Creative Writing & The Arts

Siddhartha Arts Foundation Education Initiative (SAFEI) and La.Lit. cordially invite you to our free workshop to immerse yourself in creative writing for the arts.

“Creative Writing & The Arts” is a three-day workshop facilitated by Siddhartha Arts Foundation's Educational Initiative (SAFEI) and La.Lit. With a focus on Nepal and writing in the English Language, participants will attend three sessions: on creative writing, on responding to the arts, and on writing critically for the media.

The workshop offers limited seats. Please register here:http://goo.gl/forms/5jDmtGeD9BDJAeC72

In the first session, participants will examine various ways of articulating and making sense of a piece of art. Rather than focusing on visceral and instantaneous responses, participants will be urged to go a little bit deeper into the artwork. 

The second session will focus on writing with the senses, and bringing a powerful, lyrical voice to descriptions with the help of writing exercises where participants will write sentences incorporating as many sensory details as possible in describing an object or experience. Participants will be asked to make a habit of responding to images as ideas, reducing a forest to its fractal imprint. 

This third session will build on the previous two sessions on how to respond creatively to the arts with a focus on how one should prepare and present such work for publication. Participants will consider what forms they might use to articulate writing about the arts - blogs, reviews, op-eds, even tweets - including the different approaches to each. The session will also focus on how to pitch their work to publications, how to work with editors, meeting deadlines, and one should respond to criticism or one’s own criticism.

Furthermore, the workshop will undertake an informal approach to actively engage and encourage participants to contribute and discuss their ideas and thoughts throughout the sessions, while the timings have been kept fairly short to allow participants to digest each day’s session.

The workshop is also an opportunity to train writers for our Art Manual (to be published in September 2016), and further train selected writers.

As always, the workshop is free of cost, and refreshments will be provided.

The discussion is part of a larger effort by the Siddhartha Arts Foundation (SAF) to improve art curation, art coverage, and artists' careers in Nepal.

Please feel free to share the form amongst your friends and social circle. 

The more the art writers, the merrier!

About The Facilitators:

Rabi Thapa is a writer and editor based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is the author of the short story collection Nothing to Declare (2011, Penguin India) and the Editor of the literary magazine La.Lit (www.lalitmag.com). 

Niranjan Kunwar is an Assistant Editor at La.Lit, a literary magazine. He also works as an educational consultant.

Prawin Adhikari is an Assistant Editor at La.Lit, and the author of The Vanishing Act (2014, Rupa).

Event Details:

Facilitators: Niranjan Kunwar, Prawin Adhikari, and Rabi Thapa
Where? Baggikhana Hall (Ground Floor), Yalamaya Kendra, Patandhoka 
When? May 31, 2016 (Tuesday) – June 2, 2016 (Thursday)
Timings? 10 AM - 2 PM

For more information:

Call: 9818239744 (Sujan G. Amatya)
Email: sgamatya@gmail.com (Sujan G Amatya)
Visit: https://www.facebook.com/SAFInitiative | www.artmandu.org/apply

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