Upcoming Workshops, Readings, and Events.
Curious about artist residencies? In this workshop, we will go over different art residency models and what they have to offer, from artist communities to DIY and micro-residencies. We will discuss how to assess whether you are in the right season of your life and practice to apply, what residency model makes the most sense for you, and navigating residencies as a full-time worker or caregiver. Participants will leave with resources on where to find open calls, funding opportunities, and application dos and don’ts. This workshop will be discussion based and artists should come ready to journal. There will be time for Q&A.
Suitable for artists of all disciplines. 25 participants max.
Past Readings & Events
“Creating and Sustaining a Satisfying Writing Life.” WriteAngles Conference. Northampton, MA (2024).
Literary Reading & Open Mic for Palestine/UNRWA. Bookends, Florence, MA (2024).
Conversation with Ani Gjika. Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, MA (2024).
“Women, Life, Freedom: Iranian Writers Reading & in Conversation.” RAWIFest+Mizna 2023. Minneapolis, MN (2023).
RAWIFest+Mizna 2023 Reading. Minneapolis (2023).
The Elemental Salon. Florence, MA (2023).
The Thirsty Lab Reading. Zoom (2023).
2022 Edith Wharton / Straw Dog Writers-in-Residence Celebration. Lenox, MA (2022).
AGNI Launch of Issue 95. Goethe-Institut Boston. Boston, MA (2022).
QTWOC + QPOC Winnipeg. Zoom (2022).
Radius of Arab American Writers Festival (RAWIFest). Zoom (2021).
Poetry Reading with Fatemeh Shams. Blacksburg, VA (2019).
Contemporary Iranian-American Creative Nonfiction. University of Maryland Summer Language Institute Graduate Education Panel (2018).
Past Workshops
Creative Writing Workshops: Introduction to Creative Writing (12-week class), Introduction to Creative Nonfiction (12-week class), Jumpstart Your Writing: Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction (6-week class), Introduction to Poetry (6-week class), Space & Time for BIPOC Writers (12-week class), Poet Tea: Making & Writing about Tea (3-hour class), Eat the Apple: Writing Sensual Experiences (3-hour class), Beloved: How to Write a Love Letter (3-hour class), Who Let the Dogs Out: Writing About Pets (1-hour class)
Arts Business Workshops: Submitting to Literary Markets & Magazines (3-hour class), Artist Residencies 101 (2-hour class), Fund Your Writing: Fellowships, Residencies, and Grants (3-hour class); MFA Application Crash Course (3-hour class), Writing the MFA Application (4-week course) Cultivating Sustainable Writing Practices (3-hour class); Finding Your Literary Community (3-hour class)
Teaching Artist Professional Development: Teaching Artist Summer Camp: Cultivating a Teaching Philosophy (6-week class)
Poetry Basics
Join me for 4 Mondays (August 2, August 9, August 16, and August 23) from 5pm-7pm EST (4pm-6pm CST) for an introduction to poetry through the Loft.
Lamplighter Literary Arts Summer Writing Institute
Join me for 2-week online writing course for students entering grades 7-12 this summer through the 2021 Lamplighter Literary Arts Summer Writing Institute (LLASWI). International students are encouraged to apply. Financial aid available.
RAWIFest
Join me for a poetry reading through the Radius of Arab American Writers Festival (RAWIFest). I will read alongside poets Zein Sa’dedin, Deema Shehabi, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Aliah Lavonne Tigh, and Hazem Fahmy.
Loft Sampler Class: Poetry
Join me for an online 1-hour poetry class hosted through the Loft. Click on the link for registration details.
Follow Your Art Community Studios Poetry 101
Yasmine will teach an online 5-week introductory poetry class for adult beginners through Follow Your Art Community Studios. In this class, students will look at diction, syntax, the stanza and the line, sonic play, imagery, and figurative language in poetry as well as practice poetic forms (e.g. persona poems, odes, elegies, ekphrasis) that necessitate a curiosity about the outside world. Each class period, we will learn a new poetry concept, read a poem and discuss how we see the work at play, and then generate our own poems. There will be opportunities to share our work with peers. Click here to register.