ONSITE: Craft Practice: Sensory Exploration in Fiction and Nonfiction
Adult Intensive | This class has been canceled
For writers of fiction or nonfiction:Learn to pull the reader into your work by combining sensory and active description. Deepen your evocative sensory practice through progressive writing prompts that incorporate the five senses. Come prepared to write on the spot.
Students will need tools for writing in class, such as laptop/tablet, notebook, pens, etc, as well as internet access to receive assigned reading material outside of class.
Classes are confirmed one week prior to the start date. In order to help us confirm classes, please register as early as possible.
This is an On-site course. Students must follow current Covid-19 protocols, as outlined on our website. On-site courses do not come with studio access outside of class time. Paid open studio access is available through our Studio Access Program. Please visit visarts.org for more information.
April Sopkin
April Sopkin is the current Writer-in-Residence at VisArts. She was awarded a 2023 Elizabeth George Foundation grant, and her work has appeared in Joyland, MIT Technology Review, Carve, and elsewhere. She was a 2019 Tin House Scholar and her work has won the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, the Patricia Aakhus Award, and the Frank McCourt Memoir Prize. April’s work has also been supported by fellowships and artist residencies, including the Tin House Summer Workshop, TENT: Creative Writing at the Yiddish Book Center, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.