a narrative arts space

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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

Recurring Workshops
Creativity Lab

Tuesdays, Jan. 7-Feb. 18 | A seven-week exploration of the creative process, common blocks and obstacles, and ways to kickstart and sustain creative momentum, accompanied by the development of a creative project or idea.

(Cancelled) Creative Facilitator Training | Yearly Immersion

(Cancelled) Year-Long Immersion Cohort | An interactive 12 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 Erin Hallagan Clare.

Speaking in Voices: A Guide to Character Building

Mondays, January 20-February 24 | This fiction class focuses on using voice to create character, establish tone, and maintain a cohesive style. Led by Jamieson Ridenhour.

Brave Words: Discovering Your Own Hero’s Journey

Wednesdays, January 22-February 26 | Venture into heart of your writing practice while engaging the Hero’s and Heroine’s Journeys as templates for personal narrative and story. Led by Inward & Artward Certified Facilitator, Alli Marshall.

Whole Creative Living Beyond Burnout

Thursdays, January 30-March 6 | Repair your relationship with stress and creativity through the knowledge and tools of real self-care in a supportive group environment that nurtures curiosity, personal growth, and collective healing. Led by Inward & Artward Certified Facilitator, Faye D’Avanza.

Dear Valentine: A Love Letter Writing Workshop

Saturday, February 8 from 1:00-4:00pm | Led by a certified Inward & Artward Creative Facilitator, Tikva Kingrea, this pre-Valentine's Day workshop offers space to connect + craft a love letter from the heart. We'll talk about the history and styles of love letters complete with examples, what elements go into writing a love letter, how to find and capture meaningful moments, and provide the needed materials to complete a written letter. 

Story Lab

Tuesdays, March 4-April 22 | 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.

Writing from the Top of Your Head

Wednesdays, March 5- April 9 | The Writing from the Top of Your Head workshop helps writers of any level of experience to break through perfectionism, free their imagination, and tell the brave stories they are meant to tell. Led by Nina Hart.

Creative Facilitator Training | Summer Intensive

Summer Intensive Cohort | An interactive 18-week 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 Erin Hallagan Clare.

Parlor Series
Creativity + Story Labs
Creativity + Story Labs

Story Parlor’s Labs feature classes that explore creativity and storytelling through all art forms, and their relationship to personal narrative, worldview, and the human condition.

Creative Facilitator Training
Creative Facilitator Training

An interactive 18-week program on how to create and facilitate unique offerings rooted in the intersection of the creative process, personal stories, and the human condition.

Workshop Proposals
Workshop Proposals

We’re always looking to collaborate with, and provide a platform for, the local arts community. If you have a creative, experiential workshop idea that fits within our mission and core values, we invite you to submit a proposal.

Youth Programming
Youth Programming

Youth classes, events, and workshops rooted in art-based learning.

““There isn’t much that’s more energizing than surrounding yourself with creative people a few hours a week.”
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— David Wells, former Story Parlor student
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227 Haywood Road — Asheville, NC 28806 — (828) 367-9377‬