The Factory: a 10 week On-site Writing Workshop
Exploring How We Make Art Out of Our Lives with Cindy House. Classes begin Monday, October 16th at 6 pm.
Register now! Classes begin very soon and space is limited.
In-person, on-site writing classes at Ball & Socket Arts
offered in: Memoir with Cindy House
Cindy House is the author of the memoir Mother Noise (Scribner/Marysue Rucci Books), and her essays and short fiction have appeared in Passengers Journal, Lily Poetry Review, Wig Leaf, Solstice Literary Magazine, Longleaf Review, The Drum Literary Magazine and So To Speak, among others. She opens regularly for David Sedaris at venues such as the Kennedy Center, Symphony Hall, and The Town Hall in New York. She teaches at Gotham Writers Workshop in New York City and in the nonfiction genre in the Lesley University MFA program in Cambridge, MA. She attended the School of the Art Institute in Chicago and holds an MFA in Fiction from Lesley University.
Writers of all abilities welcome! Express yourself, and connect through the written word. Classes begin the October 16 and run for 10 weeks.
We are absolutely thrilled to be kicking off our fall 2023 programming with a top-notch writing class from a published author.
*Course fee: $450 for 10 week in-person classes in Building 3. Tuition assistance is available upon request. Class enrollment will be capped at 8, to provide for individual attention and a workshop format.
Writing Our Lives (Memoir)
Instructor: Cindy House
10-week course in-person at Ball & Socket Arts
Monday evenings, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
October 16 – December 18 (no class Nov. 20)
Writing Our Lives
How do we begin to make art out of our lives? How do we examine memory and organize the pieces to tell a compelling story? Explore the ways we can shape our lives in words through this creative nonfiction class. Whether you are interested in writing short essays about your life or an entire memoir, this class will help you to find your way to a narrative through class prompts, readings, mini lectures, and regular workshopping/discussion of each other's writing.
Cindy House is the author of the memoir Mother Noise (Scribner/Marysue Rucci Books), and her essays and short fiction have appeared in Passengers Journal, Lily Poetry Review, Wig Leaf, Solstice Literary Magazine, Longleaf Review, The Drum Literary Magazine and So To Speak, among others. She opens regularly for David Sedaris at venues such as the Kennedy Center, Symphony Hall, and The Town Hall in New York. She teaches at Gotham Writers Workshop in New York City and in the nonfiction genre in the Lesley University MFA program in Cambridge, MA. She attended the School of the Art Institute in Chicago and holds an MFA in Fiction from Lesley University.
*TUITION ASSISTANCE - Ball & Socket Arts is fortunate to be able to offer limited tuition assistance to individuals who may need it thanks to our supporters. If you would like to attend classes but can’t afford the registration fee, please click here or contact us. If you’d like to sponsor a scholarship, please reach out to us directly.
CLASSES ARE INTENDED FOR ADULTS 16 YEARS OR OLDER. If you have questions about the program, please contact us here.
If you are a local published author with an idea for a class and availability to teach (both long-form classes, and/or one-off workshops): feel free to introduce yourself by emailing artists@ballandsocket.org with your website/CV and a pitch to be considered for future classes.
