Classes
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Classes
We offer ongoing classes aimed at exploring the creative process, storytelling through all art, and how these topics intersect with our worldview, sense of purpose, and personal narrative. Classes are crafted to be accessible to all mediums, backgrounds, and experiences, with our curriculum firmly rooted in the belief that everyone is creative, and we all have a story to tell.
UPCOMING CLASSES + WORKSHOPS
Tuesdays, April 14-June 9 | This generative workshop will apply the same camaraderie, energy, and brainstorming power that appears in television writing rooms to outlining your novel! You'll enter with nothing more than a couple of story-seed ideas, and leave with a beat sheet, character bios, setting sketches, and thematic goals for an entire novel. Led by Jacqui Castle.
Wednesdays, April 15-May 27 | A seven-week exploration of how our personal narrative and lived experiences can inform our creative projects. Classes will range from learning how to mine for material from our own lives, to re-authoring our personal narrative, and finally how to repurpose our stories for creative work in any medium. Appropriate for anyone exploring autobiographical material in a creative setting. Led by Erin Hallagan Clare.
Tuesdays, June 16-July 28 from 6:30-8:30pm EST | 📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM | Offered through The Inward & Artward School of Creativity.
What if, at the edge of change, we are not lost—but standing at the threshold of a story waiting to be told? In this six-week online class, we’ll step into the landscape of fairy tales—where the ordinary becomes enchanted, where transformation is inevitable, and where meaning is carried through symbol, archetype, and image. Together, we’ll wander beyond the limits of linear thinking and into the rich terrain of personal mythology, where new ways of seeing—and being—begin to take shape.
Wednesdays, June 17-July 8, 2026 from 6:00-8:00pm EST | 📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Offered through The Inward & Artward School of Creativity.
We will use ekphrasis, an ancient literary tool, to play with words by responding to art of various genres — paintings, sculpture, film, music, etc. — through poetry and prose. This workshop will inspire you to generate ideas and new material that may later become polished projects. This four-week workshop is for writers of all genres and skill levels and will provide writing prompts, weekly assignments, and resources for creating your own ekphrastic work beyond this workshop. Facilitated by Alli Marshall (I&A Certified).
Curious about Story Parlor & Inward & Artward’s upcoming Creative Facilitator Trainings? Join us for a free info session exploring both upcoming certification pathways: the Fall Intensive Cohort (September–December 2026) and the Monthly Immersion Cohort (September 2026–April 2027).
July 30 – August 2, 2026 | Restore & Create is a mixed media art retreat in Asheville, North Carolina designed to help you renew deeply, create freely, and connect meaningfully—with ease.
Monthly Immersion: September 2026-April 2027 | An interactive 9 month program on how to create and facilitate unique offerings rooted in the intersection of the creative process, personal stories, and the human condition. Tailored for folks interested in starting a new and fulfilling career path, or simply wanting to deepen their relationship to creativity and self. Led by Inward & Artward founder, Erin Hallagan Clare.
Fall Intensive: September-December 2026 | An interactive four month program on how to create and facilitate unique offerings rooted in the intersection of the creative process, personal stories, and the human condition. Tailored for folks interested in starting a new and fulfilling career path, or simply wanting to deepen their relationship to creativity and self. Led by Inward & Artward founder, Erin Hallagan Clare.
Summer Hybrid Intensive: June-September 2027 | An interactive four-month program on how to create and facilitate unique offerings rooted in the intersection of the creative process, personal stories, and the human condition. Tailored for folks interested in starting a new and fulfilling career path, or simply wanting to deepen their relationship to creativity and self. Led by Inward & Artward founder, Erin Hallagan Clare.
An interactive certification program on how to create and facilitate unique offerings rooted in the intersection of the creative process, personal stories, and the human condition. Tailored for folks interested in starting a new and fulfilling career path, or simply wanting to deepen and/or refresh their approach to holistic creative facilitation.
Offered through our sister project, the Inward & Artward School of Creativity, our virtual and hybrid classes are primarily led by certified Inward & Artward facilitators and include virtual, hybrid, and in-person formats designed to inspire and support creatives of all backgrounds, mediums, and levels of expertise.
A variety of free and donation-based workshops, events, and gatherings dedicated to building an accessible creative community.
Held twice a year, join Story Parlor for a weekend full of mini workshops showcasing some of the classes on the horizon for the upcoming season. Come meet the instructors, get a feel for their offerings, and network with other creatives in the community.
““There isn’t much that’s more energizing than surrounding yourself with creative people a few hours a week.”
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