We are pleased to present an Image Intensive workshop with Beth Kephart!
Image Intensive:
Creative Nonfiction with Beth Kephart
A three-week craft workshop on creative nonfiction
June 12 - 29
We are pleased to announce another Image Intensive, an opportunity to dive deeper into your craft, guided by faculty from our community who understand the unique impulses and challenges facing artists at the intersection of art and faith.
- Week 1: Disassembled by Awe
- Week 2: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
- Week 3: Moving into Darkness to Understand Beauty.
In a small group setting capped at 12 students, participants will experience:
- Three Zoom sessions (two 60-minute sessions and one 90-minute session) each week
- Opportunities to discuss a short reading or film each week with your small cohort. These readings will showcase the art and faith tradition, including pillars such as Annie Dillard as well a new generation including Molly McCully Brown.
- Generative writing opportunities, calling for brief responses to given prompts that will then be shared with your cohort
- Individual manuscripts (one per participant of up to 3,000 words) will be reviewed in-depth in your cohort, with participants also receiving "track changes" comments from Kephart.
This workshop is for nonfiction writers of all levels who wish to explore the wonder, doubt, darkness, and beauty that shape us. If you are yearning for a compassionate writing community, seeking to learn more about yourself, hoping for a thorough review of your pages, or wishing for line-editing guidance, this workshop is for you.
$895
This three-week seminar will be held via Zoom on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from June 12-29.
Detailed Schedule
Week 1: Disassembled by Awe, review of "Total Eclipse" by Annie Dillard
June 12, 4–5 p.m. Eastern: conversation about the reading and a 350-word prompt (work to be shared subsequently)
June 14, 4–5 p.m. Eastern: sharing and conversation about the responses to the prompt
June 15, 4–5:30 p.m. Eastern: 30-minute review (each) of 3-4 3,000-word manuscripts, with Beth Kephart sending in-depth track changes comments following the review
Week 2: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, review of "Bent Body, Lamb" by Molly McCully Brown
June 19, 4–5 p.m. Eastern: conversation about the reading and a 350-word prompt (work to be shared subsequently)
June 21, 4–5 p.m. Eastern: sharing and conversation about the responses to the prompt
June 22, 4–5:30 p.m. Eastern: 30-minute review (each) of 3-4 3,000-word manuscripts, with Beth Kephart sending in-depth track changes comments following the review
Week 3: Moving into Darkness to Understand Beauty, review of Horizons, a Jeremy Seifert film on Barry Lopez
June 26, 4–5 p.m. Eastern: conversation about the reading and a 350-word prompt (work to be shared subsequently)
June 28, 4–5 p.m. Eastern: sharing and conversation about the responses to the prompt
June 29, 4–5:30 p.m. Eastern: 30-minute review (each) of 3-4 3,000-word manuscripts, with Beth Kephart sending in-depth track changes comments following the review
About the Instructor
About Beth Kephart
Beth Kephart is an Image editorial advisor and the acclaimed author of three dozen books in multiple genres, an award-winning teacher, co-founder of Juncture workshops, and a book artist. Her new books are We Are the Words: The Master Memoir Class and Wife|Daughter|Self: A Memoir in Essays. A new hybrid nonfiction book is due out from Temple University Press in the fall. Read more about Beth at her site, Juncture Workshops, or her Etsy site featuring her handmade books.
About the Image Intensives
The Image Intensive series is aimed at fostering the growth of artists working at the intersection of art and faith. The Image Intensives offer an opportunity to dive deeper into your craft, guided by faculty from our community who understand the unique impulses and challenges facing artists at the intersection of art and faith.
FAQ
For additional questions, please email Sara Arrigoni, Image's publisher, at sarrigoni@imagejournal.org.
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