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
Choose Your Own Adventure: Experiments in Endings & Iterations

Thursdays, June 19-July 31 | Taking inspiration from the popular “choose your own adventure” grade-school chapter books (known for their multiple ending possibilities), we will work through stuck and discarded writing with a multitude of new perspectives. Join this 6-week course designed to be playful, imaginative, and wide open to risks and challenges. Led by Inward & Artward Certified Facilitator, Alli Marshall.

Writing without an Outline: Risk and the Writer

Sat & Sun, July 12-13 | Part of the “How to Write Without an Outline: The Free Spirit’s Guide to Creative Writing" series, this two-day weekend workshop offers a a quick plunge to embrace the cutting edge of our truth. Led by Inward & Artward Certified Facilitator, R. Lyon Bergh.

Writing without an Outline: Writing from Theme

Mondays, August 4-Sept 15 | Part of the “How to Write Without an Outline: The Free Spirit’s Guide to Creative Writing" series, this six-week workshop offers a dive deep into the deeper meaning of story. Led by Inward & Artward Certified Facilitator, R. Lyon Bergh.

Creative Facilitator Training | Fall-Spring Immersion

Monthly Immersion: September 2025-April 2026 | 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 Erin Hallagan Clare.

From Page to Stage: Making Your Writing Come Alive in a Reading

Saturday, Sept. 13 from 10am-4pm | In this workshop, Bruce Spang (former Poet Laureate of Portland) will work with a small group of writers to show them the art of how to make their words come alive in a reading. Led by Bruce Spang.

Writing without an Outline: The Power of Genre

Sat & Sun, Oct. 18-19 | Part of the “How to Write Without an Outline: The Free Spirit’s Guide to Creative Writing" series, this two-day weekend workshop offers a to harness the comfort of the familiar. Led by Inward & Artward Certified Facilitator, R. Lyon Bergh.

Writing without an Outline: Writing from Analogy

Mondays, November 3-December 15 | Part of the “How to Write Without an Outline: The Free Spirit’s Guide to Creative Writing" series, this six-week workshop offers a dive deep into the deep relevance of story. Led by Inward & Artward Certified Facilitator, R. Lyon Bergh.

Parlor Series
Youth Programming
Youth Programming

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

Creativity Mixers
Creativity Mixers

A creativity workshop led by a certified Inward & Artward Creative Facilitator, followed by a lively salon where participants have the option to share a work-in-progress. Held Third Sundays!

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.

““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