Back to Wholeness
Uncover some hidden pieces of your story as you pull together a collage of art and words to help you come back from events which may have had you stuck for years. Time to break moulds and piece a new creation together. Surprises? Absolutely. Epiphany? Hopefully. Connections? Definitely.
No experience necessary.
We will invite you to send us a line from what you write and we will create a unique edible flower with your words on it. You are welcome to eat them (ink is edible as well), display it, or share the words with the world.
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Edible flower with poetry
Please note that one of the purposes of this workshop is to generate writing that could possibly be included in a new anthology of personal stories surrounding trauma.
Meet our Facilitators.
Dr. Bonnie Nish is Executive Director of Word Vancouver, Western Canada’s largest free literacy arts festival. Bonnie’s first book of poetry ‘Love and Bones’ was released by Karma Press in 2013. Bonnie has a Masters in Arts Education from Simon Fraser University and a PhD in Language and Literacy Education from the University of British Columbia where she currently teaches. Her next book “Concussion and Mild TBI: Not Just Another Headline” an anthology of concussion related stories, was published by Lash and Associates in 2016. Bonnie is an Expressive Arts Therapist with a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from the Vancouver Expressive Arts Therapy School who has worked extensively with youth and adults in high-risk situations. She has conducted writing and expressive arts workshops for over 20 years across North America. Her latest poetry book, Cantata in Two Voices, co-written with Jude Neal was released by Ekstasis Editions in 2018. Bonnie lives in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada. Find out more about her at https://bonnienish.com
Dr Natasha Boškić is a Director, Learning Design in the Faculty of Education and teaches in the Master of Educational Technology program at UBC. Natasha writes poetry and short personal narratives. She is fascinated by the opportunities to combine analogue and digital technologies, and use a variety of media to tell our stories. She likes bringing poetry into every day in fun and engaging way. Her collaborative transmedial installation, “Still/ed here,” has been exhibited in Canada, Portugal, Serbia, Denmark, England and Ireland, and was awarded the 1st prize in the category of Digital and performative multimedia art in Surrey Art Gallery in 2019. The video poem, “On the Margin of History”, part of the installation, was also screened at various film festivals. Her poems have been published in anthologies and poetry journals and magazines in Canada, Europe and US. Natasha’s latest short poetry film, “Legacy”, was exhibited at the Polygon galley in North Vancouver in January 2022. More about her work at onlywords.ca
Two writing workshops that can help you build back your self-confidence and give you a positive way of dealing with some of life’s hardest situations.
The opportunity to submit your written piece to a potential anthology.
While the workshops build on each other, they can also be taken individually.
$80 for two workshops, $45 for individual workshops.
To register please email Bonnie Nish at: blnish_pandoras@yahoo.ca
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