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Blowing Up Barriers: Attaining the Fully Imagined Life
WE Labs
Long Beach, CA
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Blowing Up Barriers: Attaining the Fully Imagined Life
Blowing Up Barriers Enterprises:
Attaining the Fully Imagined Life
27-WEEK WORKSHOP SERIES

Dr. Niama L. Williams, Workshop Facilitator

What isolates many artists from their deepest, innermost selves is the absence of play in their lives, downtime in which they can be silly, can stumble and fall, can try and fail with no consequences, can create something not perfect and still love themselves and the work.  

This course focuses on "drawing your way to freedom," on coming to understand what holds you back, what stems your creativity, what keeps you in fear, and then demolishing it.  Most of all, it allows you to play as you work your way towards fighting whatever it is that keeps you from attaining your dreams.

We will laugh, have fun, and bond as we share with each other what keeps us stuck, discuss and practice the rudiments of poetry, prose, and the essay, and draw with colored pencils and markers the new vistas we want to achieve in our work or the dragons we have to defeat.

The first series of workshops, Series A:  "Killing the Muckraker," is eight weeks in length, and is followed by Series B:  "Soul Work:  Breaking the Chains of Earlier Dreams," also eight weeks in length.  The third series, Series C:  "Grunt Work:  Creating The Path To A Fully Imagined Life," is thirteen weeks.

The tuition for each eight-week series, Series A and Series B, is $350/participant; the tuition for the thirteen-week series, Series C, is $450/participant.  Tuition for the entire 26-week program, Series A, B, & C, is $800/participant.  The workshop facilitator will provide all course materials.  Fees for sponsoring organizations are on a different scale; please contact Dr. Williams directly or visit her website for more information.

If workshops are held at a sponsoring organization's physical site, the organization must pay travel and accommodations for the workshop facilitator.  In exchange for travel and accommodations, the facilitator provides all supplies for the course (sketchbook/journals, colored pencils, pens, etc.).  

In addition, the sponsoring organization is responsible for providing the following equipment:  chalkboard/dry erase board, access to computer/printer, table (to gather around), chairs (must be comfy), and podium (desktop one is fine).

Participation in and completion of Series A is REQUIRED for enrollment in Series B. Participation in and completion of Series A and B are required for enrollment in Series C.

About the instructor:  Dr. Niama L. J. Williams is a published writer who possesses degrees in comparative literature, professional writing, and African American literature.  Through workshops at the University of Pennsylvania and the African American Museum, and her 17+ years as a professor of literature and composition, Dr. Williams has practiced bringing adults of all ages to a new depth of honesty in their work, and seeks to bring that quality to others stifled by their everyday lives.

SERIES SCHEDULE 2015  2016

We will meet EVERY SATURDAY FROM 2-7:30 p.m.

Series A:  Killing the Muckraker
September 12th  November 7th, 2015;
no meeting October 31st, 2015

Series B:  Soul Work:  Breaking the Chains of Earlier Dreams
December 5th, 2015  February 6th, 2016;
no meeting Dec. 26th or Jan. 2nd

Series C:  Grunt Work:  
Creating The Path To A Fully Imagined Life
February 27th  April 30th, 2016;
no meeting March 26th  (Easter)

ENROLLMENT LIMITED TO 8 SLOTS PER SERIES

Location

WE Labs (View)
235 E. Broadway
Long Beach, CA 90802
United States
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Categories

Arts > Literary
Education > Workshops
Other > Spiritual
Arts

Non-Smoking: Yes!
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes!

Contact

Owner: Blowing Up Barriers Enterprises
On BPT Since: Dec 23, 2012
 
Dr. Niama L. J. Williams
www.drniamawilliams.com/wo...


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