We all have a story we need to tell. Author and long-time educator Monique Polak shares her tricks for helping young writers find the story [...]
IT’S ALIVE! STOP-MOTION ANIMATION JAM with Daniel Crawford
Rain Huff2025-08-04T15:10:29-04:00This stop-motion animation workshop combines hands-on crafting with technology to bring student’s imaginations to life! Groups of students create characters and set pieces in preparation [...]
VISUAL STORYTELLING with Eric Bent
Rain Huff2025-08-11T13:31:38-04:00A workshop based on teaching students how to tell and visualize stories through drawings and writing (.eg. comics and storyboarding). This involves them telling their [...]
LET’S WRITE A BOOK with Lydia Lukidis
Rain Huff2026-09-03T14:34:26-04:00In this hands-on workshop, students work with award winning children’s author Lydia Lukidis to create their very own picture book from idea to finished product. [...]
THE HIP-HOP POETRY JAM with Rupert Common
Rain Huff2024-11-07T14:25:14-05:00Improvisation or “freestyle,” as it is referred to in Hip-Hop spaces, is an important ingredient to any creative process, but is often overlooked with regards [...]
SPOKEN WORD IN A CIRCLE: FIND YOUR VOICE with Kym Dominique-Ferguson
Rain Huff2024-10-24T13:43:04-04:00The Circle serves as an equalizing space where everyone has the right to speak, be heard, and feel acknowledged. It fosters unity, strength, and freedom, [...]
FEELING YOUR WAY INTO FICTION with Catherine Austen
Rain Huff2024-10-12T20:45:10-04:00In this prompt-based writing workshop, students will draft several freewrites, then scour them for a nugget of genius to expand into a story. Mini-lessons begin [...]
LET’S MAKE A ZINE! with Sandra Dumais
Rain Huff2024-10-14T15:02:41-04:00In this workshop, the kids will learn how to make and fold a zine out of a regular 8.5 x 11 piece of paper. With [...]
IMPROVISED CREATIVITY with Nadine Neema
Rain Huff2024-10-14T13:16:42-04:00This workshop combines improvised voice, movement and writing and is designed to lead students to their own creative experiences. This workshop will be completely interactive [...]
WRITING TO THE RHYTHM with Raquel Rivera
Rain Huff2024-10-10T15:13:47-04:00We all have an ear for good writing. In this workshop students explore the underlying rhythms of language, while gaining confidence in their innate ability [...]









