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Thursdays, September 10-October 15
5:00 PM-6:15 PM
$75/$100/$125


This is a writing class. Interactive by design, you will be writing a short piece during the week before our class meetings. Our actual time together will be spent sharing our work, giving and receiving constructive critique, asking and receiving thoughtful questions, and most importantly, respectfully sharing (some of) our work, our thoughts, our experiences, and our stories.
We are all human: simultaneously mortal and conscious; thus we must craft lives that include change and loss. It has been culturally accepted that certain stories are better left untold. That particular griefs are better left unfelt. That even certain joys are better left unshared. Yet we live with the aftermath of our experiences every day. How fascinating that during this time when we are all experiencing some sort of upheaval, possible fear, possible engagement with the mortality of both ourselves and others, and the awarenesses that come with an acute focus on change, that conversation has generally become more honest and open.

In this class, we will attempt to flip the frame on our societal sanctioning of silence and isolation, and instead, write, explore, speak, harvest, and share (some of) our stories. We will also focus on how to write, listen, and both give and receive positive critique.

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Andrea Bredbeck (BA Counseling Psychology, MFA) has been a practicing artist, writer, educator, and clinical trauma specialist for over three decades. With a passion for exploring difficult questions, her life and her work has been informed by what she considers the critical question: What comes After a so-called wrecked life? Andrea lives in Westminster, VT. She works with her clients and their families, engages with her art practice, loves her two goats and two kitties, spends time with her grown children and grandchildren, and cares for the 5 acres she feels so privileged to steward.