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“Refilling Your Creative Well” Writing Workshop with Boise City Writer-in-Residence Heidi Kraay

  • Library! at Collister 4724 West State Street Boise, ID, 83703 United States (map)

We hope you'll join Boise City Writer-in-Residence Heidi Kraay on Wednesday, August 14, from 6 PM to 7:45 PM at the Library! at Collister (4724 W. State Street, Boise) for "Refilling Your Creative Well: Session 5.”

In these workshops for writers and artists across disciplines, participants will explore new pathways for refilling their creative wells, renewing artistic energy, and reawakening their wild spirits within.

In Session 5, participants will focus on identifying and setting goals that reflect the lives they want to lead. By visualizing (and meeting!) that future self through writing and discussion, participants will set intentional goals to move them closer to the creative life they want to lead.

“Refilling Your Creative Well” is a six-part workshop series in which each session connects and builds upon each other and can be attended as either progressive or singular experiences.

No registration is required to participate, but space is limited. This workshop is geared toward adults. As mature content may be discussed, parental discretion is advised for participants under 18. Please bring writing materials, such as a notebook and pen.

ABOUT HEIDI KRAAY

Playwright and writer-across-disciplines Heidi Kraay examines the link between brain and body, seeking empathy with fractured characters. She collides myth, metaphor, and monsters to discover connections across difference. Dramatic work has been presented in Boise, regionally, in NYC and internationally. Heidi’s play for middle-grade audiences Wolf/Girl received its university premiere this year at Boise State University. Plays for adults include three exploring the hidden monsters inside us: Take Me Away, see in the dark, How to Hide Your Monster, additional full-lengths, co-devised projects, plays for young audiences, and shorts. You can find selected dramatic publications through Smith & Kraus and Applause. Projects in other disciplines include 12 Lifetimes: A Century Cycle, a memoir-adjacent book of essays in the ancient century form available through Modern Mythographer, and Drown to Resurface, an album of poem-songs available on Bandcamp. Heidi holds an MFA from the California Institute of Integral Studies and is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America. Heidi is pursuing a Certificate in Dramatic Writing through the Dramatists Guild Institute and is oh-so grateful to be one of two inaugural Boise City Writers-in-Residence. www.heidikraay.com  

ABOUT THE BOISE CITY WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE

Founded in 2023, the Boise City Writer-in-Residence is a collaborative program between the Boise City Department of Arts & History, Boise Public Library, and The Cabin. Funded by the City of Boise, these six-month residencies offer local writers dedicated time and stipend to support their creative practice and connect them to the community through free monthly literary public programs and events. The Boise City Writer-in-Residence call for applications opens annually in the summer.


Date and Location

The writing workshop will take place on Wednesday, August 14, from 6 PM to 7:45 PM at the Library! at Collister (4724 W. State Street, Boise).


Cost

Free


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