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RuptureXIBT Writing Workshop with Anna Johnson (February)
Feb
14

RuptureXIBT Writing Workshop with Anna Johnson (February)

"Writing with touch: crafting texture and substance

In this creative writing workshop we’ll explore ways to capture the textures of the world around us. Through generative, explorative exercises and inspiring readings we’ll use this intense noticing to bring our writing to life.
Suitable for all levels, whether you’re a poet, a novelist or brand new to writing."

2pm-4pm
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Writing Workshop with Anna Johnson
Feb
27
Creative writing

Writing Workshop with Anna Johnson

Writing our journeys and transformations.
In this generative, explorative, creative writing workshop, we will play with ways of reimagining some of the tropes of myth, in particular magical transformations and the hero’s journey. We will use these ideas to explore ways of expressing our more ‘everyday’ transformations, and the journeys, physical and psychological, that we make.

We will look at contemporary and historical texts that draw on mythologies, including Fiona Benson’s poetry in Vertigo and Ghost and Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

Through a range of readings and short writing exercises, we will explore the ways in which we might turn to the non-human (animals, ghosts, gods…) to express our own very human experiences.

Suitable for all levels, no creative writing experience necessary

4pm-6pm!

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RuptureXIBT Writing Workshop with Anna Johnson (January)
Jan
17

RuptureXIBT Writing Workshop with Anna Johnson (January)

Writing with Sound workshop with Anna Johnson.
Engaging the senses is often key to drawing the reader into our writing, but sound is sometimes overlooked. This month’s writing workshop will explore how writing with and about sound - from the wind in the trees to the music that moves us - can engage the reader and enrich our writing practice.

Through readings and short writing exercises we will explore how we might bring sound into our work. We will look at a variety of texts, including poems by d/Deaf, British Jamaican poet Raymond Antrobus.

Suitable for all writing levels, from absolute beginner to experienced. 2pm-4pm
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The Opening Chapter: A Workshop For Writers with Dr James Miller
Nov
29
Creative writing

The Opening Chapter: A Workshop For Writers with Dr James Miller

What makes an opening chapter work? How do you grab and hold a reader’s attention? What is the balance between show and tell, between action and reflection, exposition and omission? Should a novel start ‘at the beginning’ or in the ‘middle’ or even at ‘the end’? What are the pros and cons of different points of view and different tenses?

This is a workshop for aspiring and more established writers who are struggling to start their novel. 3-5pm £10

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RuptureXIBIT Creative Writing: Autumn One Day Intensive
Nov
15
Workshop, Creative writing

RuptureXIBIT Creative Writing: Autumn One Day Intensive

‘Interwoven’

Develop your creative writing practice, or try something new, with Rupture’s creative writing autumn intensive.

This full-day event will be hosted by Rupture’s Dr Anna Johnson and will also feature a workshop and talk by special guest, poet and lecturer Emma Filtness and a short explorative workshop with writer in residence Ashleigh Sean.

10am-4pm £35.00 or £25 for students.
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Ashleigh Sean - Intensive Writing Mentoring Residency
Oct
31
to 30 Nov
Residency, Intensive Writing Residency, Writing Mentoring Residency

Ashleigh Sean - Intensive Writing Mentoring Residency

I’m currently working on a piece titled A Lynching in Exuma, a story rooted in my family history and anchored by Bahamian traditions, culture, and memory. My hope is to have this piece completed by the end of my residency doing my part to bring Bahamian literature and storytelling to the forefront." Read more

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Open Studio with Helen Parkinson
Oct
25
to 26 Oct
Open Studio

Open Studio with Helen Parkinson

Join our intensive writing mentoring residency guest Helen Parkinson for her open studio weekend. There will be a chance to hear about her embodied investigations during her writing residency and to hear a fragmented reading of her Work in progress.
Open Studio 12-5pm Sat & Sun with reading and Q&A on Sunday 3-5pm
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RuptureXIBIT SparkCrit
Sept
14

RuptureXIBIT SparkCrit

We are here to help you build (or re-examine and re-build) a supportive framework for your creative practice. Open to artists, musicians, writers, all who have or want to further their relationship to creative and acrobatic thinking. Bring hard questions and an open mind and let's get to work!

12-4pm
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RuptureXIBT Writing Workshop with Anna Johnson (September)
Sept
13

RuptureXIBT Writing Workshop with Anna Johnson (September)

In this workshop we'll explore writing created through engaging with works of art (from painting to literature), known as ekphrastic writing. This practice moves beyond the descriptive to create its own world in response to an artwork. Together, we will look at examples of ekphrastic literature, including poetry by WH Auden. We will work through short writing exercises (drawing on RuptureXIBIT's wonderful collection of art books!) to explore how this technique can help us develop our own writing voice.

2pm-4pm
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RuptureXIBIT Invitational Artist in Residence: Sharyn Wortman
Sept
1
to 29 Sept

RuptureXIBIT Invitational Artist in Residence: Sharyn Wortman

Earlier in the summer, I embarked on the most extraordinary adventure, undertaking a science and art residency with The Arctic Circle. Join me as I make sense of what came back with me from the Arctic.I will be unpacking my duffle bag day by day, musing, looking deeply, reflecting and wondering what new work will come as a result of it all.

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Rebecca Lacey - Intensive Art Mentoring Residency - Life in Ruins
Aug
4
to 31 Aug

Rebecca Lacey - Intensive Art Mentoring Residency - Life in Ruins

My practice centres around abstract painting, photography, poetry and acting. Colour is a prominent part of my expressive language. Recently, I have become interested in creating a more textured surface using discarded paper bags, amazon packaging and organic material, to draw attention to the natural world and the cataclysmic risk we face. Read more & Book


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