Writespace Community Events
The Whole Artist
TIME: Third Saturday of every month. Start time may vary depending on event and time of year.
PRICE: Free for members, $10 for nonmembers. Become a member here.
Sometimes it can feel like our creative wells run dry, especially in difficult times. That is why it’s so important to be intentional about refreshing our sources of inspiration and ideas..
The Whole Artist Series events are designed around that intention, filling the creative well. Each event will be held at a unique Houston location, chosen for its artistic or natural beauty, where attendees will spend an hour filling up the well and writing followed by a time of sharing, either sharing writing generated during the experience, sharing about the experience itself, or just sharing in a cup of coffee and the community energy.
PRICE: Free for members, $10 for nonmembers. Become a member here.
Sometimes it can feel like our creative wells run dry, especially in difficult times. That is why it’s so important to be intentional about refreshing our sources of inspiration and ideas..
The Whole Artist Series events are designed around that intention, filling the creative well. Each event will be held at a unique Houston location, chosen for its artistic or natural beauty, where attendees will spend an hour filling up the well and writing followed by a time of sharing, either sharing writing generated during the experience, sharing about the experience itself, or just sharing in a cup of coffee and the community energy.
Art in the AM: Glenwood Cemetery
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TIME: Saturday, September 21, 9:30–11:00 a.m. CST/CDT
LOCATION: Glenwood Cemetery, 2525 Washington Ave, Houston, TX 77007 (map) PRICE: Free for members, Request donation from nonmembers. Become a member here. Historic Glenwood Cemetery, located at 2525 Washington Ave, Houston, TX 77007, was founded in 1871 and was planned as a garden cemetery in the manner of beautifully landscaped cemeteries in Europe. Its rolling hills have allowed for the creation of unique monuments, mausoleums, fountains, and winding pathways. Notable monuments include those of the Dunn and Priester families, victims of AIDS, and the sculpture known as the Angel of Grief. We’ll visit the cemetery from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., and then meet up at nearby Luce Coffee Roasters (2520 Washington Ave #1102) to write and talk about our experience in the Cemetery. We recommend you bring a bottle of water and wear bug spray. Accessibility: The Cemetery has paved roads and paths throughout. Visitors can park on the sides of the Cemetery’s roads as long as they allow enough space for another car to pass. There are no public restrooms available. |
Photo by Liam Seskis on Unsplash
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Art in the AM: Casa Ramirez Folk Art Gallery
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TIME: Saturday, October 19 10:00 am - 11:30a CST/CDT LOCATION: 241 W. 19th Street PRICE: Free for members. Donation requested from non members. Become a member here. Come explore folk art steeped in cultural significance and identity during their special Dia de los Muertos ofrendas exhibit. Casa Ramirez displays work by local and statewide artists in a Mexican Market setting that is sure to inspire and thrill art lovers. We will meet at Casa Ramirez at 10:00am and peruse the art (and maybe find a purchase), take notes or jot down ideas, and find a quiet place to explore those ideas. After we explore the venue, we will step across the street to Boomtown coffee shop at 11:00am to discuss what we found inspiring and we’ll have an opportunity to share our work. Accessibility: Street side parking on 19th Street and small parking area. |
Photo by Mario Mendez on Unsplash
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The Submission Room
Come hang out with us and send your work into the world with the help of some collective energy!
The Submission Room
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TOPIC: Moksha
TIME: Sunday, September 8, 4:00–6:00 p.m. CDT PRICE: Free for members. Pay what you can for nonmembers. Become a member here. LOCATION: Melange Creperie, 711 Heights Blvd #B Houston TX 77007 (map) Genre writers always seem to do things a bit differently, and that's where Moksha comes in! Always free for writers to submit, a bit finicky to find and use, this submissions platform is usually embedded in publication websites so you may have used it without ever knowing. Today at the Submission Room we'll explore this alternate reality sub system and find how to make it work for you. This event is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance. This project is generously funded by the Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, and Mid-America Arts Alliance. This project is generously funded by Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. |
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Write-Ins - we have a quiet spot for you to write!
Quiet Write-InTIME: Saturday, September 14, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. CDT
PRICE: Free for members. $5.00 for nonmembers. Become a member here.LOCATION: Hybrid. Writespace, 1907 Sabine Street, #125, Houston, TX 77007 (map). This workshop is also available via Zoom. Whether you are hard at work revising poems for a chapbook, pantsing your way through the first draft of your novel, or outlining an essay, we made a date to do the work of writing! Come take advantage of the collective energy and encouragement found in the Writespace community. |
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Almost free events are funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance. This project is generously funded by the Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, and Mid-America Arts Alliance.
This project is generously funded by Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.
This project is generously funded by Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Images taken by programming director Jamie Portwood at our March 18th Art in the AM event at Buffalo Bayou Park. Spring was in evidence everywhere!
