Workshops

As February is the last month of Winter and to mark the start of spring, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we will explore themes of spring, springing, newness and rebirth.

Through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we explore how lists in poems can be used to express inundation, fragmentation, uncertainty, echo, incantation and so much more!

To coincide with the Pulse Of The Earth Exhibition, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we will explore different ways we can write about the climate emergency in our poetry.

To coincide with NNF’s exhibition celebrating the 200th anniversary of the RNLI, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we will explore what saves us and keeps us afloat in life.

To coincide with Julie Oxenforth’s exhibition of works made using found objects, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we will explore how we can create found poems by repurposing existing texts in the world.

To coincide with Mark Davenant’s Outsiders exhibition, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we will explore ideas of home, safety, belonging and the many different ways we can be an outsider in life.

Much like a poet, a volunteer is a person who freely offers to undertake a task. To coincide with the Artspace Volunteers exhibition, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive workshop we will explore ideas of volunteering and what it means to freely undertake the task of writing poetry and being a poet.

To coincide with the Open Call Exhibition, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we will explore ideas of access, passage, unfolding and exposure in our work.

To mark autumn and the final session of the year, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we’ll explore endings, how we conclude a poem and how we redraft & ‘finish’ our work.