary subject has been people, capturing aspects other visual arts often cannot. Perceived as objective, photographs are accepted as reality, though the photographer’s hand always shapes the final image. Pioneers like Mathew Brady, Peter Henry Emerson, and Jacob Riis significantly influenced public perception through environmental portraiture. Environmental portraiture has not only... more
Lydi Conklin
Writing Emotional Stakes: Fiction Workshop
June 21 to June 26, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
No writing craft can matter if, at the end of the day, the reader doesn’t care. In this generative fiction workshop, we’ll write new material every day, focusing on establishing emotional stakes in the narratives. We will read and study excerpts of texts that elicit responses in readers, discussing the craft techniques that provoke strong... more
Writing Emotional Stakes: Fiction Workshop
June 21 to June 26, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
No writing craft can matter if, at the end of the day, the reader doesn’t care. In this generative fiction workshop, we’ll write new material every day, focusing on establishing emotional stakes in the narratives. We will read and study excerpts of texts that elicit responses in readers, discussing the craft techniques that provoke strong... more
Week 4: July 12 - 17
Vicky Tomayko
Waterless Lithography Workshop
July 12 to July 17, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
Lithography became a viable fine art medium early in the 20th century. Because lithography is so beautiful, a sensitive printing of both drawing and wash images, artists have been drawn to it as an expressive medium. Traditional stone lithography involves harsh chemicals and lots of time to process the stone. This workshop in waterless lithography sidesteps... more
Waterless Lithography Workshop
July 12 to July 17, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
Lithography became a viable fine art medium early in the 20th century. Because lithography is so beautiful, a sensitive printing of both drawing and wash images, artists have been drawn to it as an expressive medium. Traditional stone lithography involves harsh chemicals and lots of time to process the stone. This workshop in waterless lithography sidesteps... more
Week 5: July 19 - 24
Jess T. Dugan
The Intimate Portrait
July 19 to July 24, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Intermediate/Advanced
Making a photographic portrait is an intimate endeavor, requiring both photographer and subject to work together to create a compelling image. In this workshop, participants will investigate their motivations for making portraits, strengthen their skills working with people, and engage deeply with issues in contemporary photography through lectures, demonstrations, and critique. While we will address... more
The Intimate Portrait
July 19 to July 24, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Intermediate/Advanced
Making a photographic portrait is an intimate endeavor, requiring both photographer and subject to work together to create a compelling image. In this workshop, participants will investigate their motivations for making portraits, strengthen their skills working with people, and engage deeply with issues in contemporary photography through lectures, demonstrations, and critique. While we will address... more
Megan Hinton
Expansive Painting
July 19 to July 24, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
The contemporary notion of painting in the expanded field broadens our expectations of how and why a painting is made. In the Expansive Painting workshop, we will use painting as an act of transition, collaboration, and intervention. In this generative workshop you will be encouraged to develop or further a painting practice that explores alternative... more
Expansive Painting
July 19 to July 24, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
The contemporary notion of painting in the expanded field broadens our expectations of how and why a painting is made. In the Expansive Painting workshop, we will use painting as an act of transition, collaboration, and intervention. In this generative workshop you will be encouraged to develop or further a painting practice that explores alternative... more
Indira Ganesan
Love in the Time of War: A Fiction Workshop
July 19 to July 24, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
Writing love stories is a revolutionary act. Writing fiction while the world is at war, or in a state of dizzying torment requires a bit of confidence and defiance. How can one write fiction when the world is such a mess? Yet stories are what we need to counter the violence and injustice in the world, and love stories—romantic,... more
Love in the Time of War: A Fiction Workshop
July 19 to July 24, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
Writing love stories is a revolutionary act. Writing fiction while the world is at war, or in a state of dizzying torment requires a bit of confidence and defiance. How can one write fiction when the world is such a mess? Yet stories are what we need to counter the violence and injustice in the world, and love stories—romantic,... more
Week 6: July 26 - 31
Keetje Kuipers
Singing Your Own Song: Knowing and Honing Your Unique Voice
July 26 to July 31, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
Teachers of creative writing talk a lot about “finding” your voice, as if it’s lost and waiting to be rescued. But what if your voice is something you’ve already got but don’t know how to attentively nurture into a full song? In this writing-intensive generative workshop we will learn the twists and turns of our... more
