In this workshop, you will explore what "home" means to you. Thereʼs an old saying, "home is where the heart is," but sometimes home can also be where the hurt is. Together, we will tell the stories of the places, people, and memories that shape the homes weʼve inherited, built, or discovered.
Sampler Class: Poetry with Jamila Osman
Want to try your hand at writing poetry? Perhaps you'd like to take a poetry class, but you're not sure if it's a great fit for you—or you're not sure if taking a poetry class online will be the experience you're hoping for. If you're new to the Loft, online classes, or creative writing—or you'd just like the opportunity to try a poetry class for a brief time, meet other writers, and find a writing community while finding your own voice—this Sampler Class is the place for you!
Poetry As Belonging: A Beginners 4-Week Workshop
This poetry workshop for cultural workers, poets, and dreamers will explore the powerful role of poets and artists to speak to the myriad experiences of migration and movement, dislocation and disenfranchisement. As our news feeds are inundated by a singular story of what it means to be a migrant, we will explore the poetics of the third space, and what it means to find and forge home in unlikely places. Through the close reading of work by poets like June Jordan, Mosab Abu Taha, José Olivarez, and others, we will use poetry as a vehicle for exploring our personal mythologies of home and our shared dreams of belonging.