Using Visuals to Warm Up Your Words with Ariel Aberg-Riger (Hybrid)
In this two-session adult writing workshop, we will explore the ways in which visuals—drawing, photography, found objects, collage—can open up the writing process.
During the first session, we’ll experiment with exercises that obliterate the blank page by getting your pen moving and bringing worlds to life before searching for the right words. During the second session, we’ll build on those exercises to wander into a written story based on the images and characters we’ve created.
Workshop Dates
- Saturday, December 4 @ 1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
- Saturday, December 11 @ 1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
This workshop is limited to 12 in-person participants with the option to join virtually.
- COVID SAFETY: We’ll be following social distancing protocol and providing masks and sanitizer as needed.
- ACCESSIBILITY NOTE: If you have any questions/issues accessing any of these opportunities, please let us know and we will work with you to make sure you can participate.
Date
- Saturday, December 11, 2021
- Expired!
Time
Zoom links will be provided to virtual participants.- 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Cost
- $60.00
Location
- 468 Washington Street, 2nd Floor, Buffalo, NY 14203
Featured Artist
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Ariel Aberg-RigerVisual StorytellerAriel Aberg-Riger is a visual storyteller who creates engaging, accessible stories about history, science, policy, and other forces that shape our lives. Her work explores issues of equity and social justice, on topics that range from environmental racism to the public library, and has appeared in the Atlantic, the Guardian, MIT Technology Review, Teen Vogue, and more. Her debut book America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History won the 2023 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature and was a 2024 Finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award, in a addition to being named a Best Book of the Year by the New York Public Library, Publisher’s Weekly, School Library Journal and more. She is a big believer in the power of melding forms and morphing mediums to tell expansive stories. She lives with her wife and two kids in Buffalo, New York.
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