Singing Your Own Song: Knowing and Honing Your Unique Voice
July 26 to July 31, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
Teachers of creative writing talk a lot about “finding” your voice, as if it’s lost and waiting to be rescued. But what if your voice is something you’ve already got but don’t know how to attentively nurture into a full song? In this writing-intensive generative workshop we will learn the twists and turns of our... more
Week 7: August 2 - 7
Kelli Jo Ford
Whose Story? Crafting POV from the First Sentence
August 2 to August 7, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
From our first sentence, we make conscious and unconscious choices about point of view: What characters will we focus on? Whose voice will tell the story? From what point in time? In this workshop, we will demystify POV by reading and discussing contemporary short fiction with an eye toward the choices the authors make and... more
Whose Story? Crafting POV from the First Sentence
August 2 to August 7, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
From our first sentence, we make conscious and unconscious choices about point of view: What characters will we focus on? Whose voice will tell the story? From what point in time? In this workshop, we will demystify POV by reading and discussing contemporary short fiction with an eye toward the choices the authors make and... more
Deborah Jackson Taffa
Nonnegotiable Me: Writing the Story Only You Can Tell
August 2 to August 7, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
In this workshop, the “non-negotiable me” refers to whatever defining set of core values, boundaries, and non-negotiable principles you refuse to compromise in your relationships, life, and work to protect your integrity and overall well-being. Together, we will engage in writing prompts to identify your non-negotiables, reflect on your personal truths, values, and past difficult... more
Nonnegotiable Me: Writing the Story Only You Can Tell
August 2 to August 7, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
In this workshop, the “non-negotiable me” refers to whatever defining set of core values, boundaries, and non-negotiable principles you refuse to compromise in your relationships, life, and work to protect your integrity and overall well-being. Together, we will engage in writing prompts to identify your non-negotiables, reflect on your personal truths, values, and past difficult... more
Michaela RedCherries
Narrative Form and Literary Craft of Indigenous Poetics
August 2 to August 7, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
Through art-making and expression, Indigenous artists and writers participate in a practice that has ensured the existence of our societies, our people and our belief systems since time immemorial. Under the literary western canon, the approach to narrative forms and literary craft is dogmatic and often attempts to mark “untraditional” or even “hybrid” narratives in... more
Narrative Form and Literary Craft of Indigenous Poetics
August 2 to August 7, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
Through art-making and expression, Indigenous artists and writers participate in a practice that has ensured the existence of our societies, our people and our belief systems since time immemorial. Under the literary western canon, the approach to narrative forms and literary craft is dogmatic and often attempts to mark “untraditional” or even “hybrid” narratives in... more
Week 8: August 9 - 14
Dani Levine
A Matter of Material: Recipes for Grounds, Paints, and Pastels
August 9 to August 14, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Intermediate/Advanced
A Matter of Material is a “hands-on” painting workshop aimed at the individualized recipe development of painting materials such as grounds, paints, and pastels. This five-day workshop will function as a materials lab, privileging tactile experiences and experimentation to gain insight into the materiality of pigments, binders, and their related mediums. Throughout the workshop, we... more
A Matter of Material: Recipes for Grounds, Paints, and Pastels
August 9 to August 14, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Intermediate/Advanced
A Matter of Material is a “hands-on” painting workshop aimed at the individualized recipe development of painting materials such as grounds, paints, and pastels. This five-day workshop will function as a materials lab, privileging tactile experiences and experimentation to gain insight into the materiality of pigments, binders, and their related mediums. Throughout the workshop, we... more
Sarah Schulman
Prose Writing for All Levels
August 9 to August 14, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
Whether you have published many books, or are just starting out – this is a craft-based workshop designed for fiction and nonfiction writers at all levels. Students are invited to bring excerpts of novels, short stories, articles, essays, and long nonfiction books OR pages of notes OR a description of an idea. No matter where... more
Prose Writing for All Levels
August 9 to August 14, 2026
Time 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open To All
Whether you have published many books, or are just starting out – this is a craft-based workshop designed for fiction and nonfiction writers at all levels. Students are invited to bring excerpts of novels, short stories, articles, essays, and long nonfiction books OR pages of notes OR a description of an idea. No matter where... more
