Begins Monday, March 1st, 2027

This class is asynchronous and meets via Wet Ink, our dedicated online classroom. Complete weekly assignments on your own schedule.

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Led by Holly Lyn Walrath, a writer, editor, and publisher. Her poetry and short fiction have appeared in Strange Horizons, Fireside Fiction, Analog, and Flash Fiction Online. She is the author of several books of poetry, including Glimmerglass Girl (2018), Numinose Lapidi (2020), and The Smallest of Bones (2021). She holds a Master's in Creative Writing from the University of Denver. In 2019, she launched Interstellar Flight Press, an indie SFF publisher dedicated to publishing underrepresented genres and voices.

Who is this class for?

This online creative challenge is open to all levels and all disciplines: writers, poets, visual artists, photographers, and anyone looking to generate new work and push their boundaries. If you want to build a daily creative practice in a supportive, low-pressure structure, this is the class for you.

What to expect:

Secluded in a small village outside of Paris, the famous impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh spent the final 70 days of his life doing what he loved: painting every day. This remarkable period and astonishing burst of creativity inspires this unique workshop.

Grow with Van Gogh is a 30-day challenge for writers, artists, and all creatives looking to generate new work and push their boundaries. This expansive four-week workshop includes a daily prompt inspired by the life and work of Vincent van Gogh.

Whether you're putting words on a page, paint on a canvas, or lens to the world, this challenge invites you to show up daily and create.

Vincent van Gogh is one of the most prolific and famous artists of all time. He is also perhaps the most misunderstood. A tribute to Vincent's relentless creative spirit, this workshop takes a close look at the artist while allowing participants to respond to and reflect on van Gogh's life through their own creative voyage.

What are the writing goals?

In this course, students will respond to a new prompt every day for 30 days, finishing the month with 30 new works-in-progress. Working at your own pace within weekly deadlines, you'll receive feedback from the instructor and peers on all assigned activities through the Wet Ink classroom.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week 1: Seventy Days in Auvers — Challenging Yourself as a Creative

Week 2: "Whosoever Loves Much Can Accomplish Much" — Approaching the Creative Process with Love

Week 3: Letters to Theo — Creating from Memory Using Letters, Journaling, and Confessions

Week 4: "What Am I?" — Self-Portraits and Creating First for the Self

COURSE TAKEAWAYS:

• Learn creative discipline by showing up for your work daily
• Create works inspired by and in conversation with Vincent van Gogh
• Find beauty in the ordinary and get inspired by the mundane
• Challenge yourself to build creative resiliency
• Explore your unique voice as a creative
• Grow your creative practice by creating 30 new works-in-progress

ONLINE COURSE STRUCTURE:

This class is asynchronous, meaning you complete the weekly assignments on your own schedule. There are no set meeting times to allow for greater participation; your cohort will consist of writers from different time zones, which allows for a wonderful diversity of voices.

Along with your weekly deadlines, there is plenty of interaction with the instructor and your peers within Wet Ink, our dedicated online classroom. Craft materials, lectures, reading assignments, and writing prompts are all available through the online classroom. Students also post work and provide and receive feedback in the online classroom.

You can finish the work as you see fit, week to week, which is perfect for any schedule. There are discussion questions each week inspired by the assigned readings and topics in the lecture notes. Students are encouraged to take these wherever they find most compelling and/or useful. The instructor engages with these discussions throughout the week, and you will receive feedback on all assigned writing activities.

HOW DOES WET INK WORK?

Wet Ink was built and designed specifically for online writing classes. Wet Ink is private, easy to use, and very interactive.

PAYMENT OPTIONS:

Tuition is $330 USD. You can pay for the course in full or use Shop Pay or Affirm to pay over time with equal Monthly Payments. Both options are available at checkout.