Creative Writing Camp
Teacher: Laura Kepner
Does your imagination take you to far off lands? Do you see certain situations a little differently than others? Have you ever created people, or even creatures, that only exist in stories you tell? You might be a writer! If so, this summer camp is for you. We will spend time inside and outside, creating poetry, short stories, developing characters, and expanding our imaginations through object prompts and made-up words. Who knew writing could be so much fun? Young writers will learn about using senses in stories, building believable dialogue, how to start with a hook and end with a surprise, and much more. You don’t have to know everything about writing to participate in this camp, just be willing to try new things and to express yourself through a mighty pen!
On the final day of camp, writers can share their favorite project during a kids open mic. Family and friends will be invited. All supplies are included. Please wear comfortable shoes and sunscreen and bring a lunch and a refillable water bottle.
Teacher: Laura Kepner
Does your imagination take you to far off lands? Do you see certain situations a little differently than others? Have you ever created people, or even creatures, that only exist in stories you tell? You might be a writer! If so, this summer camp is for you. We will spend time inside and outside, creating poetry, short stories, developing characters, and expanding our imaginations through object prompts and made-up words. Who knew writing could be so much fun? Young writers will learn about using senses in stories, building believable dialogue, how to start with a hook and end with a surprise, and much more. You don’t have to know everything about writing to participate in this camp, just be willing to try new things and to express yourself through a mighty pen!
On the final day of camp, writers can share their favorite project during a kids open mic. Family and friends will be invited. All supplies are included. Please wear comfortable shoes and sunscreen and bring a lunch and a refillable water bottle.
Framed Resin Art Workshop
Simple and fun for all levels of art lovers ages 12 and up!
• We will be creating beautiful resin art on an 8’ x 10’ glass frame
• There will be several themes you can pick from, or you can design your own!
• All supplies provided.
• Your art will need to be left overnight to cure & you can pick it up the next day.
Simple and fun for all levels of art lovers ages 12 and up!
• We will be creating beautiful resin art on an 8’ x 10’ glass frame
• There will be several themes you can pick from, or you can design your own!
• All supplies provided.
• Your art will need to be left overnight to cure & you can pick it up the next day.
Yoga Nidra
Need some self care? Sign up for Yoga Nidra Expressions at the Safety Harbor Harbor Art and Music Center. You will experience deep relaxation through guided Yoga Nidra and then transition into a calming hands-on art experience. Relax your body and mind and let your creativity gently flow. Hosted by Nancy Plunkett, a trained Yoga Nidra facilitator and Heather Rippert, a professional artist. All art supplies, blankets and hot tea will be provided. Please bring a yoga mat, eye, neck or other pillow for your individual support.
Need some self care? Sign up for Yoga Nidra Expressions at the Safety Harbor Harbor Art and Music Center. You will experience deep relaxation through guided Yoga Nidra and then transition into a calming hands-on art experience. Relax your body and mind and let your creativity gently flow. Hosted by Nancy Plunkett, a trained Yoga Nidra facilitator and Heather Rippert, a professional artist. All art supplies, blankets and hot tea will be provided. Please bring a yoga mat, eye, neck or other pillow for your individual support.
DECLUTTERING 55+ A Roundtable Discussion and Coaching Session on Moving Ahead Creatively
Michelle Passoff author of Lighten Up will be your guide
Saturday May 6, 20123 or Saturday June 17, 2023
10 am -12pm
$12 per person
Limited seating. Please sign up early.
Join Michelle Passoff, author of LIGHTEN UP! Free Yourself From Clutter (HarperPerennial), for a roundtable and coaching session. We will spend two hours sharing what is possible in the next chapter of your life, identifying the challenges of letting go of physical and mental ‘stuff’ in the way, and addressing simple steps to open space to live a life that surpasses what you could ever previously have imagined. Michelle has travelled around the world teaching and privately consulting with
people who want to make space for what they really want in life.
MAY 6, 2023 WORKSHOPJUNE 17, 2023 WORKSHOP
Michelle Passoff author of Lighten Up will be your guide
Saturday May 6, 20123 or Saturday June 17, 2023
10 am -12pm
$12 per person
Limited seating. Please sign up early.
Join Michelle Passoff, author of LIGHTEN UP! Free Yourself From Clutter (HarperPerennial), for a roundtable and coaching session. We will spend two hours sharing what is possible in the next chapter of your life, identifying the challenges of letting go of physical and mental ‘stuff’ in the way, and addressing simple steps to open space to live a life that surpasses what you could ever previously have imagined. Michelle has travelled around the world teaching and privately consulting with
people who want to make space for what they really want in life.
