Classes

  

ChathamArts provides classes based both on artist disciplines, such as our Writers' Series, and on special topics, such as courses building skills for arts-based businesses. Please check back here for class announcements.

Writers' Series

In the ChathamArts Writers' Series, authors of all levels and genres are invited to hone their skills at workshops this fall. These workshops feature small classes led by local professional writers covering a variety of topics. Past workshops have addressed poetry, journalism, memoir, creative non-fiction, and an introduction to creative writing. 

Please look out for new information on our 2007 Writers' Series.

For more information about our Writers' Series, please contact Tom Dow, the chair of our Writers Series subcommittee, at tcdnc@earthlink.net.

Class Comments

"I enjoyed Tom's workshop very much because of his focus on instruction. There is so much to learn and I feel as if I just got a taste. It left me wanting more,..... The class was well structured."

"It was a wonderful workshop. Doris was so helpful and encouraging. It was especially useful for me to share my writing before class time and get specific feedback from Doris and my classmates. That took a great deal of Doris's time, and I am so appreciative."

Past Workshops


Writing with Doris Betts. Betts, the award-winning author of nine books of fiction, taught creative writing for 33 years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she held a distinguished chair in the department of English. Upon her retirement, a distinguished professorship was established in her name. Each year the North Carolina Writers’ Network presents the Doris Betts Fiction Prize, another tribute to her excellence. A longtime resident of Pittsboro, Betts has won numerous honors for her writing, including three Sir Walter Raleigh Awards, the Southern Book Award, the North Carolina Award for Literature, the John Dos Passos Prize and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Medal for the short story. Her most widely printed story, "The Ugliest Pilgrim," was the basis of a musical that won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and later became an Academy Award- winning short film entitled "Violet." Her Souls Raised from the Dead was on the New York Times list of top 20
best books in 1994.

Journalism with Paul Cuadros. A reporter who has written for Time magazine and other major media, Cuadros is the author of A Home on the Field, the story of the state championship Jordan Matthews High School soccer team he coached, and the challenges they overcame as immigrants in a rural community. He will cover writing styles for print and broadcast media and book-length projects, and how to approach non-fiction writing and a journalism career.

First Person Singular -The Diary or Memoir, with Judy Hogan. Founder of Carolina Wren Press and author of five poetry books and two prose works, Hogan will help you start a journal and dig deep for stories that provide enlightenment and meaning. Her extensive diaries can be found in the Special Collections at Duke University Library. Hogan lives in Moncure and teaches at St. Augustine's College in Raleigh.

Creative Non-Fiction with Marjorie Hudson. Writing exercises and short readings from great works of creative non-fiction will help you get started writing from imagination and memory. Hudson, who lives near Pittsboro, is the author of "Searching for Virginia Dare," a finalist for the Sherwood Anderson Award. She is working on a novel about the changing rural landscape and a memoir about father.

 

Arts Business Seminar for Artists

Arts E-mail Marketing: The Essentials with Eugene Carr of Patron Technology. April 29, 2007, 1:30 – 5:00 pm, Fearrington Barn. Artists’ Seminar, co-sponsored by ChathamArts and Orange County Arts Commission. Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at door.