Ten Week Class
Mon. Oct. 6-Dec. 8, 2025 from 6:00-8:30pm EST
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Registration is through the Inward & Artward School of Creativity, a sister project to Story Parlor.
As we investigate the stories we tell ourselves, we explore purpose, meaning, and the fabric of the human condition while also reaping the innumerable fringe benefits that result from responding to our creative calling. With the accompaniment of a creative project, this ten-week course will investigate the intersection between our creativity and personal mythology, including strategies to work through common blocks, ways to kickstart and sustain creative momentum, and ways to leverage personal narrative for creative bounty. This course is open to narrative artists hailing from any medium, in any stage of their creative journey.
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The Inward & Artward School of Creativity—a sister project to Story Parlor—launched in the fall of 2025 with the intention of expanding the workshops and classes offered to a broader, virtual community.
The school takes its name from a guiding philosophy: that one must go inward in order to go “artward.” Creativity, in this framework, begins with reflection, personal narrative, and an honest reckoning with the stories we carry—about ourselves, about others, and about the world. I&A helps participants explore those stories, untangle limiting beliefs, and cultivate sustainable practices that foster creative growth. The aim is not to teach a singular technique or discipline, but to provide tools and frameworks that allow individuals to discover their own pathways to expression.
Programming at I&A spans a range of offerings, from short-term workshops to extended creative facilitator trainings. These trainings are particularly impactful, equipping artists, educators, and community leaders with the skills to guide others in creative exploration. Through this work, the school cultivates a new generation of creative leaders committed to fostering inclusive, meaningful, and transformative arts experiences.
Together, Story Parlor and the I&A School of Creativity form a dynamic ecosystem of creativity aimed at dismantling the barriers and silencing that so often accompany early creative experiences, and to invite participants to reclaim creativity as an essential part of how they live. They affirm that creativity is not the province of a chosen few, but the birthright of all—a force capable of bridging divides, deepening empathy, and helping us see ourselves and one another more fully.
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