MAY 6, 2023 WORKSHOPJUNE 17, 2023 WORKSHOP
Creative Music & Movement Camp
Join Ms. Laura Stack for a week of joy, creativity, and music. Ms. Stack, Masters of Music Education, has been teaching music and presenting workshops for 25 years guiding children and adults to unlock their creativity through play. Kids will find excitement through singing, instruments, and creative movement. This fun, safe space will leave kids laughing and smiling and empowered to trust their creative ideas.
Music Stories
Scarves
Xylophone
Drums
Ukuleles
Folk dancing
Creative movement
Music Class Observation
Friday June 30 1:30-2:30pm
Family and guests are welcome to observe our last music class from 1:30-2:30pm on Friday June 30. This last class will be a sharing of how we create in community and is not technically a “performance.” The students will be creating something together and you will get to see the magic happen.
Join Ms. Laura Stack for a week of joy, creativity, and music. Ms. Stack, Masters of Music Education, has been teaching music and presenting workshops for 25 years guiding children and adults to unlock their creativity through play. Kids will find excitement through singing, instruments, and creative movement. This fun, safe space will leave kids laughing and smiling and empowered to trust their creative ideas.
Music Stories
Scarves
Xylophone
Drums
Ukuleles
Folk dancing
Creative movement
Music Class Observation
Friday June 30 1:30-2:30pm
Family and guests are welcome to observe our last music class from 1:30-2:30pm on Friday June 30. This last class will be a sharing of how we create in community and is not technically a “performance.” The students will be creating something together and you will get to see the magic happen.
Writer Wednesdays at SHAMc
Every Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to noon, writers will meet to read their work. Depending on the number of participants, they can expect to share at least twice (either the same story or a different one). Once the piece is read aloud, the facilitator will offer an in-depth conversation about the story/chapter/essay, including its strengths and what it might need to make it more engaging and memorable. She may also suggest websites, books, or other helpful learning tools.
Participants should bring the first or second (or third or fourth!) draft of a completed short story, article, essay, -or chapter from a book in progress, along with at least three extra copies. Please use an easy-to-read font such as Calibri, Arial, or Times New Roman in black ink. Pages should be numbered and font should be 12-point. Double space lines and indent each new paragraph. Writers should plan to bring up to 8 pages. They will be given assigned days to share their work but should attend each meeting to learn from the comments given to fellow students. Every participant should bring their piece to the first class.
Note: While this class will be run slightly similar to a critique group, the instructor will be the one to offer suggestions for improvement as well as highlighting areas of strength, while also encouraging comments from fellow students.
Fee: $150 for either session (includes 5 consecutive classes).
Session Two: 10:00 a.m. to noon - April 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3
Laura Kepner is the author of A Brief History of Safety Harbor Florida; Images of America, Safety Harbor; and When Lourdes Was Big. She has won awards for her fiction and currently writes for Creative Pinellas/Arts Coast Journal and Destination Tampa Bay.
Every Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to noon, writers will meet to read their work. Depending on the number of participants, they can expect to share at least twice (either the same story or a different one). Once the piece is read aloud, the facilitator will offer an in-depth conversation about the story/chapter/essay, including its strengths and what it might need to make it more engaging and memorable. She may also suggest websites, books, or other helpful learning tools.
Participants should bring the first or second (or third or fourth!) draft of a completed short story, article, essay, -or chapter from a book in progress, along with at least three extra copies. Please use an easy-to-read font such as Calibri, Arial, or Times New Roman in black ink. Pages should be numbered and font should be 12-point. Double space lines and indent each new paragraph. Writers should plan to bring up to 8 pages. They will be given assigned days to share their work but should attend each meeting to learn from the comments given to fellow students. Every participant should bring their piece to the first class.
Note: While this class will be run slightly similar to a critique group, the instructor will be the one to offer suggestions for improvement as well as highlighting areas of strength, while also encouraging comments from fellow students.
Fee: $150 for either session (includes 5 consecutive classes).
Session Two: 10:00 a.m. to noon - April 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3
Laura Kepner is the author of A Brief History of Safety Harbor Florida; Images of America, Safety Harbor; and When Lourdes Was Big. She has won awards for her fiction and currently writes for Creative Pinellas/Arts Coast Journal and Destination Tampa Bay.
