Making Stories Move 
June 12-14, 2009   $280

Have you ever had a great idea or a powerful experience and wondered how to shape it into a story on the page?   How do you create momentum?  How do you draw readers in?  The answer, often, is by showing change over time.  Maybe a character changes.  Maybe a place changes.  Maybe your perception shifts   Through a combination of readings and exercises, we'll focus ways of getting your stories—fiction or nonfiction—moving and keeping them moving. 
Instructor: Ana Maria Spagna
To register, go to www.anamariaspagna.com

Arranging the Furniture: Strategies for Structure  October 2-4, 2009  $280

Giving advice on how to structure a book is like giving advice on how to decorate a new living room. It's a whole lot easier to do once some of the furniture is in place. This workshop is designed for writers who have some pieces completed (essays, stories, chapters) and are wondering how they might put it all together.  Chronologically? Thematically?  What about the backstory?  What about a prologue or an epilogue?  Bring your work.  Bring your wildest ideas.  Bring an open mind.  Together we'll explore as many strategies as we can—both within the pieces and overall—to find one that will work for you.
Instructor: Ana Maria Spagna
To register, go to www.anamariaspagna.com

Photo Eyes, Fabric Hands & Sketch Hearts
October 9-11, 2009          $280

This workshop offers exposure and experience in three different mediums: photography, fabric art and sketching. Participants may focus on one or more artistic pursuits during this fun filled weekend. Use this time to unwind from your fast paced world and look inward to nurture your creativity with two local artists to guide and encourage. They will lead activities to foster new growth in your area of artistic interest. Beginning photographers and artists encouraged to attend.
Instructors: Nancy Barnhart & Jean Vavrek

Ana Maria Spagna lives and writes in Stehekin. After fifteen seasons on trail crew, she now teaches writing online and in Stehekin's one room school, a combination that she says suits her well. Her work has recently appeared in Mountain Gazette, Open Spaces, Oregon Quarterly, and in the anthology A Mile in Her Boots. Her first book, Now Go Home: Wilderness, Belonging and the Cross Cut Saw, was named one of the Best Books of 2004 by The Seattle Times. Ana Maria is a graduate of the University of Oregon and of the M.A. program in fiction writing at Northern Arizona University.
www.anamariaspagna.com/
Contact: amsandlaurie@gmail.com

Jean Vavrek grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, an industrial city. As a teen she saw the ocean for the first time and was infatuated with it.. She received a BA with Honors in Fine Art from Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio. Afterward she lived in various cities doing various jobs until she encountered the Western mountains and fell in love. Her love for mountains inspired her to turn away from cities and head for the hills. Thirty years ago she came to Stehekin with her husband and has enjoyed exploring this landscape, both on foot and through a variety of artistic media, including printmaking, collage, fabric art, oil pastels and brush drawings directly from nature. Her work has been exhibited widely and is included in many private collections. Fifteen years ago she helped found the Golden West Gallery and has served on its board since. She has been a member of the local craft cooperative for thirty years and has worked as a National Park Service interpretive ranger for twelve years. She's an avid gardener, loves flowers and likes to relax by cooking.
Contact: jeanvavrek@gmail.com

Nancy Barnhart, longtime Stehekin resident and photographer has eight years of experience leading photography workshops at Flick Creek with her photographer husband. Nancy added photography to her long list of creative pursuits soon after moving to the remote Cascades over 30 years ago. Photography books published with her husband include, Lake Chelan & The North Cascades, Stehekin-A Mountain Community, Holden Village-A Christian Renewal & Mountain community. She has extensive and intimate knowledge of the North Cascades, which is reflected in her stunning artwork. Her attention to detail compliments her knitting, gardening, baking and photography.
Contact: mn@barnhartphoto.com

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