Class Description
This course will use writing as a vehicle for discovering and exploring your creativity. We will work through Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity, as well as some other writing activities, to access each participant’s own individual creativity. By the end of this six-week course participants should have a good idea of the next creative project they’d like to embark upon; some may even have a solid start on their next project. Let’s write together and see where it leads us!
Lisa Bailey is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Business School at UIC. She is also finishing a PhD in English Composition and Rhetoric, commonly known as Writing Studies, at the University of South Carolina. She loves living in Chicago, visiting libraries, and learning more about how students learn.
Interested but prefer virtual classes? Check out our other class running this term, “Finding Your Writing Voice”!
Materials List
Required
- Other Instructor-Distributed Materials
Optional Materials
- A new journal that you love, a sketch pad, your favorite writing implement(s), and your favorite art supplies.
First Reading
- Read before class: pages 1-60 of The Artist’s Way.
A Brief Syllabus
- Introduction and Basic History of Writing
- Newberry Collection Presentation
- Writing Exercises by Peter Elbow
- Writing Exercises by Sonra Pearl
- The Relationship Between Walking and Writing
- Individual Five-Minute Presentations
Cost and Registration
6 sessions, $270 ($243 for Newberry members, seniors, and students). Learn about becoming a member.
We offer our classes at three different price options: Regular ($270), Community Supported ($255), and Sponsor ($285). Following the models of other institutions, we want to ensure that our classes are accessible to a wider audience while continuing to support our instructors. You may choose the price that best fits your situation when registering through Learning Stream.
To register multiple people for this class, please go through the course calendar in Learning Stream, our registration platform. When you select the course and register, you’ll be prompted to add another registrant.
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