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Color is magic and when you know the proper tricks and spells you will be able to make colors pop and vibrate within your compositions. This color theory class is designed to teach you how to use colors, understand the theories behind color and teach you to see and use color, thoughtfully, to enhance any of your creative undertakings from painting, to fashion to culinary plating. All materials included. The end result of this course will include a brain full of knowledge and a beautiful composition to take home.
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Card Making Extravaganza Teacher: Autumn Pearson Have FUN making all your greeting cards and THANK YOUs or the month! Tons of great supplies, beautiful papers, and endless possibilities. Learn new techniques, bring a friend and enjoy crafting hand-made cards that your friends and family will treasure! All supples and coffee included. |
Teacher: Autumn Pearson Do you ever feel stuck when creating art? Not sure how to get started or where to go artistically? Elements and Principles of Design 101 will teach you the methods to the madness of creating art. You will learn the ABC’s of art, tricks of the trade and more. The skills you will learn in this hands-on class will be easy to apply and never forgotten. Your future creations will be aesthetically pleasing, well designed, thoughtful compositions. All supplies included and participants will walk away with a completed composition. |
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Writer Wednesdays at SHAMc Every Wednesday between 10:00 a.m. to noon, local author Laura Kepner will help writers develop their fiction and creative non-fiction skills in a fun, encouraging environment. Writers of every experience level are welcome to participate, from beginner to pro, whether writing a novel, a memoir, compelling articles, or short stories. Week one of each month will focus on character formation, from their birth in your imagination to their conflicts and how those shape personality and growth, essential to the development of plot. For example, one week the class may discuss dialogue while another week participants will learn about a character’s backstory and how to incorporate it into a story. Week two of each month will center on plot. Every page turning story must contain a plot. The plot begins on page one and continues until the final word in your story or novel. What is plot? It’s the problem or situation that your character/s must overcome through roadblocks and challenges to climax and resolution. It must be resolved in some way by the end. Each month, the class will look at different methods for building plot, including the Hero’s Journey, formula writing, and more. Week three of each month will be about setting. In building a world for your characters, whether it be in the middle of suburbia or in a completely new dimension, you will need to convey what it looks like, how it smells, the language and culture of this habitat, enough so it becomes a memorable place in readers’ minds. Week four of each month will be all about tense, voice, point of view, sentence structure, and more. Learning early on how to draw upon your “writers’ toolbox” well, will save time later. Individual classes pay as you go-$40 January Tickets available 4 pac of classes for January $120.00 Jan 4,11,18,25 2023 Multiple class discounts available speak to Laura Payment will also be accepted the day of class but please email Laura to reserve a spot: SafetyHarborWritersGroup@gmail.com Laura Kepner is the author of Images of America, Safety Harbor; the children’s picture book When Lourdes Was Big; co-author of A Brief History of Safety Harbor, Florida, and she was the editor-in-chief for Odet, a 4-volume literary journal. Laura is a contributing writer for the Arts Coast Journal and Destination Tampa Bay magazine. She loves teaching and hopes to meet you and your characters soon! |
New Years Ritual- ‘New Reality Collage’ Sunday January 15, 2023 11am- 5pm $75 per person Rather than all the New Year’s Resolutions that people make, that never seem to take hold, take a different approach. Experience creating a whole new reality with this deep, rich and powerful exercise facilitated by local artist, Heather Rippert. Complete 2022 and Create 2023! We will start with a circle to connect and get related with one another. Then we will dive into a series of questions to explore and reflect on your experiences of 2022. This exercise is something I have done annually for the past 12 years. It is one of my favorite things of the year, because it is highly effective. After we complete the exercise/series of questions that really ‘completes’ 2022, we will enjoy our bagged lunches and talk some more. Following lunch, we will each work on our own ‘New Reality Collage’ for 2023. I hang my Collage in my art studio every year where I see it all the time. Watch the magic unfold from completing this practice! |
Card Creating Extravaganza!
Saturday Jan. 14th, 2020
Time: 10-12pm
Price: $20.00
Have FUN making personalized Greeting Cards! Tons of great supplies, beautiful papers, and endless possibilities. Learn new techniques, bring a friend and enjoy crafting hand-made cards that your friends and family will treasure!
(click the button below to sign up)
Saturday Jan. 14th, 2020
Time: 10-12pm
Price: $20.00
Have FUN making personalized Greeting Cards! Tons of great supplies, beautiful papers, and endless possibilities. Learn new techniques, bring a friend and enjoy crafting hand-made cards that your friends and family will treasure!
(click the button below to sign up)