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Arts in April: Six-Word Memoirs Workshop
April 1 @ 9:00 am - April 30 @ 3:00 pm
About Arts in April Workshops: Join the RVCC community by attending one or all of these creative arts-inspired workshops. The goal of Arts in April is to provide accessible arts programming to RVCC students and members of the local community. Free, but pre-registration is required.
Arts in April is supported by a New Hampshire Humanities Civic Life and Belonging Grant.
Where? Maker stations are available at Claremont, Keene and Lebanon campuses
Presenter: Cara Chanoine MFA, PhD. Cara is a poet and the Program Director of RVCC’s English Department.
Workshop Description: Memoir is a branch of narrative nonfiction focused on personal experiences. Many people find memoir writing cathartic, validating, and enjoyable, even if they would not normally consider themselves writers. The six-word memoir is a (relatively) recent adaptation of the genre that echoes the ways in which brevity and conciseness have become embedded in our day-to-day communication. However, the six-word memoir challenges us to consider that brevity does not preclude depth of meaning. This sub-genre of memoir writing asks authors to consider a single experience, or their life as a whole, and distill it down into six deliberately chosen words. In this make-and-take workshop, participants can drop in to create their own six-word memoirs.
Recommended Materials: Materials are provided
Additional Info:
- This is a “make-and-take” workshop. Participants can drop-in and create a piece of writing using the provided materials.
- Instructions and additional resources are available at each station.
- Participants may display their work, take it home, or create one to display and one to take away.
