a narrative arts space

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Classes

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Classes

We offer ongoing classes aimed at exploring the creative process, storytelling through all art, and how these topics intersect with our worldview, sense of purpose, and personal narrative. Classes are crafted to be accessible to all mediums, backgrounds, and experiences, with our curriculum firmly rooted in the belief that everyone is creative, and we all have a story to tell.

UPCOMING CLASSES + WORKSHOPS

Recurring Workshops
Writing without an Outline: Writing from Analogy

Mondays, November 3-December 15 | Part of the “How to Write Without an Outline: The Free Spirit’s Guide to Creative Writing" series, this six-week workshop offers a dive deep into the deep relevance of story. Led by Inward & Artward Certified Facilitator, R. Lyon Bergh.

Writing Our Ghosts: Exploration & Integration After Loss

Tuesdays, Nov 11 - Dec 16 | This writing workshop is designed for those interested in the power of writing as a vehicle to help them compassionately and creatively seek meaning in loss. Led by Inward & Artward Certified Facilitator, Katherine Saul.

BETWEEN YOUR WORK AND THE WORLD (Online)

Tuesdays, Nov. 11-Dec. 16, 2025 from 6:30-8:30pm EST | 📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM | Offered through The Inward & Artward School of Creativity, turn the vulnerable space between finishing a project and sharing it into a pathway of strength. In this six-week journey, you’ll learn to move through fear of visibility, self-doubt, and anxiety with embodied tools and supportive practices.

The Reading Room: Coworking for Creativity + Connection

Join us on Thursdays from 11am to 1pm this November through April, to commit to doing something you want to get done in your creative practice or anything that supports your creative practice.

The Write Routine (December Accountability Group)

Tuesdays & Thursdays in DECEMBER, from 12:00-2:00pm EST | 📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM | Offered through The Inward & Artward School of Creativity, join this twice-weekly writing membership designed to keep you accountable, consistent, and producing fresh pages. The Write Routine gives you structured writing sessions, inspiring prompts, and a supportive community so you can finally make steady progress on your projects.  Facilitated by Jacqui Castle

Brave Words: Discovering Your Own Hero's Journey

Wednesdays, Jan 21 - Feb 25 | Over the course of six weeks we’ll dive into the Hero’s Journey through the lens of personal narrative. Participants are invited to write in any genre they wish, and the workshop will include discussions, writing prompts, creative inspirations, and weekly assignments to be completed outside of the classroom.

Creativity Lab

Mondays, Jan. 29-March 9 | A seven-week exploration of the creative process, common blocks and obstacles, and ways to kickstart and sustain creative momentum, accompanied by the development of a creative project or idea.

Story Lab

Mondays, March 23-May 11 | A seven-week exploration of how our personal narrative and lived experiences can inform our creative projects. Classes will range from learning how to mine for material from our own lives, to re-authoring our personal narrative, and finally how to repurpose our stories for creative work in any medium. Appropriate for anyone exploring autobiographical material in a creative setting. Led by Erin Hallagan Clare.

Parlor Series
Youth Programming
Youth Programming

Youth classes, events, and workshops rooted in art-based learning.

Creativity Mixers
Creativity Mixers

A creativity workshop led by a certified Inward & Artward Creative Facilitator, followed by a lively salon where participants have the option to share a work-in-progress. Held Third Sundays!

Creative Facilitator Training
Creative Facilitator Training

An interactive 18-week program on how to create and facilitate unique offerings rooted in the intersection of the creative process, personal stories, and the human condition.

Workshop Proposals
Workshop Proposals

We’re always looking to collaborate with, and provide a platform for, the local arts community. If you have a creative, experiential workshop idea that fits within our mission and core values, we invite you to submit a proposal.

““There isn’t much that’s more energizing than surrounding yourself with creative people a few hours a week.”
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— David Wells, former Story Parlor student
Testimonials
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