Dream Journals & Painting

Have you ever dreamt that you were falling off a cliff? Being attacked by a bear? Or making an announcement at School Meeting without any clothes on!? What do our dreams mean? How can we use the vivid imagery that exists within our subconscious in our artwork? In this workshop, we will explore the psychology of dreams through the use of dream journals, meditation, and painting. You will be asked to recall specific dreams, images, memories, and nightmares to explore and analyze. While there are many theories and studies about the science of dreams, you are the expert of your subconscious and, only you, can unlock the true meaning of your dreams.

Leaders: Veronica Barila and Kali Coles

Reflecting on Nature

Learn or practice writing HAIKU poems and sketch what you see as we relax and observe in the forest nearby.  Colored pencils and paper will be provided for writing and sketching nature scenes. 

 
Leader: Sam Conkling

Spoken Word

With an emphasis on performance based poetry, students will focus on the aesthetics and word-play within poetry. We will watch various videos of high school poetry slam contestants, as well as famous poetry slam greats. Various prompts will be introduced to the group to help provide participants with focus, themes, perspective, goals, and topics. The conclusion of this session will require participants to participate in a poetry slam, and finalists will be selected by the group and guest judges.

Bring an iPad or pencil & paper.

Leader: Luke Tobin

Verse, Rhythm, and Performance

In hopes of performing our poems in front of a small audience during our lunch break, participants will have the opportunity to blend their poems with rhythm, rhyme, background beats, and focus on performance and delivery. We will start the session with some short inspirational videos focused on poetry slams, rap battles, and modern day lyrical geniuses. Various prompts will be offered in order to inspire and help students create their own topics, themes, ideas, and delivery. Each student will be given a certain beat, time frame, and be expected to perform/deliver their rhythmic verses by the end of the workshop.

Bring an iPad or pencil & paper.

Leader: Luke Tobin

Voices of New Hampton

In this workshop we will write our stories. It will consist of writing advice, exercises, and prompts. You will have the opportunity to share, but you will not have to. This workshop is about getting those stories you have onto the page because to write our lives is to work through them to know ourselves better. It'll be a fun and meaningful workshop.
Leader: Beth Grosart