What's Your Story?
I am constantly interested in other people, their stories. How they got to the room they’re in when I met them. Where they got the courage to jump off that bridge, take that risk. Or perhaps why they haven’t yet taken a desired risk, even though you can see the momentum building underground destined to burst to the surface sooner or later.
Here in the studio over the past 2.5 years, we’ve had several people work through ideas/job changes/relationship issues/life challenges with their hands deep in clay and then transition into something new after a few months. The act of creating can launch people into whole new lives. It can feel magical, almost spiritual.
One such person with a fabulous story is the esteemed Theresa Okokon. I’ve been following her writing career for a few years now. She is cohost of Stories From the Stage, a Pushcart Prize nominee, and frequent contributor to Cognoscenti- among other journals. Her journey from the yoga world to the writing world, with stops at plenty of other little islands along the way, is the stuff that can move one to take a leap of their own.
I’m so darn thrilled to have Theresa on staff at Create! She’ll be teaching our Personal Essay class in November and help you craft the stories of your life. We all have stories- lived lives interesting due to the nature of being alive- and they deserve to be documented.
For this short six-week session, we’ve got new classes by our regular rock-star teachers also: Pen & Ink Drawing with Justin Life, and ceramic tile making with Gustavo Barceloni -no ceramics experience necessary for this one!
I can’t think of a better way to pass these fall months than learning something new in our community as we head towards Winter.
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Did you miss us during Roslindale Open Studios? We have plenty of ceramics for sale online and in the studio. Come by or see here!
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Nov/Dec 2022 Class Schedule!
Saturday
Tween ceramics, ages 9 - 13
Monday
Claymation: Stop-Motion Videos with Clay, Ages 8 - 11
Teen/Adult Ceramics, Beginners
Tuesday
3D Character Design using 3D Printer, ages 8 - 11
Fun With Fibers, ages 7 - 11
Poetry You Didn’t Learn in School, adult beginners
Wednesday
Toddler Steam, ages 1 - 3.5
Handmade for Home, ages 5 - 9
Wild at heART, ages 6 - 9
Personal Essays with Theresa Okokon, adults
Adult Ceramics, Intermediate
Thursday
Tween/Teen Ceramics, ages 11 - 16
Tween Pen and Ink Drawing, ages 11 - 16
Friday
Teen/Adult Ceramics, Beginners
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Friday Night Series
Figure Drawing, November 18
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Ceramics Short Workshops
Plaster Mold Making, Oct 21 & 23
Tile Making, October 28 & 30 (No experience necessary!)
Glazing 101, November 13